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🔊 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN #BOU2027 | 6-8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian disease ecology: combining avian ecology and OneHealth to understand and mitigate disease Keynote line-up ⬇️ Submit your talk, poster or Bluesky abstract now!
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🔈 NEW IBIS ISSUE Check out the latest issue here:
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And our editor's highlights here:
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Jón Einar Jónsson Same stripes, different season: A decade of consistent white wing stripes in Icelandic Common Eiders
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Based on this IBIS paper
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Chris Batty and Alexander Lees Revision of Category E of the British List
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10 days ago
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🔈 NOMINATIONS OPEN Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶 🥇 Godman Salvin Prize 🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture 🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal 🥇 Early Professional Award Deadline: 15 September 2026 Nominate:
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Agustin Casale Do finches trade colour for song?
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Based on this IBIS paper
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13 days ago
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Lillias August Reaching into another world: Watercolour painting at BOU 2026 Conference, ‘Birds and People’
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20 days ago
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🔈 DEADLINE APPROACHING We are seeking nominations for 5 positions on BOU Council, for appointment at the 2027 AGM A great opportunity to be involved with the governance of the BOU Nomination deadline: 15 June 2026
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20 days ago
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⏰ DEADLINE EXTENSION IBIS Special Issue: Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World You now have until 31 July 2026 to submit your contribution to this Special Issue Details:
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23 days ago
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📢 REGISTRATION OPEN #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Check out the programme and register now!
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS The lack of a role of body asymmetry in shaping tick load in European Robins (Erithacus rubecula) during autumn migration |
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Michał Polakowski, Łukasz Jankowiak, Magdalena Remisiewicz, Robert E. Rollins, Artur Golawski |
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Yosef Kiat Western Palearctic Common Terns: Along Two Flyways
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Based on this IBIS paper
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27 days ago
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📢 REMINDER: IBIS SPECIAL ISSUE Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World If you use avian natural history collections in your research, then this Special Issue is for you!
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⏰ Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Cristian Pérez-Granados Optimizing BirdNET: lessons from a global initiative
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Based on this IBIS paper
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about 1 month ago
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📢 APPLY NOW For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference Low-carbon travel encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 29 May 2026 🪶
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Individual acoustic monitoring and colour-ringing yield comparable estimates of male annual survival in a migratory songbird, but differ in breeding season detectability |
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Niall H. K. Burton et al |
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about 1 month ago
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Oluwadunsin Adekola My First BOU Conference: BOU2026
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about 1 month ago
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🔈 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
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about 1 month ago
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📢 APPLY NOW For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference Low-carbon travel encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 29 May 2026 🪶
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Alejandro Corregidor‐Castro When conservation tools turn context dependent
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‐castro-when-conservation-tools-turn-context-dependent Based on this IBIS paper
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about 2 months ago
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Passerine brain size correlates with nest attachment mode, rather than nest type:
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Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper:
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about 2 months ago
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Bird brained:
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On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses the correlation between relative brain mass and nest attachment mode in Passeriformes. Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper:
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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about 2 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Geographical distribution of the Pinnated Bittern (Botaurus pinnatus): Update and seasonal movement pattern |
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Helon Simões Oliveira, Tuany Siqueira-Silva, Sérgio Roberto Posso, Sidney Feitosa Gouveia |
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about 2 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Feral Barbary dove phenotypes are lost following Eurasian Collared Dove invasions |
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William J. Smith, Michał T. Jezierski, Hein van Grouw |
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about 2 months ago
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Abdul Jamil Urfi Keeping track of a Painted Stork called ‘Ringo’
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Based on this paper
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about 2 months ago
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📢 APPLY NOW For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference Low-carbon travel encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 29 May 2026 🪶
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about 2 months ago
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🔊 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN #BOU2027 | 6-8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian disease ecology: combining avian ecology and OneHealth to understand and mitigate disease Keynote line-up ⬇️ Submit your talk, poster or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#BOU2027
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about 2 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Seasonality and plasticity in the use of native and introduced plant resources by a large forest parrot |
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Tirth Vaishnav, Kevin Chase Burns, Rachael C. Shaw |
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2 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Simulated fireworks disrupt behaviour, but apparently not glucose or corticosterone levels in captive Atlantic canaries Serinus canaria |
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Suárez-Rodríguez Monserrat, Macías Garcia Constantino, Montoya Bibiana |
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2 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Evaluating the association between vocalizations and coloration in finches (Fringillidae), a passerine group with elaborate signals |
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A. I. Casale, P. L. Tubaro, D. A. Lijtmaer |
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2 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Low breeding propensity in a declining Arctic-breeding swan revealed by telemetry data |
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Tohar Tal, Bart A. Nolet, Tom S.L. Versluijs, Judy Z. Shamoun-Baranes, Götz Eichhorn, Sabine Urban, Hans Linssen |
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2 months ago
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Adam Gristwood and Kaspar Delhey Buzzards are losing their colour diversity: A Europe-wide citizen science study reveals that intermediate-plumaged birds now dominate
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Based on this IBIS paper
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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Welcome back to BOU Weekly Spotlight!
#BOUSpotlight
Here’s some recent
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📢 APPLY NOW For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference Low-carbon travel encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 29 May 2026 🪶
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🔊 PUBLISH WITH IBIS There are a multitude of reasons to submit your #ornithology manuscript to IBIS 🐦 1️⃣ IBIS is society-owned: your submissions support the BOU’s charitable activities and develop the ornithological community Read more:
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS A review of climate and landscape change effects on forest birds in a temperate mountain range |
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Hannah L. Clipp, Christopher T. Rota, Petra B. Wood |
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Daniel Ramírez When staying isn’t the best: Divorce increases reproductive success in Pied Flycatchers
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Based on this IBIS paper
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Connectivity between breeding sites, wintering areas, and migration routes in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) breeding in the Western Palaearctic |
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Yosef Kiat, Eli Haviv, Yoav Perlman, Inbal Schekler |
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Can you really change your stripes? Stable wing ornamentation suggests limited condition-dependent signalling in female common eiders |
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Jón Einar Jónsson et al |
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📢 APPLY NOW For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference Low-carbon travel encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 29 May 2026 🪶
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🔈 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
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS External structures at the nest-site predict asymmetric architecture of nests in a mud-building bird |
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Nicolas M. Adreani, Victoria Morales Latorre, Lucia Mentesana |
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⏰ DEADLINE TOMORROW! Would you like to play a central role in delivering our journal IBIS and engaging with the #ornithology community? Join us as our Journal and Engagement Manager! ⏰ Apply by 09:00 BST 14 April
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Jacopo Cerri Acclimatization shapes vulture movements after release
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Based on this IBIS paper
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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3 months ago
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#BOU2026 in stills! 🎉 The photo gallery for BOU2026 - Birds and people is out now. Flickr album:
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🎉 Congratulations to Agnes Francila for her highly-commended Bluesky presentation at #BOU2026 last week Agnes received an @nhbs.bsky.social voucher for her presentation Check it out here:
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🎉 Congratulations to Holly Green for her highly-commended poster at #BOU2026 last week Holly received an
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🎉 Congratulations to
Will Smith
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@nhbs.bsky.social
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voucher for his talk 'Use of anthropogenic landscapes in wild Rock Doves'
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Janet Kear Union Medal 2026 - Graham F Appleton Citation by Jennifer Smart
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Early Professional Award 2026 - Andrea Flack Citation by Annette L. Fayet and Hester Brønnvik
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3 months ago
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS Family templates and trophic filtering shape passerine gut microbiota with scale-dependent phylosymbiosis |
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Lingxue Li, Xinyu Zhang, Xinyu Guo, Jiaxuan Jiang, Yanfang Li, Ke Rong |
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