It’s #PortfolioDay2024 and #commissions are open! Here is a quick video version of some of my recent work (if you would like to read the text, probably best to pop over to my website and browse through it as a flipbook!).

Have you seen this bird? Curlews that were headstarted in 2021, 2022 and 2023 might be returning to Norfolk and surrounds to breed! 😃Please report any Curlews you see with yellow leg flags 👉 curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/report-a-sight… #Ornithology #BTOScience #Tracking #ConservationScience #Curlew

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Headstarted curlew Astra (9L) has now returned to the wash after her brief trip to the River Humber. Impressively she has returned to the same area she favoured before she flew to France in 2022! curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/9l-2/ BTO #conservation #curlew

We are eggcited for the new season of rearing headstarted curlews and releasing them into North Norfolk. Find out more at: curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk BTO Natural England Royal Air Force @sandringham1870 #WorldCurlewDay #reintroduction #curlew #wildlifeconservation #headstarting

This weekend we're giving you a preview of the workshops running at our conference #IWSG2024 Workshop 1⃣ is "Using drones to survey shorebirds" Drones are becoming increasingly popular, we will look at their uses, advantages and constraints More here ➡️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

This weekend we're giving you a preview of workshops running at our conference #IWSG2024 Workshop 2⃣ is "Management of shorebirds and their environments in context of global change" Which species are vulnerable, and what can be done to help? More here ➡️ waderstudygroup.org/conferences/20…

⏰️ Don't forget, registration closes on 16th June! Details below to attend our next conference 👀⬇️

Fieldwork game 😁 🎯 Where is the oystercatcher nest? 🧐 Wader Study #birdstudy #scicom Be careful during breeding period when you walk on the beach or on rocky coasts... 😶‍🌫️Birds are masters at hide and seek...

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Getting stuck into Shostakovich 8 with Tim Redmond!

Vacation Relaxation?

After >20 years of tracking, our ringed black-tailed godwits have revealed that the autumn and winter sites used by juveniles are (nearly always) the ones they will use throughout their lives. New Journal of Animal Ecology paper (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…) and #wadertales blog:

📢RDV vendredi après-midi à Montpellier ou en visio pour un aprem de confs (en FR) sur la conservation des limicoles !🤩 Inscriptions ici pour recevoir le lien: urlz.fr/sd3m Et c'est...GRATUIT ! Office français de la biodiversité @cefemontpellier Wader Study José A. Alves Katharine Bowgen

Great presentation by Harry Ewing describing his upcoming review of European curlew headstarting projects, featuring some aesthetic graphs and cool curlew babies 😎 #IWSG2024

📢 On recherche un.e stagiaire de M1 pour analyser l'effet opérateur sur les mesures morphologiques des oiseaux lors du baguage🦆🐦 Encadrement Office français de la biodiversité et Tour du valat + d'infos ici: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… #onrecrute #stageécologie #ornithologie

Job alert! 📢 We’re looking for a Director of Finance and Governance to join BTO. Find out more and apply ➡️ bit.ly/BTODirectorFin… #CharityJobs

1/5 #BOUsci24 #SESH1 Our very own Katharine Bowgen is talking about Curlew headstarting at #BOUsci24 this morning - an ambitious conservation partnership project yielding promising results. She is presenting on behalf of a group of researchers. #BTOScience

4/5 #BOUsci24 #SESH1 With a long lived species like Curlew, it takes time to see results. But with over 690 Curlew released since 2017, we are delighted that the first birds have now attempted to breed, and so we hope that “step 2” might yet be accomplished! If you see one of our

5/5 #BOUsci24 #SESH1 This project would not have been possible without the support from many partner organisations, funders and volunteers. Thank you to each and every one of them!