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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 5d

“If you've ever felt calmer after a walk in the park or a stroll through the woods, it's not your imagination - it's biology.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wild about nature: Four health benefits of the outdoors

Spending just 20 minutes in nature can lower blood pressure, heart rate and stress levels.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · 5d

#ornithology 🪶

PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 7d

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to be trailing FreeStations - accessible environmental pollution equipment - at our @dice-kent.bsky.social campus next week

Huge thanks for Prof Mark Mulligan from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for building them with us!

Read more here: blogs.kent.ac.uk/dice/2025/09...

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Dr Jess Fisher @jessjessfisher.bsky.social · Jun 25

New paper out today in
@natecoevo.nature.com on biodiversity & human wellbeing in UK forests, both seasonally and along a gradient of socioeconomic deprivation

Funded by @erc.europa.eu and Woodland Trust 🌳, with lovely @dice-kent.bsky.social team

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Spatio-temporal variability in forest biodiversity associated with human well-being across socio-economic deprivation gradients - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Applying a combined social science and trait-based ecology approach, the authors identify ecological traits in forests eliciting positive or negative well-being among human participants in England and...

www.nature.com

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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · Aug 18

New Woodland Birds Virtual Issue of IBIS in celebration of the #BOUatEOU symposium. Check out all these (free-to-access) great papers:

BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 18

Celebrating #BOUatEOU, our IBIS editors have compiled an IBIS Woodland Birds virtual issue.

All articles are free-to-view and you can read them here 📰
onlinelibrary.wiley....

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Woodland Birds: Ibis

Click on the title to browse this issue

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 8

🔊 VACANCY

Could you be our next Conference Support Officer?

Help us to deliver our exciting conference programme

You'll receive an annual honorarium + free place at BOU conferences

Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the...

⏰ Deadline: 29 August

#ornithology 🪶

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Steph Brittain @stephaniebrittain.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣📣📣 Fully funded MSc scholarships available for this Sept.

Short deadline: 21st July

Kent are offering fully funded taught MSc in Conservation Science #scholarships @dice-kent.bsky.social

For more info: lnkd.in/eiPJG8uE

Any questions, then please email: [email protected]

#phdchat #funding

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · Jun 3

We have developed guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 presenters. Please have a read to make your presentation inclusive. Amazing work led by @elizeyxng.bsky.social et al.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@iccb2025.bsky.social
#languagebarriers

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 30

More info and apply here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Research Fellow in Conservation Science

Are you interested in marine-focused conservation science? Do you enjoy working as part of a large collaborative team? If so, this may be the role for you!We are seeking a marine-focused Research Fell...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 30

Want to join our team of friendly, fun (personal opinion) and interdisciplinary fellows at @dice-kent.bsky.social?

We’re interested in researching nature recovery from ecological, social and policy perspectives

Happy to chat about my life as a fellow!

Apply 👇

🌎 #ConservationScience

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 30

More info and apply here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Research Fellow in Conservation Science

Are you interested in marine-focused conservation science? Do you enjoy working as part of a large collaborative team? If so, this may be the role for you!We are seeking a marine-focused Research Fell...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 29

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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · May 29

Arctic bird nesting traces back to the Cretaceous | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Arctic bird nesting traces back to the Cretaceous

Polar ecosystems are structured and enriched by birds, which nest there seasonally and serve as keystone ecosystem members. Despite the ecological importance of polar birds, the origins of high-latitu...

www.science.org

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 20

The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Alex Bond (Natural History Museum, Tring/London UK) [progress pride flag]
Applicants with previous experience in CT/morphology, wildlife acoustics, or plastics particularly encouraged!
Applicant eligibility
Can’t have spent >12 of the last 36 months in the UK
Previous post-doctoral experience & publication track record HIGHLY recommended
Must relocate to the UK (London or Tring; remote working is not possible under this funding scheme)
Defended PhD by Sept 2025; < 8 years postdoc experience
Previous successful applications are available as guides!
Applications shared between fellow & host with a deadline 10 Sept 2025
Email: a.bond@nhm.ac.uk / BlueSky: @TheLabAndField@bsky.social
https://alexanderbond.org

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BOU @bou.org.uk · May 22

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Woodland birds symposium | 18 August 2025 | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

#ornithology 🪶

SPC: Stuart Sharp
@piedflynet.bsky.social
Daria Dadam &
@parusradious.bsky.social

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · May 19

Our new #DrForest paper has found canopy density & tree species diversity have varying impacts on health & wellbeing 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#foresthealth #biodiversity #urbanforests #forestmanagement #environmentalhealth #urbanplanning #research #Sustainability

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Cat Morrison @catmorrison.bsky.social · May 19

More exciting synchrony-based results can be read in the paper and many happy hours can be spent exploring our maps of abundance and demographic synchrony here: synchrony.uea.ac.uk.

@jengill.bsky.social @simon-butler.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social

Here we present the results of the analysis of synchrony in annual population count, productivity, and survival for 26 species across 995 sites monitored from 1998 to 2019 under the European Constant Effort Scheme (CES) (Morrison et al. in prep.).

synchrony.uea.ac.uk

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 19

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Cat Morrison @catmorrison.bsky.social · May 19

Our new OA paper is out: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... | Ecology Letters | #ornithology

Using @euring.bsky.social Constant Effort Site data spanning 12 countries across Europe we explore geographic and temporal variation in synchrony in counts, productivity and survival rates.

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 16

Really looking forward to #BioBlitz 2025 at @dice-kent.bsky.social tomorrow!

There’s still time to book yourself onto free walks and surveys that are running all day tomorrow 👇

🦅 🦇 🐞 🐝 🌱 🌻 🦔

Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 2

Join @dice-kent.bsky.social for #BioBlitz 2025 on the 17th May 🌱 🪲 🐸 🐝 🦡 🌺

This is a family friendly event where we try to record as many species as possible!

We’ve lots of free events! Find them all and sign up here 👉 lnkd.in/e5kjJRmd

Why not join me for a walk to learn about #soundscapes? 🐦🔉

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · May 2

Join @dice-kent.bsky.social for #BioBlitz 2025 on the 17th May 🌱 🪲 🐸 🐝 🦡 🌺

This is a family friendly event where we try to record as many species as possible!

We’ve lots of free events! Find them all and sign up here 👉 lnkd.in/e5kjJRmd

Why not join me for a walk to learn about #soundscapes? 🐦🔉

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · Apr 25

⚠️⏰ The deadline is today!! ⚠️⏰

BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 24

⏰ Deadline tomorrow!

Passionate about science communication?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Social Media support officer to help develop and deliver BOU's social media content

🔗 bou.org.uk/about-the...

#ornithology 🪶

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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · Apr 25

⚠️⏰ The deadline is today!! ⚠️⏰

BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 24

⏰ Deadline tomorrow!

Passionate about making #ornithology inclusive and diverse?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Equality and Diversity support officer to advance our work in ornithology.

🔗 bou.org.uk/about-the...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 22

📢 BOU at #EOU2025

Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

SPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social

#ornithology

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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · Apr 18

🎉 New paper out in Forest Ecology and Management.

Effect of bark beetle outbreak and salvage logging on tree-related microhabitats in Białowieża Forest
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Based on the internship report of MSc student Flora van Eupen. A wonderful achievement for her!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Apr 13

1/⚠️ Blackbirds are in trouble & we need your help! Threatened by the Usutu virus, we need you to submit your garden Blackbird sightings so scientists can better understand the virus’ spread & potential impacts on these songbirds. 🌍 Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/blackbirds #UKBirding #Ornithology

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 11

⚠️ Passionate about making #ornithology inclusive and diverse?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Equality and Diversity support officer to advance our work in ornithology.

🔗 bou.org.uk/about-the...

⏰ Deadline 25 April 2025

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