Join me & @olliepadget.bsky.social at @livuninews.bsky.social! #postdoc #seabird movement & navigation in response to environmental cues @ukri.org. Developing new loggers w/ micro-engineers & computer scientists @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. Job tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5 Press release tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5

Translation: “I don’t want to help the UK by paying tax”. I am really growing very tired of hearing advice from super-wealthy people who so obviously put themselves first but pretend otherwise.

I wrote about why every lab should have AI use guidelines, and how to do it. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

First we had to spend >£10k on visa fees for my German partner to move to the UK after Brexit. Now @labouruk.bsky.social are saying he must stay 10 years before being able to stay permanently. The last two governments have 100% made my life worse. #VoteGreen. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Did a Sand tailed digger wasp male this info board? Gull ID anyone? 😅

This is so interesting. Levels of host DNA in faecal samples reflect gut inflammation. Might test that in my chip-eating gulls 😂

I’m down in Kingsbridge, #Devon, this week for a little holiday. Any recommendations for particularly good #wildlife and #birding spots around there?

I really should pay more attention to what I say in interviews 🙄

This was such a fascinating and funny talk!

In a strange stroke of fate, Will was able to demonstrate his expertise when we had two pigeons invade our poster room! #BOU2026 #pigeons

1/ (P1-6) Here is my poster presentation titled “Conflicts between the White-cheeked Starling and people in Japan” at #BOU2026. #ornithology White-cheeked Starlings (Spodiopsar cineraceus)

1/ Time for a change? How best to use the law to protect birds I'm at #BOU2026 talking about 'modern threats to birds and their mitigation' offering a personal perspective on the actions needed to manage conflicts and in doing so maintain public support for nature protection #ornithology

1/🧵 Anthropogenic noise 🔊 is a growing 🌐 pressure on wildlife. Drone (UAS) noise 🚁🔊 is one emerging source. At #BOU2026 I’m sharing our research on how UAS noise impacts #birds and whether phylogeny + morphology predict species‑specific sensitivity. #ornithology #ecology #drones

🧵1/6 #BOU2026 #ornithology #bioacoustics #AI Investigating the impact of UAV noise on bird activity: A playback experiment How does UAV noise influence bird behaviour and vocal activity? We aim to address this using controlled, field-based playback experiments.

Welcome to #BOU2026 “Birds and people: challenges and opportunities of coexistence” the BOU’s 2026 annual conference. For the next 3 days we’ll be in-person at the University of Nottingham, online on Zoom, and posting here on Bluesky. Follow the #BOU2026 feed to stay updated. #ornithology 🪶 🧵1/3

One of my favourite birds 😍

🪶 Interested in urban ecology and wildlife adaptation? Apply for the #JAEIntro26 fellowship “Ecology of a Winner Species in Urban Environments” at ICM-CSIC Work with fieldwork, GPS tracking, lab analyses and ecological modelling. 👉 sede.csic.gob.es/tra... Joan Navarro

Innovation meets conservation! After losing nesting sites to fire and mining, the endangered palm cockatoos are using human-made hollows to breed. This successful fledging on the Cape York Peninsula proves that tailored habitat restoration can help save Australia’s rarest parrots. By Megan Strauss.

In light of the Iran war, the UK will require all new homes to be built with solar panels and energy-efficient electric heat pumps. How...logical! www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/i...

Bird conservation takes centre stage today at #CMSCOP15. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/@BonnConvent... Today’s agenda is expected to focus on avian species conservation, including illegal killing, taking and trade of migratory birds, poisoning, flyways, seabirds and marine flyways.

Deadline extended 📢 In-person registration for the Ecological Genetic Groups (EGG) 2026 conference is open until 30 March ⌛

Impressively thorough - but bleak - survey of the spread of H5N1 through the antarctic and sub-antarctic www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Next IGUE #UrbanEcology speaker online talk Pablo Capilla-Lasheras @pcapi.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social ( @csic.es ) We will learn about the phenotypic variation in anthropogenic environments Save it to your 📆 drive.google.com/file/d/1DleV... @csicdivulga.bsky.social

Researchers from the University of York and Liverpool are pioneering miniature, state-of-the-art sensors to unravel how seabirds, such as the Manx shearwater, navigate remarkable distances. This research may lead to innovative navigation systems independent of satellites. bit.ly/4sA2ZAm

Astonishing. First Blue Tit eggs in March, more than a week before the end of the month. Climate change has advanced Wytham's first egg dates by weeks since the study started. #ornithology

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

Looking through the Enterobase E. coli metadata and it's just depressing. Firstly, please tell me more than that the sample is 'from a bird'. Which bird? What part of the bird? Secondly A RACOON IS NOT A RODENT! Are you people biologists or what?! #ShakingFistEmoji Gah.

My first story for @science.org covers microscopic spikes on ball python scales that can inhibit bacterial biofilm formation. Antibacterial microstructured surfaces could be a lifeboat in an ocean of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but only if we understand how they work!

Looking for a postdoc on bird migration and have computer science or remote sensing skill? 🌍 🧪 🦑 #Ornithology

Nice to see our review out in @avianbiology.bsky.social! Flight is costly - but so are infections. We argue that infections may be a substantial, yet mostly overlooked, source for oxidative stress in migrating birds. doi.org/10.1002/jav.... #Migration #Birds #OxidativeStress #Ornithology 🪶 🧵1/5

March 24, 1882 Koch identified the #TB bacterium, launching the breakthroughs that eventually made #tuberculosis treatable. Today TB remains a leading infectious killer, driven by #AMR, gaps in diagnosis and care +social factors: poverty, undernutrition, diabetes, and HIV www.who.int/campaigns/wo...

🐦🏙️Urban gulls are a key part of Barcelona’s ecosystem, yet their behaviour and role in the city are often misunderstood 🤔. This recent interview sheds light on how the species adapts to urban environments and coexists with people👥. 👉beteve.cat/medi-ambi... ICM-CSIC

One week left to apply for a faculty position at the University of Groningen and director of Birdeyes. A great opportunity for studying bird migration and movement with strong links to conservation management and society! #ornithology werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/ten...

Duckling season has begun, and DucklingWatch is back for another year! Please submit your mallard brood sightings in GB to citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch and share this post to spread the word 🦆

This is the kind of Data Availability Statement I want to see more often: "Data collected for this research is archived at Open Science Framework and available for review by editorial board and manuscript reviewers. The repository includes both data and R code used to analyze data." #OpenData

ICYMI: New online! Cultivating biodiversity data sharing in regions where trust is fragile

Have any of your biologging devices ever failed? ⁉️ If so, we’d like to hear from you! 👂 Researchers at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, are investigating biologger device failure rates to help improve research practices. 🎓 The survey takes just 10 minutes to complete: forms.gle/fZW9n2dojJVB...

Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) 24 December 2025. Burnie West Beach, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. An Australian endemic with the largest bill of any gull in the world. Even when fully adult, it has a dark tail-band, #Birds

I agree, although I am sure they will not struggle to find someone, it makes me a bit sad for young people who would love it and benefit from it too, but could never afford it

Applications are open for the 2026 Metagenomic Virus Discovery Workshop! The Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Stellenbosch University is hosting a 5 day hands-on workshop run by experts in the field from around the world Find out more at our website mvdworkshop.com

I have a bunch of great skuas frozen whole in freezers, that I need to take apart due to lack of storage. I will take samples tomorrow, but get in touch if you want random reference material of a North Atlantic top predator #seabirds 🧪🌍

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...

Nice opportunity, although it would be good to see more than £30/week for food.

Yesterday @ukri.org highlighted transparency in its new budget approach, stating: “We have changed how we account for budgets to make us as transparent as possible” and “Far from being deprioritised, applicant‑led funding – the central pillar of blue‑skies research – is growing substantially.” 🧵

We’re terrible stewards of our planet.

Whales were really stressed when humans hunted them. But when whaling activities dropped during WWII, whales were more stressed. That's because sound travels far in the ocean, so it's super stressful when humans are busy bombing each other. War is bad for everyone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🦟 " #Dengue virus detected in pool of #Aedes #mosquitoes north of Alps (in Basel/ #Switzerland 🇨🇭) for the first time." via SWI Swissinfo www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...

You can now view a tree of 2,399,238 bacterial genomes we made from AllTheBacteria (on the great Taxonium): taxonium.org/atb That's a big tree! (unless you're used to SC2 trees)

Transposable elements, such as retrotransposons and endogenous retroviruses, are increasingly recognized for their important roles in genome function and impact on disease development go.nature.com/4tQ1zTn rdcu.be/e8Eci

/fin+1. Original case report of the girl who survived. She came and spoke at UGA’s vet school when I was teaching at the college of public health there. Remarkable individual and story. Incredibly lucky.