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Associate Professor | FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology | @Fitztitute | University of Cape Town - Ornithology - Raptors - NFFC - surfing - HumanWildlifeConflicts #RaptorResearch feed he/him https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=Ryl9kMIAA
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Raptor Poisoning in Europe Between 1996 and 2016: A Continental Assessment of the Most Affected Species and the Most Used Poisons | doi.org/10.3356/jrr2373 | Journal of Raptor Research | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

#ornithology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you my successor? The @ibisjournal.bsky.social are looking for their next social media support officer to help deliver conferences, promote #ornithology and grow engagement across social media platforms Very happy to chat more about the role, just comment 👇 or message me! ☺️ 🧪 #AcademicSky #ECR

Very excited for the @ibisjournal.bsky.social to be recruiting an Equality and Diversity support officer to help make #ornithology as inclusive and accessible as possible Got any questions? Please drop me a message ☺️ 🧪 #AcademicSky #ECR

Unpalatable birds are black: a re-analysis of Hugh Cott’s data on bird palatability | doi.org/10.1093/biol... | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | #ornithology 🪶

1/ Can you help monitor raptors & Ravens in Wales? Cudyll Cymru is a new #CitizenScience project that asks volunteers to choose a survey patch & record key species. Sign up to survey in your local area via our website. ➡️ www.bto.org/CudyllCymru #Ornithology #birdingWales

NEW PAPER: Do falcon malar stripes reduce solar glare, aiding hunting? Analyses across all falcon species show no consistent link to solar radiation, except in peregrines. The function of malar stripes may be crypsis or signaling. ➡️ https://vist.ly/3mvmis2 #ornithology #birds

From pilfering chips to swallowing whole starfish, gulls are known for their voracious appetites. University of Salford ecologist @alice-risely.bsky.social wants people to upload their snaps of hungry gulls to the project's website: citsci.org/projects/gul... #seabirds

New paper from @joewoodman.bsky.social DPhil thesis now published. Here, Joe (& 30 friends) use @spibirds.bsky.social to collate data on age structure for 32 Great Tit populations spanning 67 years & involving 130 000 individual birds. Why did we do this? 1/n onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage". Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...

Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns | doi.org/10.1002/fee.... | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | #ornithology 🪶

1/ The @naturescot.bsky.social Scottish indicators were published last week. The data, a lot from @[email protected] from 94-23, show how Scottish birds are doing in different habitats. Woodland birds are doing relatively well, but upland birds are in decline. www.nature.scot/doc/official...

Our work with the Maine golden eagle project was featured on NPR's Morning Edition today! Here's a link to the story: www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n... Learn more about this project at www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wil... 🌎 #RaptorResearch #MovementEcology #GOEA #Maine

Digital trophies: using social media to assess wildlife crime in Lebanon Raine et al. Oryx doi.org/10.1017/S003... #RaptorResearch 🪶 #Ornithology

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Evaluating the light environment as a contributor to colour differences among related bird species | doi.org/10.1093/biol... | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | #ornithology 🪶

Assistant Conservation Officer - Hawk and Owl Trust - www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104687-... #ukbirding #ornithology

From whale earwax to bird feathers, almost all organisms keep a record of their existence.

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Brilliant campaigning from @wwtworldwide.bsky.social ft Megan McCubbin in spoof video at the Duck & Cover restaurant. The use of humour as a campaign tool shouldn't be underestimated. #BanLead #Ornithology raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/11/t...

#ornithology #RaptorResearch 🌍 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2...

Well done, @colinsmythmsp.bsky.social Scottish Govt has admitted there are issues with the newly changed grouse moor licences but hasn't offered up any solutions. Good to see Scottish Labour holding them to account. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/10/p...

Coquet Island Seabird Assistant Warden - RSPB - www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104632-... #ukbirding #ornithology. I spent two summers on Coquet in the early 90s. It's a wonderful place.

Project Officer, Species on the Edge - Argyll and Inner Hebrides - RSPB - www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104625-... #ukbirding #ornithology

South African conservationists take their government to court to try to save the African Penguin from looming extinction mg.co.za/the-green-gu...

Predictable how Swinney used illegal Lynx release as perfect excuse to double-down, easily framing whole idea of predator reintroduction as irresponsible, perfect ammunition to shutdown debate. That illegal release set back Lynx reintroduction decades, harmed whole conservation/restoration agenda.

Prioritizing conservation of threatened raptor species using synergistic distribution modeling of high potential areas in foothills of Eastern Himalayas, India | journals.sagepub.com... | Avian Biology Research | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

Raptors without resistance: No evidence for endogenous inhibition of rattlesnake venom metalloproteinases in a Great Plains raptor assemblage www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #RaptorResearch 🪶 #ornithology

Human pressure may pose a threat to Mediterranean Golden Eagle’s (Aquila chrysaetos homeyeri) nestlings’ welfare | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

🔈 CALL FOR KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS #BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2026? Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/bir... Nomination deadline: 31 March 2025 #ornithology 🪶

"All of the red grouse carcasses we obtained in 2024 (the last shooting season of the intended five-year voluntary transition from lead to non-lead shotgun ammunition) from which pellets were recovered had been shot using lead shotgun ammunition." #Ornithology 🌍 #UKBirding

#PostDocJobs #Ornithology

Seasonal Ranger - Abernethy - RSPB - www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104608-... #ukbirding #ornithology

Anglesey Tern SPA Contract Warden x3 - RSPB - www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/104587-... #ukbirding #ornithology

🔈 ANNOUNCING #BOU2026 Birds and people: challenges and opportunities of coexistence | University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky | 31 March - 2 April 2026 Nominate your picks for the Alfred Newton Lecture and for keynote talks bou.org.uk/event/bir... #ornithology 🪶

‼️ EARLY-BIRD CLOSES 23:59 GMT TODAY #BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1 - 3 April 2025 | University of Nottingham, UK Book your place now! Programme & registration: bou.org.uk/event/fro... #ornithology 🪶

New paper on urban biodiversity! 🌳🦉🌷🐝 Key actions include: ✅ Creating habitats & nesting sites ✅ Providing food resources ✅ Local & large-scale interventions ✅ Improving ecological connectivity Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.uf... #UrbanBiodiversity #UrbanEcology #Conservation #Research

Abundance, breeding records, and nest site characteristics of the critically endangered Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in and around Chelekleka wetland, Ethiopia | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

The status of breeding Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in the UK and Isle of Man in 2023 | www.tandfonline.com/... | Bird Study | #ornithology #RaptorResearch #ukbirds 🪶

#ornithology #RaptorResearch 🌎 www.rpi-project.org

go.bsky.app/5Z6YCsp Updated starter pack for Raptor Ecologists Please reply if you would like to be included (but check first if you’re already in there 🙂)

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) Abundance in a National Conservation Area in Idaho Has Increased since the 1970s–1990s | doi.org/10.3356/jrr2395 | Journal of Raptor Research| #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

#ornithology #RaptorResearch papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Variation in habitat selection by male Strix nebulosa (Great Gray Owls) across the diel cycle | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶