Check out our new publication! Prohibiting shooting with toxic lead shot over wetlands may decrease ingestion by waterfowl if compliance is high. 🔫🦆 However, lead ingestion can still occur on non-wetlands and pose a risk to waterfowl. ☠️?? WWT African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)

A couple of Greater Sand Plovers along Ladies Mile Beach this evening #cyprusbirds

Some pictures from my recent spring birding/eating trip to Cyprus. Spur-winged Lapwing, Greater Flamingos, Cyprus Wheatear and Spinach Pie #cyprusbirds

New on #theBOUblog: Reducing lead ingestion in managed goose populations bou.org.uk/blog-mcintosh-… Read the new open access BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ib… #ornithology | Aimee McIntosh

Yesterday, I deliberately tweeted 2 contrasting headlines from our paper about ecological correlates of gamebird release & management One portrayed them as ecologically +ve(⬆️🐦🦋,⬇️🦊) The other as ecologically -ve(⬇️🪲⬆️🐀) Both were true but partial What would Twitter do?🧵

ExMove: An open-source toolkit for processing and exploring animal tracking data in R biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_ecology

Differing drivers of decline within a migratory metapopulation has implications for future conservation. From Luke Ozsanlav-Harris, Stuart Bearhop, Geoff Hilton, Mitch Weegman et al: buff.ly/3PUZjbO #ornithology

In the latest issue of BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 Incidence of lead ingestion in managed goose populations and the efficacy of imposed restrictions on the use of lead shot | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Aimee McIntosh et al Luke Ozsanlav-Harris Geoff Hilton Stuart Bearhop | #ornithology

Come and join us!! PhD opportunity with me, Richard Fuller (fullerlab.org/people) and others on a generous fully funded QUEX scholarship to estimate changes in distribution and conservation of migratory birds! Uni of Exeter Doctoral College @UQ eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you! Proud of this collaboration with fellow University of Exeter CEC ECRs Liam Langley, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid transparent and reproducible coding of biologging data Open Access Journal of Animal Ecology: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u

Liam Langley, co-author, says "ExMove is an open access reproducible toolkit for processing and exploring animal movement data from multiple telemetry devices in R, promoting reproducibility within the field of movement ecology."

Just back from the field and swamped with files from numerous tracking devices? This new research methods guide is designed to streamline the process of turning raw data from animal tracking devices into an analysis-ready dataset: buff.ly/3Vu2yZ7