Sketching a Cormorant! A very good bird to practice where feather placements go.l

Job alert! 📢 Are you an active birder & would like to work at BTO HQ coordinating BirdTrack? 🐦 If you love talking all things birds to colleagues, other birders, bird recording communities & stakeholders, then this could be the perfect job. Apply now 👉 bit.ly/BirdTrackOrgan…

We're delighted to have Niamh Esmonde joining us at the NI Seabird Report 2023 Launch on 18th April to tell us about her PhD research on Manx Shearwater. There's still time to sign up for free here: bto.org/community/even…

Incredible overview of HPAI in Europe. 1956 genomes, spatial temporal patterns of diffusion, reassortment galore, emergence of gull genotype, adaptive mutations. Tour de force! 👉academic.oup.com/ve/advance-art…

Less than a week before we hold the NI Seabird Report 2023 Launch! We're looking forward to hearing from BTO's Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser Sarah Harris about the importance of the programme. We only have a few spots left, book now: bit.ly/NI-SeabirdRepo…

We are kicking off this new series #SMPspotlight with the wonderful Black Guillemot, aka Tystie! These small auks are widely distributed across UK and Irish coastlines with concentrations in north-west Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊 🧵⬇️ BTO JNCC RSPB Science

We're excited to be hosting this project on Seabird Watch, to help improve monitoring of UK cormorants! Big thanks to our PhD student @animal__alice for setting it up online 💻 Visit seabirdwatch.org to get involved!📸🥚🐣 #ornithology #seabirds #CitizenScience #CitSci

It is time for another #SMPspotlight! This time, Cormorant, with colonies at the coast and, since the 1950s, inland too. SMP monitoring for this species starts in the next couple of months, depending on the colony location. 🧵⬇️BTO JNCC RSPB Science

Great to see updates from #seabird projects that we have funded! You can help Daniel Johnston monitor cormorants over on Seabird Watch by clicking on adults, chicks & eggs 🖱️🐦🐥🥚 🔗: tinyurl.com/a6ttvdmh

The Spring 2024 SMP newsletter, 'SMPnews', is out now! Complete with a variety of articles for you to explore, including a section covering the answers to Frequently Asked SMP Questions by the SMP team. 🔗bto.org/smp-news BTO JNCC RSPB Science

New blog from #BTOYouth Alicia Hayden exploring bird ringing & birding from the perspective of a woman reclaiming her identity & love for ornithology in a sector that, although joyous, is subject to issues like sexism & bullying.➡️bto.org/community/blog… 🎨🐦

Our research grants are open 🧪 Do you have a seabird research project in need of some 💰? Apply before the 31st October to be awarded a grant up to £600. For more info: seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants

#Biochar based solution for a more circular #Scotch #Whisky industry ♻ 🌍 #water #environment #wetland #copper eri UHI NWH Thurso UHI @UHI_Research Free access: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcle…

New paper: We investigated kittiwake avoidance/attraction responses to three OWFs in the North Sea at macro-scale (0-4km) and to individual turbines (meso-scale). Results indicate slight attraction to the OWF boundary, but avoidance of individual turbines link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excited to present our work on our RE:HARRIER project! We're investigating wind farm and hen harrier interactions in Ireland to improve conservation strategies #BOUasm24 #Sesh5 MKO Research Wind Energy Ireland

NEW PAPER in #ornithology summarises the bycatch of 200,000 #seabirds in European waters per year, and flags up knowledge gaps: buff.ly/4hyTTyI

Mechanisms linking climate change to #seabirdpopulations are poorly understood. A review of 25 UK and Ireland species identified key impacts, such as prey availability and extreme weather, while highlighting regional and species-specific gaps bit.ly/meps_755_163