📢 NOMINATE NOW For the BOU Early Professional Award 🏅 Recognising an outstanding initial contribution to #ornithology bou.org.uk/about-the-bou/…

Shout out to RSPB RSPB Scotland Visit Loch Leven for working to make nature inclusive and accessible to everyone 👏💙

In the LATEST ISSUE of BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 Distinct bird communities in forests and fruit farms of Caatinga landscapes | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Natalia Zielonka (she/her) 🌈 et al Eduardo Arellano Liam Crowther VININA FERREIRA Andrés Muñoz-Sáez Simon Butler Lynn Dicks | #ornithology

⏰ APPROACHING DEADLINE ⏰ Just 3 days to submit your talk abstract for #BOUasm24 Birds and net zero! 24 Oct 2024 | York, UK & Zoom & X (Twitter) bou.org.uk/event/birds-an… #ornithology

Get applying - up to £2,000 research grants and £2,500 bursaries are available #ornithology

We have a packed programme of speakers covering all aspects of 🐦 conservation translocations! Hope you can join us online from wherever you are on 12 & 13th Nov. Register here: bou.org.uk/conferences-an…

Celebrated finishing the PhD yesterday 🎓 huge thanks to my supervisors Simon Butler and Lynn Dicks, as well as UEA Biological Sciences, UEA CEEC and NRPDTP for making this possible! 🍷🍇🕊️🪲 #ueagraduation #PhDdone

Here's a wonderful three year postdoc opportunity to work on European policy aspects of #pollinator conservation, with a focus on pesticides jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

ICYMI #BOU2025 - Frontiers in ornithology ⚠️ call for abstract is now OPEN ⚠️ Get your abstracts in and join us for our annual conference in Nottingham and on X (Twitter) Keynotes, info and abstract submission ➡️ bou.org.uk/event/frontier… #ornithology

Come and work with my amazing team at Science at the Natural History Museum (London, UK) examining zoonotic diseases in a onehealth context. 2 & 3 yr post-doc positions with a stats modelling and meta-genomics focus respectively: jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… Closing: 8th Sept 2024

Urban birds are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and exposure to bacteria in landfill sites and polluted rivers may explain this theguardian.com/environment/ar… | #ornithology

'Birds saved my life...' An honest and eye opening account of one young woman's experience of the birding world, highlighting some of the issues that need to be addressed, though ultimately demonstrating the uplifting power of nature. #ornithology

Get your abstracts in!

The BOU is saddened to learn of this experience of abuse by a young person in birding. BOU do not tolerate such behaviour. We stand in solidarity with all those who have experienced gender-based violence and discrimination and strive to make ornithology a safe place for all.

Birds saved my life. There’s nothing unusual about that. What’s more unusual about my situation, is that it was birding that caused my life to need saving in the first place. A true story, my story. Read it here: linktr.ee/ahwildlife BTO #Birds #Art #writing #nature

Running the first 10 of 71 km tomorrow 🙌 #RN24 Taking on 4 events next month to raise some money for Cancer Research UK and East Anglian Air Ambulance, donation 🔗 and details below 👇

The Run Norwich 2024 is done! 🎉 First half looked like it was gonna be a PB but I twisted my ankle tripping at 6k 🙃 finished ⏱️ 56:18 Huge thanks to John (race saving pep talk at 6.5km 🥲), parents & crowds for support 👏 Bring on the other 3 events! (Donation links 👇) x