📢 REGISTER NOW! #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Check out the programme and register now Online attendance available bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

Come and join our wonderful IBIS Associate Editor team! Great opportunity for professional development and community contribution:

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 4w ago

📢 ASSOCIATE EDITORS WANTED Join us! IBIS is looking for Associate Editors to join our editorial team and support the peer review process Read more and complete the application form: bou.org.uk/ibis/vaca... #ornithology 🪶

Two weeks left to submit your abstract to the BOU Avian Disease Ecology conference. Attendance grants are available (see BOU funding opportunities). We have an amazing keynote lineup for you! Please share 😁

Alice Risely@alice-risely.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Abstracts are open for the BOU Avian Disease Ecology conference (6-8th April 2027, Nottingham, UK). Submit here (deadline July 31st): tinyurl.com/hf2hzf4p Reg fees to be released soon - but you can get an idea of rough costs from the BOU 2026 conference: tinyurl.com/3udbz3c5 Fab line up! 🦠🦜🦠🐦‍⬛🦠

I am presenting at @bou.org.uk on a research exploring the use of bioacoustics and citizen science to access the impact of invasive alien plants on birds #BOU2026

Our keynote speaker for session 6 is Chevonne Reynolds, with her talk „Who gets to see urban birds? Environmental inequality in African cities“ #BOU2026

Extremely proud to see @wadertales.bsky.social be awarded the @bou.org.uk Janet Kear medal,for his excellent and tireless work on behalf of our Union and community #BOU2026

Does honeyguide-honey hunter cooperation still occur in areas where bee-keeping is now common? Great talk at #BOU2026 by Ajik Anap Magaji

Ethno-ornithology: science and society in dialogue - Andrew Gosler kicks off day 2 session 1 with his keynote talk. We are joined by chair James Hoggett. #BOU2026 #ethnoornithology #ornithology

This evening we welcome Claire Spottiswoode as our speaker for the Alfred Newton Lecture. #BOU2026

1/ 🧵 I'm at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum to talk about using natural history collections to build inclusive community. Natural history #museums are undergoing a renaissance of novel research. However -who has access to collections? -who is being left out of biodiversity research? #ornithology

New work out from our @islandbirdproject.bsky.social team lead by @raquelponti.bsky.social We will be presenting this at the upcoming conference #BOUasm25 "A day at the museum: collections-based ornithological research in a changing world" on BlueSky, 18th of Nov.

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 10mo ago

Morphological Evolution in Island Birds Is Associated With More Terrestrial Lifestyles and a Lower Number of Raptors and Intra‐Family Competitors | onlinelibrary.wiley.... | Global Ecology and Biogeography | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

On way to #BOUasm25 at @nhm-london.bsky.social. Looking forward to spending a day at the museum: bou.org.uk/wp-content/u...

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶 Deadline: Mon 15 Sept 🥇 Godman Salvin Prize 🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture 🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal 🥇 Early Professional Award bou.org.uk/about-the...

Delighted to welcome Mark Mainwaring to the Editorial Board of #BirdStudy as an Associate Editor. The 4th to join over the past year, the growing Editorial Board is helping us expand the journal's #ornithology expertise, geographical representation and diversity: www.bto.org/our-work/sci...

Chuffed to see our meta-analysis of UK nest predator studies published- fantastic collaboration across diverse organisations and individuals @gwct.org.uk @rspbengland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meta‐analysis of predator identity in nest‐camera studies in the British Islands

Nest predation is the primary cause of nest failure across many bird species. Interventions to support declining or threatened species frequently involve measures to reduce nest predation, through le....

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📣 Nominations for this year's round of @bou.org.uk awards are currently OPEN! Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏 Find out more and make your nominations here: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo... 📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025 1/5

Medals and awards - British Ornithologists' Union

Each year, the BOU presents awards to recognise individuals who have made an outstanding contribution within ornithology. Each award celebrates a specific contribution and nominations are warmly encou...

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Wonderful to see a few more BOU Conference Attendance Grant recipients in action at #EOU2025 yesterday Joshua Wilson, Soladoye Iwajomo & Susan Ellen McKinlay Look out for Malin Klumpp on Friday! #ornithology

Really excited about this conference, coming Sept 2026. But now is your chance to shape our programme. Who would you like to see as a keynote? Get your nominations in by 30th Sept 2025.

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · last yr.

🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS #BOUasm26 | Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOUasm26? Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/avi... Nomination deadline: 30 Sept 2025 #ornithology 🪶

New distribution models for Icelandic waders show how temperate to arctic species overlap across climatic and environmental gradients. Led by Dr. Verónica Méndez nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @wildlifebiology.bsky.social #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #ConservationScience🌍

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡 At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image. Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work. More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV... #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

🔊 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 🪶

🔊 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 🪶

🏅 BOU AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN Early Professional Award Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of ornithology Nominate a deserving recipient now! bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶

New issue of #BirdStudy published today: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7... UK Hen Harrier census Capercaillie vocal ID Barn Owls and agri-environment schemes Bird trends in Faroes, and Iceland Dunlin morphometrics Sparrowhawk breeding habitat Rock Partridge nest predation #ornithology

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

📆Deadline extended📆 If you're looking for an exciting #PhD opportunity in #Mathematics, #Statistics, and #AnimalHealth, you have two more weeks to apply! ✍️ Deadline: 14th July #FindaPhD #PhDChat @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @roslininstitute.bsky.social

BioSS@bioss.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨PhD studentship opportunity!🚨 We are looking for a PhD student to develop research in computational statistics and modelling to enhance salmon health and robustness. 🐟 📆Deadline: 30th June 2025 Find out more: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ph... #PhD #FindAPhD #Statistics #Mathematics #AnimalHealth

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜 I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology! 📍 Nottingham, UK 📅 6–8 April 2027 🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe Please share widely! #BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

New paper in @waderstudy.bsky.social led by @btobirds.bsky.social reviewing headstarting across Europe as a tool for #Curlew #conservation Read the blog post: www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/european-hea... Read the open access paper: www.waderstudygroup.org/article/18880/ #waders #shorebirds

East of England project contributes to review of European curlew headstarting projects - Curlew Recovery Project

Curlews breed across Europe in grassland, heathland and bog habitats, but are among the most threatened of European breeding bird species. As a result, they are the focus of a suite of conservation in...

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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/...

New in #BirdStudy Lesser Flamingos may be nomadic between feeding sites in India. Potential nomadism in sub-adult Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor: insights from satellite telemetry on movement, home ranges and habitat use in India (Ram et al): doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology