Want to #BringScienceToPolitics? Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

It took me about three months to get here but... Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species. #dataviz #birds #data

How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... #ornithology

Spotted a fin whilst making a cup of tea from our house this afternoon. They made a kill too! @ninaohanlon.bsky.social

Vacancy on BOU Records Committee. Are you up for it? I found it a really interesting and educational experience. Happy to share my experience if you are interested. #RarebirdsUK #UKBirding

Another brilliant Flow Country Research Conference. Big 🏆 for Roxane and team at UHI Thurso. Great to see @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social's PhD crammed into 30 mins. Loved the Icelandic word for Meadow Pipit and check out those German bog restoration lagoons. @theflowcountry.bsky.social

📢 BOU COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN ➡️ Awards Nominations Committee ➡️ Engagement Committee ➡️ IBIS Management Committee ➡️ Meetings Committee ➡️ Records Committee Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme More info & to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶

Still time to apply for this great opportunity with @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Get in touch if you have any questions! Dealine tomorrow 🐧 #ornithology #seabirds

📣Help nature today.🐦🌱 We’ve a once-in-a-generation chance to turn things around for Scotland's wildlife and wild places. On Thursday MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill. Let them know you want a safe future for Red Squirrels, Puffins, Swifts and more 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/177329/...

And then another on the local patch this afternoon 😍 #PWC2025

Gorgeous Firecrest at John O'Groats this morning 🧡 🔥 #CaithnessBirds 📸 @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social

New Ecologist and Research Support roles for a project in Northern Ireland! @bto-ni.bsky.social Discover more and apply at www.bto.org/jobs These positions are supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). #Ornithology #Ecology

On the importance of incorporating behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key spatial areas for seabirds. #seabirds animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING ⏰ BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Was worth spending more time in Dunnet Bay after today's @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count 😅

Amazing numbers of seabirds off the coast today!

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES. And there will be others within our lifetime. That's biodiversity loss. We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Breeding and foraging habitat are important in determining foraging ranges of sympatric generalist species | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Chris B. Thaxter et al | #ornithology 🪶

Important date for your diaries ‼️ Our AGM is Wed 12 Nov - 12 midday (online) 📔👩‍💻 ALL our members are welcome & we'd love you to join us if you can. A number of roles have also come up within the committee - details on how to apply to follow. Not yet signed up? www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/membership

Exciting news! We’re planning the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31, and have met with @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social and @birdsinwales.bsky.social to discuss how we can work together on what we hope will be the most productive Atlas yet. #Ornithology #UKBirding

Snow Bunting on Dunnet beach early afternoon #CaithnessBirds

Very cool new #seabird paper showing no difference in breeding success between healthy and black-eyed gannets, but a worrying overall decline in productivity following the #avianflu outbreak. 🦠🐣 Read the paper here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #seabirds #ornithology

I loved this course - so much fun thinking about, exploring and visualising bird data in creative ways - and learning a new coding language! #ornithology

1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️ Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology

🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨 Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣 Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology doi.org/10.1093/ices...

Today we are attending the Gull Summit in Inverness because gulls are in trouble and need help. You can read more about how we can learn to live with gulls here: www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/new... 📷: Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)

Back from a relaxing 9 days on Shetland Mainland (and Mousa) with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social Nice bumping into the odd scarce migrant as well as quite a few Pied Flycatchers and Garden Warblers ebird.org/tripreport/4...

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open! The Natural History Museum priorities are below. If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶 Deadline: Mon 15 Sept 🥇 Godman Salvin Prize 🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture 🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal 🥇 Early Professional Award bou.org.uk/about-the...

Bird conservation is only going to work if these species have healthy habitats to live in. Can citizen scientists help gather vital information on habitat condition? This new study investigates➡️ www.bto.org/citizen-science-habitat-monitoring #Ornithology #citsci @ukceh.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social

One of the delights of teaching Binoculars to Binomials is how the class attracts interesting people from all walks of life. Ornithologists, librarians, retirees, engineers, artists, composers... all interested in the intersection of birds, data & care. Join us? 🪶📊🎨 jerthorp.me/learning

Whoop 🎉 @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social submitting his PhD thesis after 3.5 years 🦆 Much more chilled than I was, and he has already published most of it 🌟

A gorgeous pre-work @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count this morning, lots of waders including at least 7 Curlew Sandpipers 💙 #CaithnessBirds

With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Amazing views of the hawking Black-winged Pratincole at Brawlbin this afternoon. Great find by @anguscroudace.bsky.social #CaithnessBirds

Juv Curlew Sandpiper on Freswick beach this morning #CaithnessBirds

One again the new volume 53(2) of @marineorno.bsky.social covers a wide geographical and species range! #seabirds #ornithology #OpenAccess #Conservation

Please share! We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates! Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...

The next in our series of ECR talks is coming up on Fri 5th September - this time on Peer Review 👀📃 The panel will be our own @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @ingridpollet.bsky.social, @tashgillies.bsky.social & Dr. Richard Sherley ✒️✨ Time: 9.30 am (BST). Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do I know anyone on here who might find it useful to predict hatching dates from birds eggs? Please reach out if you're open to help me develop ovotime.com to include more species, and to expand with more detailed #oology features! #phenology #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🧪

Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553! 🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job

NEW JOB with @RSPBScience in #ornithology to analyze citizen science data of common #birds in #Britain: buff.ly/vr8iphE

Return of the Dunlin to Forsinard! 1. Remove lines of non-native pines 2. Fill in the furrows and smooth out the ridges 👇 3. Wait, as peat slowly forms in the wet surface 4. CO2 gets captured in peat 5. Dunlin and Golden Plover breed again wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p... #BirdingScotland

We funded 4 research projects this season 🏦 Here's a little more detail on our recent research grant awardees... (1/2) Izzy Burns @izzyburns.bsky.social is looking at nest microclimate in kittiwakes 🐣 Ben Porter @bardseyben.bsky.social is asking whether storm petrels make good parents 👨‍👩‍👧

More intense human-caused heat extremes have reduced terrestrial bird abundance - in particular in the tropics - more than other human pressures #ornithology doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Cracking ‘blue’ Fulmar off Nybster this evening #CaithnessBirds

REGISTRATION OPEN for #BOUasm2025 🪶 A DAY at the MUSEUM: Collections-based ornithological research in a changing world 📅 18th October 2025 📍Natural History Museum, London Programme & registration ⬇️ In-person & online bou.org.uk/event/a-d...#BOUasm2025#ornithology #events #london