Happy Winter Solstice - and Happy #NationalRobinDay! What better bird to cheer up the shortest day? Reply with your favourite snaps of these beloved garden friends... Let's fill our feeds with Robins. 😍

En skandale at P13 ble lagt ned. NRK må snarest sørge for at kanalen gjenoppstår. Og det fort som f.

Norway has proposed Snowy Owl be added to Convention on Migratory Species Appendix II, at #CMSCOP15 (Brazil, March 2026), as a species of unfavourable conservation status requiring international agreement for its conservation. @cms.int Scientific Council will evaluate the proposal this week in Bonn.

After taking (too) many pictures of scales we finally have our new study out: Identifying escaped farmed salmon from scales using deep learning: academic.oup.com/biomethods/a... The model works well and covers the major Atlantic salmon rivers in Norway. Could be adpated to other fish and places!

When you deploy a tracking device, how long do you expect it to last? We all hope for the best, but that's often not reality. 😞 For more information, check out Emily Weiser's new paper with help from many (many) folks in the shorebird community. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

very interesting work on mosses in the arctic and their change in spore dispersal over time - also an important argument why we need long term monitoring programs #eDNA #consgen 🧪🌏🦤 jecologyblog.com/2025/11/18/s...

We're pleased to announce that our 2026 conference will be in... SPAIN 🇪🇸 🗓 Dates for your diary are 4-7th September 2026 Watch this space for more details to come! #IWSG2026 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

The Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) met last week to develop an ambitious 3-year work plan in support of key goals for the Convention on Wetlands. STRP National Focal Points included (L-R): Spain, Germany, UK, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, Czech Republic and France @ramsar.org

This week marks the start of the 28th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (#STRP28), taking place at the Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. Learn more: www.ramsar.org/about/bodies... #STRP #GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter #ProtectWetlands

Successful workshop on ‘Adaptive management for migratory waterbirds’ at the international meeting of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. New research results from the SPEAR project funded by @biodiversa.eu. Presentations from scientists at @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social @utu.fi @au.dk

Coming up in less than a week: 9th Edition of the AEWA Conservation Status REPORT (CSR9). For the first time, AEWA’s flagship report goes beyond tracking population trends to examine what drives changes, identifying key threats to migratory waterbirds and actions needed to address them. Stay tuned!

Field trip to Falsterbo ringing station with the migration ecology course from Lund University

NINA-Tromsø has an open job search for four research scientist positions working in arctic ecosystems, including freshwater, marine, and vegetation ecology. Application deadline 8 Dec 2025. @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/83-nina...

The #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands#GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 is available! Wetlands are vanishing, along with the life they sustain. 🌱 Explore the data & solutions to protect these crucial ecosystems. Full report 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/ #GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter 🌍🧪

New article! Researchers GPS-tracked 349 individuals across 18 species. Result? 👉 Home range scaling is sex-driven — and we were missing it. 🐆 🦌 🐗 With NINA-researcher Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr dos Santos and many more onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Lansering av Naturindeks for Norge 2025 skal være kl 9 tirsdag 18. nov www.miljodirektoratet.no/aktuelt/arra...

First record of Tennessee Warbler in Scandinavia arrived with Storm Amy. www.nrk.no/vestfoldogte...

A new VKM report with a risk assessment of import of Turkestan cockroaches as a living food source for pet invertebrates and reptiles. Likely a low risk of establishment in a cold Nordic climate. In english (med et sammendrag på norsk).

Good start to the International Wader Study Group Conference 2025 in Groningen (Netherlands) #IWSG2025. Interesting workshops on the using drones for breeding wader research and about knowledge gaps and policy strategies for conservation of Nordic waders. @waderstudy.bsky.social #waders #shorebirds

Høsttur fra Dovre til Åndalsnes

If you’re on the @int-wildcongress.bsky.social + interested in large #carnivore (🐻🐺 wolverine, lynx + also golden eagle) #monitoring in 🇳🇴 Norway visit us, #Rovdata, @ the poster session. We brought some posters feat the big 4 (see next skeet) for you to take home/your office 😊 #IWC2025 #Wildlife

NINA har ledet et samarbeidsprosjekt som har vurdert miljøeffektene av fornybar energi. Nå har vi publisert en nettside med interaktive kart som sammenligner vannkraft, vindkraft på land og solenergi. Bransjeprognoser med mer energiutbygging vil kreve miljømessige avveininger. tinyurl.com/4wabb9hd

Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5

123 526 pukkellaks er fjerna hittil i sommar, men dei siste dagane har mengda minka i fleire elvar. I Tana kan toppen vere nådd. #Pukkellaks #Tana #atlantiskvillaks www.miljodirektoratet.no/aktuelt/nyhe...

Audubon Alaska has a new blog post on our article in Global Change Biology on the effects of climatic variation on timing of nesting in arctic-breeding shorebirds. Led by Eveling Tavera and Kirsty Gurney with the Arctic Shorebird Demographics Network. #ornithology 🪶 ak.audubon.org/news/arctic-...

Global Wetland Outlook 2025 has been released by the Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org. The report presents new information on the global extent and loss of wetlands, financial value of ecosystem services, and case studies of major conservation successes. www.global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org

The kittiwake hotel at Vardø has high occupancy and good productivity of chicks. Great to see after the outbreak of avian flu two years ago. #urbankittiwake ebird.org/checklist/S2...

A lone female Common Eider attending a super-crèche of 43 ducklings in Vardø harbour. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

A wonderful diversity of breeding seabirds at Hornøya in northern Norway. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Found a breeding pair of Red-throated Pipits at Vadsøya today. Previously missed seeing the bird on a day trip to Sledge Island near Nome, Alaska in 1993. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Summer travels in Pasvikdalen, Finnmark

Recorded a singing Arctic Warbler or «Lappsanger» today near Kirkenes, Norway. Last time I saw the species was 32 years ago near Nome, Alaska. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Monitoring taiga-breeding waders in mires and wetland habitats of northern Norway. Nests found today included Ruff, Common Snipe, Spotted Redshank, and Wood Sandpiper. #ornithology

Found an odd male diving duck west of Kautokeino in Finnmark. A mixture of features suggest it might be a hybrid between Ring-necked Duck and Canvasback, both of which are North American species. A rare hybrid but then also unusual to turn up as vagrant in northern Norway. ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Er handel med størfisk en risiko for ville bestander? For 9 av 11 arter er handel med villfanget fisk skadelig. For fisk fra akvakultur er informasjonen mangelfull og motstridende. Les mer om VKMs arbeid med CITES og risikovurderingen her: vkm.no/8041.htm #Miljø #Bærekraft #Størfisk #VKM #CITES

First Spotted Flycatcher of the year trapped on the Calf this morning had a Norwegian ring!! This is only the 2nd Norwegian Spot Fly to be recovered in the UK following one in 1992 on North Ron with only three UK ringed birds from North Ron/Isle of May being recovered in Norway!! #ukbirding

New article on land use efficiency of renewable energy in Norway. Production density (GWh/km2) was highest for small hydropower and low for land-based wind. Storage hydropower needed to balance wind power at 0.2/1.0 TWh. Led by M.S. Kenawi with collaborators at NTNU and NINA. doi.org/10.1016/j.re...

New article on annual survival of Great Tits in Hungary. Urban sites had highest and lowest survival but two forest sites were intermediate. Led by Boglárka Bukor with collaborators from Univ. Pannonia, Sheffield and Eötvös Loránd. #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Recorded 65 spp of birds in Lierne, Norway for #GlobalBigDay! Highlights included Capercaillie and Black Grouse, Ruff in breeding plumage, rooding Woodcock, courting Rough-legged Hawks, and first-of-year Common Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher, and Common Redstart. ebird.org/tripreport/3...

Colour-ringed kittiwakes returning to the colony in Rørvik.

Kittiwake pairs nesting on old warehouses in the harbour at Rørvik

A new report reviewing different classes of occupancy and N-mixture models, with practical applications for modeling biodiversity dynamics in ecological monitoring programs in Norway. A team effort from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social hdl.handle.net/11250/3188686

BBC news: “Man sets off on 53-mile walk dressed as a curlew”. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Research Council will publish a new call in May with a budget of over 8M euros for recruitment of international scientists to universities and research institutes in Norway. 🌍 www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...

Minister Espen Barth Eide signed an agreement in Poland today on a new funding period for the EEA and Norway Grants: 925 million Euros. The agreement is intended to support social and economic development in Poland and to strengthen Norwegian-Polish cooperation. www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...

Fugletur til Nord-Trøndelag for påskeferien. Mye kortnebbgås og få kvitkinngås; storfugl og orrfugl; årets første småspov, rugde og skogsnipe; spurvhauk, fjellvåk, haukugle, perleugle og varsler; én svartspett; og noen duetrost, steinskvett, og heipiplerke i fjellene. ebird.org/tripreport/3...

New episode on CBC Nature of Things on the migration of Western Sandpipers on the Fraser River Delta. A migratory shorebird with unique foraging morphology specialized for a diet of biofilm on coastal mudflats. #ornithology www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo0...

Fugletitting rundt Bodø. Orrhane fra et snøhule, gråmåke har begynt med hekking, første heipiplerke har kommet, og store flokker av snøspurv overalt. ebird.org/tripreport/3...

Båttrafikk i Bodø havn.