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NEW on #theBOUblog from Anya Shackleton-Jones
A Seabird Success Story? Temporal Monitoring of Kittiwakes and Fulmars in East Iceland
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A Seabird Success Story? Temporal Monitoring of Kittiwakes and Fulmars in East Iceland
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November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Anya Shackleton-Jones
A Seabird Success Story? Temporal Monitoring of Kittiwakes and Fulmars in East Iceland
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A Seabird Success Story? Temporal Monitoring of Kittiwakes and Fulmars in East Iceland
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Roni Ostreiher
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
bou.org.uk/blog-ostr...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Roni Ostreiher
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Rebecca Gillmore
The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
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The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
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November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Rebecca Gillmore
The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
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The ecology of a nationally important Great Cormorant population on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Andreia Malpica
Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
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Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Andreia Malpica
Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
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Searching for signals of local adaptation in an endemic bird of the Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico: conservation perspectives in the face of climate change
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Soladoye Iwajomo
Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
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Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
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October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Soladoye Iwajomo
Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
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Intra-African Bird Migration at EOU2025: Member Conference Attendance Grant Report
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Eugenia Bonetti
Where to sleep?: Study of Urban Communal Roosts in the Chimango Caracara
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Where to sleep?: Study of Urban Communal Roosts in the Chimango Caracara
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October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Eugenia Bonetti
Where to sleep?: Study of Urban Communal Roosts in the Chimango Caracara
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#ornithology 🪶
Where to sleep?: Study of Urban Communal Roosts in the Chimango Caracara
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Mark Drever & Luis Bautista-Sopelana
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
bou.org.uk/blog-drev...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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October 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Mark Drever & Luis Bautista-Sopelana
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
bou.org.uk/blog-drev...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Bird migration as hydrological flow: using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Mátyás Prommer
From cliffs to pylons: how Peregrine Falcons reclaimed Hungary
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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From cliffs to pylons: how Peregrine Falcons reclaimed Hungary
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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October 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Mátyás Prommer
From cliffs to pylons: how Peregrine Falcons reclaimed Hungary
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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From cliffs to pylons: how Peregrine Falcons reclaimed Hungary
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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The absence of top predators may increase nest predation through mesopredator release: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The absence of top predators may increase nest predation through mesopredator release: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Over on #theBOUblog, science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses mesopredator release and nest predation in Strange-tailed Tyrants: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
When the cat's away...
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Variation in mesopredator abundance and nest predation rate of the endangered Strange-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus risora). Browne, M., Pasian, C., Di Giacomo, A. G., Di Bitetti, M, S, Di Giacomo, A. S. 2023. IBIS. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13202. VIEW
The global
bou.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Over on #theBOUblog, science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses mesopredator release and nest predation in Strange-tailed Tyrants: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
When the cat’s away… bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses mesopredator release and nest predation in Strange-tailed Tyrants.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses mesopredator release and nest predation in Strange-tailed Tyrants.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When the cat’s away… bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses mesopredator release and nest predation in Strange-tailed Tyrants.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses mesopredator release and nest predation in Strange-tailed Tyrants.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
NEW on #theBOUblog from Sue Lewis
After the outbreak: how gannets bounce back from bird flu
bou.org.uk/blog-lewi...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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After the outbreak: how gannets bounce back from bird flu
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Sue Lewis
After the outbreak: how gannets bounce back from bird flu
bou.org.uk/blog-lewi...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
After the outbreak: how gannets bounce back from bird flu
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Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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NEW on #theBOUblog from José Carrillo-Hidalgo and Enrique González-Dávila
Diet spectrum of Canary kestrel fledglings: is fledging success of Tenerife Island kestrels related to trophic niche width?
bou.org.uk/blog-cari...
#ornithology 🪶
Diet spectrum of Canary kestrel fledglings: is fledging success of Tenerife Island kestrels related to trophic niche width?
bou.org.uk/blog-cari...
#ornithology 🪶
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from José Carrillo-Hidalgo and Enrique González-Dávila
Diet spectrum of Canary kestrel fledglings: is fledging success of Tenerife Island kestrels related to trophic niche width?
bou.org.uk/blog-cari...
#ornithology 🪶
Diet spectrum of Canary kestrel fledglings: is fledging success of Tenerife Island kestrels related to trophic niche width?
bou.org.uk/blog-cari...
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Petra Sumasgutner
When kestrels turn pale: what colour tells us about bird health in human-dominated landscapes
A report from a BOU funded project
bou.org.uk/blog-suma...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
When kestrels turn pale: what colour tells us about bird health in human-dominated landscapes
A report from a BOU funded project
bou.org.uk/blog-suma...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Petra Sumasgutner
When kestrels turn pale: what colour tells us about bird health in human-dominated landscapes
A report from a BOU funded project
bou.org.uk/blog-suma...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
When kestrels turn pale: what colour tells us about bird health in human-dominated landscapes
A report from a BOU funded project
bou.org.uk/blog-suma...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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NEW on #theBOUblog from Daniel Bloche
Understanding migratory movements of Swifts: presenting novel insights on the migration of three Swift species
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Understanding migratory movements of Swifts: presenting novel insights on the migration of three Swift species
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September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Daniel Bloche
Understanding migratory movements of Swifts: presenting novel insights on the migration of three Swift species
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Understanding migratory movements of Swifts: presenting novel insights on the migration of three Swift species
bou.org.uk/blog-bloc...
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Combining information from disparate data steams can enable novel demographic estimates: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Combining information from disparate data steams can enable novel demographic estimates: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Over on #theBOUblog, science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses combining disparate data streams to derive survival estimates for Whimbrels: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Where there's a Whimbrel there's a way
LINKED PAPER
Disparate data streams together yield novel survival estimates of Alaska-breeding Whimbrels. Ruthrauff, D. R., Harwood, C. M., Tibbitts, T. L., Patil, V. P. 2024. IBIS. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13273. VIEW
Science is rarely straightforward, and ecological data, especially that collected
bou.org.uk
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Over on #theBOUblog, science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses combining disparate data streams to derive survival estimates for Whimbrels: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Where there's a Whimbrel there's a way: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses combining disparate data streams to derive survival estimates for Whimbrels.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses combining disparate data streams to derive survival estimates for Whimbrels.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
September 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Where there's a Whimbrel there's a way: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses combining disparate data streams to derive survival estimates for Whimbrels.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
On #theBOUblog science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses combining disparate data streams to derive survival estimates for Whimbrels.
Based on this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
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Anthropogenic noise may have stronger impacts on begging calls at certain points of Blue Tit nestling development: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
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Anthropogenic noise may have stronger impacts on begging calls at certain points of Blue Tit nestling development: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
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Read all about it on #theBOUblog, and check out the original #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Over on #theBOUblog, science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses anthropogenic noise and nestling begging calls in Blue Tits: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
Keep it down!
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Differential impact of anthropogenic noise during the acoustic development of begging calls in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Sierro, J., de Kort, S. R., Hartley, I. R. 2024. IBIS. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13299. VIEW
Humans have had massive impacts on environments
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August 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Over on #theBOUblog, science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall discusses anthropogenic noise and nestling begging calls in Blue Tits: bou.org.uk/blog-afm-...
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology
From this recent #IBISjournal paper: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... | #ornithology