Few British birds are more elusive than the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. The size of a sparrow, it spends nearly all its time hidden in the treetops. There may now be fewer than 2,000 pairs in the UK, where its range has shrunk by more than 40% since the 1970s.

New paper of our team is out! Open access and freely available on Ecological Indicators! 😀 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Just published a paper about Couas in Madagascar! It is open access and freely available! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Can birds and nature really benefit our mental health? YES! There’s increasing evidence that wildlife – and birds in particular – have a profound positive impact on our mental #wellbeing. #MentalHealthDay ➡️ ow.ly/Qp5o50GmJqV

Free Zoom talk by Ken Smith 'Bars and Spots - varying fortunes of our British woodpeckers' on Monday 15 November at 18.30 British Ornithologists’ Club Great Spotted woodpeckers are increasing in UK, Lesser Spotted is in serious decline. Ken will explore the reasons why boc-online.org/meetings/upcom…

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Woodpecker populations in winter in the interior of the European continent are highly dependent on #climate change and its consequences link.springer.com/article/10.100…

❗ Wonderful Woodpeckers! ❗ 🤔 Did you know that there are over 200 species of #Woodpecker? ❤️ Here are 20 Woodpecker species we think are wonderous! Treehugger.com ➡️ ow.ly/rnLS50IGkWq

Are you ready for the next Italian Ornithological Conference? See you there 5-9 September 2023! Spread the word! #cio2023 CISO cio2023varese.it

NEW in #JVertBiol: Habitat use of the mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus): the importance of urban areas and permanent crops doi.org/10.25225/jvb.2… BioOne | GP.Chiatante | #ornithology

New position on biodiversity! 🪶🦉🦅 we are looking for a motivated Junior Researcher to work on: -ecoacoustic in Alpine landscapes; -automatic/field survey of birds and biodiversity; -bird songs classification and automatic identifications. For details: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/d4l9Q2GM?…

Picchio rosso minore: presente in Pianura Padana, ma a rischio. Uno studio mantovano ha rivelato l’importanza di saliceti e boschi naturali lungo il fiume Po per questa specie. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo… #CISO #AvocettaCISO #SocioCISO #Ornitologia_italiana #DalPosterAlPost

New story on the #AvianHybrids blog! Picky Woodpeckers: Nest selection of Great Spotted Woodpeckers in Italy avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/01/17/pic… Based on the Avocetta paper by Elena Piacentini & Gianpasquale Chiatante | #ornithology

Are you passionate about #BirdMigration? Are you looking for a #PhD? Look no further, this project is for you! 🐦 Details on the post below👇 #ornithology #phdlife

New paper out! #kiskadees act as seed dispersers for invasive fruits on Bermuda. A case of an invasive 🐦 (introduced to control an invasive 🦎) helping an invasive 🌱 #ornithology #invasivespecies Link: avocetta.org/articles/vol-4…

NEW PAPER IS OUT! Flight initiation distance in waterbirds of two coastal wetlands with different protection regimes 🦩🦆🦢 rdcu.be/dA9cZ #Wetlands #ornithology #escape

New paper out!! 🦅 Sex differences in the timing of spring migration of adult European Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus in the Central Mediterranean #Raptors #Migration #Mediterranean #ornithology link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Join us on this exciting integrative project on the responses of amphibians to herbicides 🐸😃🎓

New publication out in Avocetta Territory selection of breeding Golden #Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in a low-density population, authored by Mazzarano A, Mattea R, Damiani G doi.org/10.30456/AVO.2… (photo credit Damiani G) #raptors

Check the last issue of #Avocetta Journal of #Ornithology to read the latest published paper "Eurasian Oystercatchers adopt pole tops as safe nesting sites in the Lagoon of Venice" by Valle & Scarton doi.org/10.30456/AVO.2… Photo: L. Sattin

How cool would it be to know in real-time if our skiing is bothering the black grouse? Now we can! Check out our latest preprint featuring an interactive tool that visualizes stress impacts on wildlife, guiding sustainable recreation in alpine environments papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…