Patrick Lewin
@plewin.bsky.social
Behavioural ecologist interested in navigation, migration and collective behaviour, especially in birds | DPhil student in the OxNav group studying Manx shearwaters | BTO ringing trainer
Fantastic day trip to Falsterbo as part of the animal migration course here in Lund. Glossy ibis, rough-legged buzzard, waxwings, black kite, great grey shrike and twite amidst hundreds of finches, thrushes and wood pigeons overhead.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fantastic day trip to Falsterbo as part of the animal migration course here in Lund. Glossy ibis, rough-legged buzzard, waxwings, black kite, great grey shrike and twite amidst hundreds of finches, thrushes and wood pigeons overhead.
Autumn getting into full swing at our Oxford ringing site today 🍂 62 birds, mostly blackcap and chiffchaff.
Highlights were the first willow warbler of the autumn, a juvenile female Sparrowhawk, a rare pulse of acros for the site and the hoped-for addition of tree pipit to the site ringing list!
Highlights were the first willow warbler of the autumn, a juvenile female Sparrowhawk, a rare pulse of acros for the site and the hoped-for addition of tree pipit to the site ringing list!
August 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Autumn getting into full swing at our Oxford ringing site today 🍂 62 birds, mostly blackcap and chiffchaff.
Highlights were the first willow warbler of the autumn, a juvenile female Sparrowhawk, a rare pulse of acros for the site and the hoped-for addition of tree pipit to the site ringing list!
Highlights were the first willow warbler of the autumn, a juvenile female Sparrowhawk, a rare pulse of acros for the site and the hoped-for addition of tree pipit to the site ringing list!
Had a great time at #EOU2025 meeting ornithologists from across Europe, seeing their work and exploring a beautiful part of North Wales.
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social and the local organisers @bangoruniversity.bsky.social for a brilliant conference and for the poster prize!
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social and the local organisers @bangoruniversity.bsky.social for a brilliant conference and for the poster prize!
August 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Had a great time at #EOU2025 meeting ornithologists from across Europe, seeing their work and exploring a beautiful part of North Wales.
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social and the local organisers @bangoruniversity.bsky.social for a brilliant conference and for the poster prize!
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social and the local organisers @bangoruniversity.bsky.social for a brilliant conference and for the poster prize!
Ever wondered how animals know where they are? Or how they find where they need to be?
The answer is that they have maps and compasses built into their heads! Excited to see this new review of map-and-compass navigation led by Joe Morford out in Animal Behaviour @asab.org
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
The answer is that they have maps and compasses built into their heads! Excited to see this new review of map-and-compass navigation led by Joe Morford out in Animal Behaviour @asab.org
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
July 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ever wondered how animals know where they are? Or how they find where they need to be?
The answer is that they have maps and compasses built into their heads! Excited to see this new review of map-and-compass navigation led by Joe Morford out in Animal Behaviour @asab.org
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
The answer is that they have maps and compasses built into their heads! Excited to see this new review of map-and-compass navigation led by Joe Morford out in Animal Behaviour @asab.org
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
The cuckoos also returned repeatedly to the tree right above us, giving amazing views of singing and fighting!
April 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The cuckoos also returned repeatedly to the tree right above us, giving amazing views of singing and fighting!
A very quiet first reedbed session of the year. But our first sedge, reed and Cetti’s warblers of 2025 made it worth it. Amazing to be surrounded by two male cuckoos chasing and battling over a female for hours! Not sure she was impressed…
April 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A very quiet first reedbed session of the year. But our first sedge, reed and Cetti’s warblers of 2025 made it worth it. Amazing to be surrounded by two male cuckoos chasing and battling over a female for hours! Not sure she was impressed…
More signs of spring today with two sedge warblers, one willow warbler and two whitethroats singing at Iffley, plus a small passage of swallows overhead.
Supporting cast of Cetti’s warblers, blackcaps and chiffchaffs against a backdrop of snake’s head fritillaries.
Supporting cast of Cetti’s warblers, blackcaps and chiffchaffs against a backdrop of snake’s head fritillaries.
April 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
More signs of spring today with two sedge warblers, one willow warbler and two whitethroats singing at Iffley, plus a small passage of swallows overhead.
Supporting cast of Cetti’s warblers, blackcaps and chiffchaffs against a backdrop of snake’s head fritillaries.
Supporting cast of Cetti’s warblers, blackcaps and chiffchaffs against a backdrop of snake’s head fritillaries.
Spring slowly advancing this am in Oxford. Fantastic to ring our first willow warbler of the year among a flush of blackcaps and a lovely bullfinch.
I also heard my first willow warbler yesterday just outside my door. Seemed to be singing somewhere in Elder Stubbs - great to hear them in the city!
I also heard my first willow warbler yesterday just outside my door. Seemed to be singing somewhere in Elder Stubbs - great to hear them in the city!
April 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Spring slowly advancing this am in Oxford. Fantastic to ring our first willow warbler of the year among a flush of blackcaps and a lovely bullfinch.
I also heard my first willow warbler yesterday just outside my door. Seemed to be singing somewhere in Elder Stubbs - great to hear them in the city!
I also heard my first willow warbler yesterday just outside my door. Seemed to be singing somewhere in Elder Stubbs - great to hear them in the city!
My 1st paper showed that range shifts caused by climate change🌡️📈can result from individual flexibility in migration, and shearwaters that migrate further have to travel faster on the way home 🏃 They do that by anticipating the longer distance from the start, using memory of their route! 🧠
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March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My 1st paper showed that range shifts caused by climate change🌡️📈can result from individual flexibility in migration, and shearwaters that migrate further have to travel faster on the way home 🏃 They do that by anticipating the longer distance from the start, using memory of their route! 🧠
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My own research focuses on mechanisms of navigation, trying to translate what we’ve learned from captive model systems (eg homing pigeons 🐦) to wild shearwaters 🗺️
One of the best bits of my research has been getting to do field experiments on some beautiful seabird colonies!
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One of the best bits of my research has been getting to do field experiments on some beautiful seabird colonies!
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March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My own research focuses on mechanisms of navigation, trying to translate what we’ve learned from captive model systems (eg homing pigeons 🐦) to wild shearwaters 🗺️
One of the best bits of my research has been getting to do field experiments on some beautiful seabird colonies!
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One of the best bits of my research has been getting to do field experiments on some beautiful seabird colonies!
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Hi everyone 👋 A long overdue first post on here and an introduction to who I am and what I do 🪶
I’m Paddy, a DPhil student researching navigation in birds as part of the OxNav group. You can take a look at the kinds of things we do here: oxnav.org but I’ll tell you a bit more about myself🧵
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I’m Paddy, a DPhil student researching navigation in birds as part of the OxNav group. You can take a look at the kinds of things we do here: oxnav.org but I’ll tell you a bit more about myself🧵
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March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hi everyone 👋 A long overdue first post on here and an introduction to who I am and what I do 🪶
I’m Paddy, a DPhil student researching navigation in birds as part of the OxNav group. You can take a look at the kinds of things we do here: oxnav.org but I’ll tell you a bit more about myself🧵
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I’m Paddy, a DPhil student researching navigation in birds as part of the OxNav group. You can take a look at the kinds of things we do here: oxnav.org but I’ll tell you a bit more about myself🧵
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