🐦 First Ustica Spring School was a success! Our inaugural event brought six researchers together to study #springmigration in real time, thousands of #migratorybirds passed through the island while we observed, learned, and discovered. #Ornithology at its finest in the Mediterranean!

This is going to be a great project! Very cool opportunity..

Are you looking for a Post-doc related to biodiversity? We might have just the role for you! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social are curently advertising 10 (yes!) post-docs covering natural & social science of biodivesity. Come work with us & share with anyone appropriate! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology to calculate how much power #birds need to fly, and how power varies among species and speeds: buff.ly/oS56wm1

PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/

A fantastic opportunity!

How Do Introduced Parrots Thrive In Cities? "Are parrots competing with native bird species for essential resources or are they living in unexploited ecological spaces?" #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #ecology #IntroducedSpecies #biodiversity #UrbanBirds www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share

🐦 New PhD position! @prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social Nest defence in passerine birds Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology? 📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded Apply by May 10 → [email protected] / [email protected] #PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology

🚨FUNDED PHD🚨'Economic carrying capacity & the future of rhinos in privately governed OECMs' @dice-kent.bsky.social, UK & International applications welcome - closing date 14th May🦏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This looks like a great PhD on #rhinos opportunity with an excellent team at @dice-kent.bsky.social !

⏰Time running out - deadline 19th April - to apply for funded #PhD: 🪶Quantifying animal movement patterns & behavioural interactions in a changing world 👥Joint with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #SimonGriffith #MacquarieUniversity #modelling #birds #mammals #Australia ℹ️ tinyurl.com/343acaev

It’s official (get it in your diary!) 📅 🦅 The 16th Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC16) will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, from 12 - 17 April 2027. The website is being updated—check back for details on symposia and abstract calls soon: paoc.africa #Ornithology #AfricanOrnithology

Job Alert 📢 Join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist! Apply now➡️ www.bto.org/jobs This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work! 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. 📍 Hybrid, HQ in Norfolk or one of our country offices. #Ornithology

Our keynote speaker for session 6 is Chevonne Reynolds, with her talk „Who gets to see urban birds? Environmental inequality in African cities“ #BOU2026

Publishers say they check. “Spokespeople for all five publishers said that they check references as part of their screening and editing process(.)” But this article doesn’t address why those checks fail and fail and fail again. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Looking for MSc student(s) to be involved in some really cool germ-free experiments with house sparrows at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ! 🐣🦠Get in touch if you're interested and please share :) nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

Last but not least, Session 9 at #EOU26 on interspecific relationships and predation Rowan Kuminski, Eliska Kucerova, and Johanka Bláhová on predation, anti-predator behaviour, and host–parasite interactions. A strong final session to wrap up the conference.

A huge thank you to all organisers, volunteers, presenters, poster contributors, and participants for making #EOU26 such a great conference! 🐦 Enjoy the rest of your time in Gdańsk, and have a safe journey home—no matter how far you’re travelling!

Are you looking for a PhD position, hoping to learn sexual selection theory from one of the true experts in the field? Lehtonen's work is awesome - Look at this and apply! ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctor...

@bibwatching.bsky.social @birdlabtorino.bsky.social

You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡 🦆 Responses accepted within the next 8 weeks. 📆 Survey link is in our bio 🔗 If you have questions please email [email protected] 📧

New postdoc position on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in arctic-breeding seabirds. Field sites in coastal Norway and Svalbard. Advisors will be Veerle Jaspers and Bjørn Monroe at NTNU in collaboration with ecologists at NINA. Application deadline 26 April 2026. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Bird Biologging Survey - Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada is inviting ornithologists to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in biologger deployments. If you can take part, please see further details at cutt.ly/atIg4qVc #ornithology

Three PhD positions are open at NINA: seabird ecology in a changing arctic (25 mar), areal planning and land use change (15 apr) and geospatial AI tools for fine-scale ecosystem accounting (15 apr). Study applied ecology at a major research institute in Norway! nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs

3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama! Three positions, each including salary & a research budget. Applications due April, 15th. DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us! stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

Fully funded PhD position on primate parochialism! Study how cooperation within groups and conflict between groups evolve in red-fronted lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. @kirindy.bsky.social & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu

Come and work with us at IBIS and BOU! Exciting job opportunity in #ornithology

PhD opportunity: I am looking for someone with a passion for the natural environment and an interest in developing applied research collaboratively with the RSPB. ONly two weeks left to apply! #phd #ecology #rewilding #naturerecovery #bird #plant #invertebrates #biodiveristy #research #teesside

📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney. Closing date: 6 March 2026 Apply ➡️ vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...

⌛Last change to register for #EOU26! Don't miss the opportunity to join us in Gdańsk and meet our inspiring plenary speakers and round table participants! 🔗Register now: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr... @biologists.bsky.social #Ornithology

A study I led came out in Nature Cities yesterday! We used radar to study the role that urban landscapes play in migratory bird stopover. Spoiler: birds use cities a lot, and the patterns of their use reflect social processes and the inequities embedded in them. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

You can find all information regarding the DOG travel grant here: www.do-g.de/foerdern/rei...

NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy

We’ve been working behind the scenes to ensure a range of cost-free activities for all tastes!

Come work with us! 🧪🌐🧑‍💻🌿🐸❄️ I am hireing a #postdoc in Climate Change Ecology to work on Ecological Synthesis and support the upcoming #IPCC report as a Chapter Scientist (CH14: terrestrial, freshwater and cryopspheric biodiversity, ecosystems, and services. #IPCC #AR7 @ipcc.bsky.social

New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £46,344 per annum. 📍 Hybrid working. Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.

Two PhD positions in dolphin genomics and behavioral ecology are available at the University of Zurich, starting May/June 2026. Applicants must have relevant degrees and experience. More info: www.michaelkruetzenlab.org. #phd

New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me, @iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.

We're so happy to finally anounce that registration for #EOU26 is now OPEN! Thank you all for your patience — we can’t wait to meet you in Gdańsk 🐦 👉 Registration & info: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr... #Ornithology

The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) is seeking a scientist in wildlife biology, ecology, or a closely related discipline, with a focus on movement ecology, spatial data analysis, and/or scavenger and carnivore systems. Read and apply here: tinyurl.com/mr3x7uwk

We are happy to announce that we will continue investigating interesting topics around forest management and biodiversity! If you like to work in an interdisciplinary team and are interested in forest ecology, please have a look at our exciting new opportunities: www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...

Thanks for featuring our work! Across 6 Italian cities (220 point counts; breeding + winter), we find that established parakeets tend to expand the functional trait space of urban bird communities, consistent with filling underused niche space.

I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!

NEW on #theBOUblog from Fabio Marcolin Are parrots filling ecological niche space?: How non-native parrots become established in urban bird communities bou.org.uk/blog-marc... Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....#theBOUblog #ornithology 🪶

Downloads for #BirdStudy papers in 2025 were 44% up on 2024, and 42% up on the previous 3-year average. Browse the 2025 Volume 72 below, including a HPAI special issue (1) and other wide-ranging #ornithology topics, including ~30% #OpenAccess papers. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...

New issue of #BirdStudy now online: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/c... White Stork demographics Automated detection of seabirds White-tailed Eagle dispersal Sedge Warbler migration Wintering raptors in Greece Container colour selection Hobby movements Nesting Black-necked Grebes #ornithology

Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social 🧵1/n

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING... ...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements Application deadline: 30 January 2026 Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...