On 22 May I presented the third chapter of my PhD on global Barn Swallow migration at Friday4Birds 🐦 Talk: Wind, barriers, and connectivity in global Barn Swallow migration 🌬️ 🌍 The audience was as international as the swallows I study! youtu.be/nij5xAKAo7I?...

Last weekend I presented my research on the flight altitude of migrating Eurasian woodcocks at the EOU 2026 Fledglings Conference in Gdańsk 🇵🇱 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work, exchange ideas, and connect with the community. 🐦 #BirdMigration #Ornithology #Research #EOUFledglings

🐦‍⬛ Barn swallows go global! Presenting the Global Barn Swallow Migration Project at the 3rd General Meeting of COST Action EUFLYNET in Vienna! This work, the 3rd chapter of my PhD, aims to uncover global migration patterns of Barn Swallows 🌍 #EUFLYNET #BirdMigration #MigrationEcology

New blog post! 📝 Check out my BOU blog on my experience at my first EOU in Wales last August 🌍 bou.org.uk/blog-mckinla...

Based on thousands of citizen-science observations across Italy, our study shows that many hunted game bird species 🐦 start their pre-breeding migration earlier than reported in the European Commission’s “Key Concepts Document” (KCD) 🇪🇺 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Presentare il mio lavoro di dottorato sul Global Barn Swallow Migration project a Lecce al CIO2025 è stato un onore!

It was such an honor to present my PhD work on the Global Barn Swallow project at the EOU2025 in Bangor, Wales!

A snapshot of the Global Barn Swallow Migration Project, which is the main focus of my PhD! www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...