The BTO Ringing and NRS report 2023 data has now been added to my visualisation apps: Explore graphs of numbers ringed etc. and NRS records over time: stephenvickers.shinyapps.io/ringing_totals/ Explore a map of numbers ringed, etc. by region: stephenvickers.shinyapps.io/ringing_map/

Since 2023 we've caught & colour-marked nearly 600 Whooper Swans & we need your help to find them! 🧐 Please check any flocks you may see & let us know what you find...

Ok! Come on let's follow this lot to where they're sleeping tonight... A thread🧵 #Ornithology 1/7

📣PhD position open in our group!📣 Come work on a super fascinating system: partial #migration in European shags. #Fieldwork, #theory and #QuantitativeGenetics are all possible depending on interests. Please spread to good candidates of any nationality! jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Seasonal field staff needed for RSPB Science projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (and non-seabird) opportunities across the UK! Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦 app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Caree…

New paper! If you use time-lapse cameras, this one's for you! Proud of this collaboration with @UEA_CMP's Marcus Jenkins & Michal Mackiewicz to improve object detection for time-lapse imagery using temporal features. 📷🖥️⏲️ Open Access Sensors MDPI: mdpi.com/3088004

In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population estimate & report on winter distribution. Results have now been published in @BritishBirds, with our thinking on future monitoring needs #Ornithology 1/7 ⬇️

The Whoopers are starting to move and will soon be back on their Icelandic breeding grounds! Since Waterbird Colour-marking Group started ringing Whoopers in 2023, we've tagged >600 inds. and gathered >750 sightings. Please keep an eye out and continue to report any sightings to us as they leave!