Nina O'Hanlon
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Rob Hughes
about 9 hours ago
Red-backed Shrike at John OโGroats this morning. Glad I stopped as we nearly cycled past it
#CaithnessBirds
#PWC2026
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Fair Isle Bird Observatory
about 19 hours ago
The clear star of the past week was the Northern Parula which spent four days around Vailaโs Trees, giving many observers some great views. Other highlights include Rustic Bunting and Rosefinch. Catch up over at
www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight...
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme
1 day ago
The 2026 SMP Newsletter is here! Read it (and sign up to receive future editions) here:
www.bto.org/our-work/sci...
to find out about the SMP's 40th anniversary, latest developments, the science of seabird poo, and more!
#birds
#seabirds
@btobirds.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme
5 days ago
The SMP is lacking breeding success data. In 2025, colony count data were submitted for 861 sites, but breeding success data were submitted for just 133 sites. If you can monitor seabird breeding success, email us at
[email protected]
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#seabirds
@btobirds.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
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British Birds
6 days ago
Following interest in our Dec 2025 paper on Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and acoustic monitoring, we invited readers' questions to the experts
britishbirds.co.uk/news/ask-exp...
Thanks to Linda Smith and
@LesserSpotNet.bsky.social
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Charlie Westney
6 days ago
Images have power. How would you think about the heatwave if this image was of elderly people in a stuffy care home, roofers or builders sweating at work, or a hospital ward with nurses helping patients sip water?
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science)
6 days ago
For decades, researchers have measured
#PlasticPollution
by counting individual pieces. But those numbers donโt tell the whole story: internal damage caused by plastic (eg. inflammation) is largely invisible
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Richard K Broughton
7 days ago
Latest (early view) papers in
#BirdStudy
are available on the link below. Camera traps for Corncrakes Urban Coots and river disturbance Nightjars in storm-damaged forests Scottish Water Rail migration Diet of breeding Little Terns in Morocco
www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
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Latest articles from Bird Study
Browse the latest articles and research from Bird Study
https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showAxaArticles?journalCode=tbis20
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World Seabird Union
8 days ago
๐ฆ WSU is seeking nominees for our Board & Officer elections. Positions available: Regional Representatives (6 regions) and Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary & Treasurer. Self-nominations welcome!
bit.ly/4dEyiDM
#Ornithology
#Conservation
#WSU
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๐โ๏ธ Sรฉbastien Duyck
9 days ago
โ๏ธ ๐ โก ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐: ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐,
@milieudefensie.bsky.social
et al. v. Shell.
#ClimateJustice
#ClimateCaseShell
๐งต โฌ๏ธ analysis in thread below
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
11 days ago
1/ The latest Winter Gull Survey revealed that over the two decades since the last count, the total number of gulls wintering in the UK has decreased from 3.9 million to just under 2.5 million! ๐ #Ornithology #Seabirds ๐ Read the report
www.bto.org/WinGSReport
#Ornithology
#Seabirds
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
10 days ago
Job alert! Apply via
www.bto.org/jobs
Are you passionate about birds with an interest in data and admin? We're looking for someone to join our Surveys Team and support UK bird surveys. ๐ Full time, Permanent. ๐ Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid). ๐ ยฃ29,754 per annum. Closing date: Sunday 7 June
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Do you know of an inland or coastal Common Gull colony? Any abundance or productivity data on this under-monitored gull would be incredibly valuable for the
@smp-seabirds.bsky.social
#seabirds
#ornithology
#ScottishBirds
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RSPB Science
12 days ago
New research by the University of Leeds and the RSPB reveals that moorlandโฏburningโฏexposes millions to unsafe air pollution. Find out more:
environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Moorlandโฏburningโฏexposes millions to unsafe air pollution
Managed burning on moorland in the UK led to millions of people being exposed to unsafe levels of fine particulate pollution, according to research led by the University of Leeds and the RSPB.
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news/article/6044/moorland-burning-exposes-millions-to-unsafe-air-pollution
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BOU
13 days ago
NEW on #theBOUblog from Oluwadunsin Adekola My First BOU Conference: BOU2026
bou.org.uk/blog-adek...
#theBOUblog
#ornithology
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Sarah Dalrymple
12 days ago
More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity
Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/18/uk-datacentres-plan-to-burn-gas-to-generate-electricity
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BOU
17 days ago
๐ BOU COUNCIL NOMINATIONS We are seeking nominations for 5 positions on Council, for appointment at the 2027 AGM A great opportunity to be involved with the governance of the BOU Nomination deadline: 15 June 2026
bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology
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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory
18 days ago
The newly ploughed observatory crop has played host to a colour-ringed Knot in the past few days. Initially seen in poor weather and post submission we discovered itโs also carrying a geo-locator from
@globalflyway.bsky.social
you can follow Arenicolaโs progress on the globalflyways network website
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Liam U. Taylor
19 days ago
Colony managers know it The literature ignores it! Many seabirds are young - juvenile, immature, subadult, prebreeder - and we know v little about them! Here's our paper on why you should care about young seabirds for conservation! W/
@ejgnam2.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science)
22 days ago
Another hard year for the
#birds
& our team. In 2 weeks we removed 1.1 kg of
#plastics
from Australian
#shearwater
chicks (>8850 pieces). Balloons clips, clothes pegs, tiling spacers, strapping tape, drink lids, nurdles, toys, cutlery - the list goes on & on ๐
#SeabirdSaturday
#PlasticPollution
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A sunny morning for my early
@bbs-birds.bsky.social
visit - lots of Skylark and Meadow Pipits as usual. Nice to have the Arctic Skuas back.
#CaithnessBirds
22 days ago
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Jude Lane
23 days ago
Our new research shows that HPAI increased Northern Gannet mortality by a factor of ~6 and ~4 at two of the worldโs largest colonies. We predict this impact will take almost two decades to recover from.
#biologicalconservation
#seabirds
#hpai
Full paper:
doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
24 days ago
Nominate now and celebrate the achievements of an inspiring ornithologist, birder, volunteer, young person or group for the BTO & Marsh Awards! ๐Vote at
www.bto.org/awards
Nominations close on 31 May!
#Ornithology
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The Seabird Group
26 days ago
Another new Seabird #38 paperโ Yes, indeed! ๐ Kwant-Heida et al. (2026) explore corridor use by seabirds in an offshore wind farm. Read the full article here ๐
doi.org/10.61350/sbj...
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Seabird 38 - Seabird Group
The Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.
https://doi.org/10.61350/sbj.38.3
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BOU
28 days ago
๐ข APPLY NOW For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference Low-carbon travel encouraged โฐ Deadline: 29 May 2026 ๐ชถ
bou.org.uk/funding/m...
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Richard K Broughton
7 months ago
Almost a third of UK Hawfinches used artificial birdfood when available, with implications for disease transmission. Investigating supplementary food use of UK Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes populations using DNA metabarcoding
doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#BirdStudy
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A close encounter with an Otter on Dunnet Beach yesterday! I thought it was a dog running towards us at first ๐
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The Scottish Ornithologists' Club
28 days ago
We have an Optics Loan Scheme! Open to members & non-members, the scheme offers the chance to borrow optical & acoustic monitoring kit from HQ:
www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/gettin...
. Why not try out binoculars, telescopes, a tripod or even an AudioMoth for your next birding trip?
#opticsloanscheme
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The Seabird Group
about 1 month ago
๐
@pietrosemprebon.bsky.social
is exploring the effects of atmospheric heatwaves on Little Terns and Audouinโs Gulls ๐
@diomedea09.bsky.social
is looking at sex-specific strategies of Coryโs Shearwaters during the pre-laying period
www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants
๐ธ Julien Renoult (CC) (2/2)
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Grants - Seabird Group
The Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.
https://www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants
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The Seabird Group
about 1 month ago
Congratulations to the four recipients of our research grants! โจ๐๐ฌ ๐ Theo Kyprianou Rivers is looking at the effects of LED lighting conversion on Manx Shearwater ๐Yinka Adeniji is using acoustic recordings to estimate individual Manx Shearwaters (1/2)
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
about 1 month ago
There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! ๐ฆ Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via
www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination โ will you be part of it?
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Smart male Ring Ouzel at John O'Groats this morning, plus a Magpie!
#CaithnessBirds
about 1 month ago
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Fair Isle Bird Observatory
about 1 month ago
After a 3 year absence, the Rangerโs Blog is back! You can read what Ranger Carla has been up to over on
www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/ranger_blog....
New blogs will be shared at the end of each month.
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Amy
about 1 month ago
It's great that some
@btobirds.bsky.social
surveys are accessible without cars! Helps with access to nature & enabling more people to take part etc. Aware some areas are difficult without car (I don't have one so very aware of this), but not everyone can drive or access a car for various reasons.
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Natural History Museum, London
about 1 month ago
๐จSeabirds are in real trouble!๐จ In 2023, a marine heatwave in Australia wiped out 5% of all short-tailed shearwaters. And it's not just one bad year - these events are getting more common as the planet heats up. Find out what's happening ๐
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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Over 600,000 seabirds killed in single marine heatwave | Natural History Museum
Ocean temperatures are rising around the world โ and marine wildlife are feeling the heat.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2026/april/over-600000-seabirds-killed-single-marine-heatwave.html?utm_source=bls-link-post-20260423-ja&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news
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That's this weekend sorted! Full of amazing data (and photos)
@fairislebirdobs.bsky.social
#Ornithology
#BirdingScotland
about 1 month ago
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Alice Edney
about 1 month ago
An important study showing that drones detect more murres than boat-based surveys, especially in upper cliff areas ๐ฅ ๐ Drones could greatly improve counts of cliff-nesting seabirds! But we need to work out how to integrate historical estimates with those made using new tech ๐
#ornithology
#seabirds
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This stunning male Pallid Harrier was an unexpected distraction this afternoon ๐ฉถ
#PatchBirding
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The Seabird Group
about 1 month ago
๐บ Roll-up, roll-up! Another new paper has just been published in Seabird #38! ๐บ Hunter et al. (2026) explore the wintering-site fidelity of Brรผnnich's guillemots in Greenland. ๐ Read all about it here ๐
seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-2
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Seabird 38 - Seabird Group
The Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.
https://seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-2
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Marine Ornithology
about 1 month ago
๐จ New Paper ๐จ: Evidence for colony attendance by immature Streaked Shearwaters Calonectris leucomelas during the chick-rearing period by Helen M. Pruลพina et al.
#seabirds
#OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...
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Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) | Goose & Swan Monitoring (GSMP)
about 1 month ago
1/ The latest 2024/25 Waterbirds in the UK report has just been published and can be viewed online
www.bto.org/wituk
๐ Physical copies will be reaching your doorsteps very soon! ๐๏ธ To view the updated numbers and trends, visit
www.bto.org/webs-reporting
#Ornithology
#CitSci
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Dawn Balmer
about 2 months ago
At this time of year when I'm out birding I really try to make an effort to add breeding evidence to my records. It's really quick and easy in
@birdtrack.bsky.social
and adds value to my records, especially for
@ukrbbp.bsky.social
species. Added P for pair in suitable habitat.
#ornithology
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British Birds
about 2 months ago
This month's main paper in British Birds: Observations on the use of a solar park by Corn Buntings in southern England Read more:
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
๐ธThom Shannon
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
2 months ago
Have you signed up for our Birds in Greenspaces project yet? โก๏ธ
www.bto.org/greenspaces
Starting 1 April, we'd love to know the birds that use your local greenspaces, whether itโs a single species record or complete list, so we can discover their importance for nature and people. ๐ณ ๐ชถ
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The Seabird Group
about 2 months ago
๐๏ธโ Another early release from Seabird
#38โ๐๏ธ
Scotwin et al. investigate feeding rate and breeding success in Atlantic puffins. Have a read here ๐:
seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-1
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Seabird 38 - Seabird Group
The Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.
https://seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-1
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RSPB
about 2 months ago
To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance:
brnw.ch/21x1t4w
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BOU
about 2 months ago
EARLY VIEW in IBIS Early Professional Award 2026 - Andrea Flack Citation by Annette L. Fayet and Hester Brรธnnvik
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology
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BOU
about 2 months ago
EARLY VIEW in IBIS Janet Kear Union Medal 2026 - Graham F Appleton Citation by Jennifer Smart
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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