Dr Robert J. Burnside

Conservation Biologist: Senior Ecologist PMBSR Houbara Reintroduction; IUCN Bustard Specialist Group; Migration of Houbara & Egyptian Vultures.

[nicola crockford @numenini]

@BonnConvention #RaptorsMOS3 @BSPB_BirdLife & @RSPBNews presented outstanding Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project: 22 prtners, 14 nations working together along flyway to save this species from extinction: insulating 1500 dangerous pylons, new antipoison units, 5mill people engaged

[Raphaël Nussbaumer @rafnuss]

I am thrilled to present a new method to reconstruct the full migratory trajectory of birds from pressure sensors and wind data! 🦅🐦🌍
Check it out: 🔗 https://t.co/7osytAaxHZ
#science #birdmigration #birdwatching #ornithology

[Hawk Conservancy Trust @HawkConservancy]

Egyptian Vulture Project update!

Project collaborator Dr Vladimir Dobrev visited a wintering site in India and counted over 1000 Egyptian Vultures, including two the team tagged to track migration routes in Uzbekistan! #ScienceSaturday

Find out more: https://t.co/iS8wymszBn

[BIAZA @BIAZA]

The @HawkConservancy Trust have had a busy 2022! #BIAZAAdvent 🎄

In July, the field team visited Uzbekistan to satellite tag Endangered Egyptian vultures, giving the Trust a robust understanding of migration routes, threats, and conservation strategy 🦅

https://t.co/CYp0rWnJTv

[Wildlife Photographer of the Year @NHM_WPY]

Congratulations to José Juan Hernández Martinez from Spain, this year's Animal Portraits category winner!

With the characterful 'Puff perfect', José shares the dizzying and increasingly rare courtship display of a Canary Islands houbara. #WPY58

[Inês Catry @InesCatry]

Conservation of #migratorybirds requires coordination among countries, but no study has attempted to bring together all tracking data in a format that can be useful to guide international cooperation at the flyway scale.
👉We aim to help filling this gap: https://t.co/57Rva3YISE

[Neophron Returns @NeophronReturns]

The Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project is delighted to announce our conference dedicated to the Egyptian Vulture this autumn: https://t.co/7UbKlBpJni

[Hawk Conservancy Trust @HawkConservancy]

Fantastic progress on the Egyptian Vultures in Central Asia Project!

The field team visited the desert in Uzbekistan in July 2022 to tag 5 more Egyptian Vultures; there are now 8 birds with GPS tags. #ScienceSaturday

https://t.co/sATR1iuZUi
@_OSME @orientbirdclub @DrRJBurnside

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

@M_smithii Great photo of the bustard!

[Stuart Butchart @stubutchart]

The early 19th Century Chinese hand-painted wallpaper in Howick Hall, Northumberland (where Earl Grey tea was invented) presumably shows Critically Endangered Bengal Florican (with some artistic license)…

[Uzbekistan Ambassador @UZAmbassador]

A1 A favourite area to explore cliffs, canyons, & gorges, you say? How about Karakalpakstan? #trlt

After keeping it secret for months, @SteshkaAdams & I can finally announce our new book! It’ll be published by @BradtGuides in June 2023. 1/

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

Meet the vultures here:

➡️➡️https://t.co/aBaLfJHpgg

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

The fieldteam have tagged a total of 5 adult Egyptian vultures near Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Welcome to Guzar, Hissar, Johny, Sofia and Shirin, the adult vultures.

Updates on their movements will be available on https://t.co/3dY9bgVJCI

@HawkConservancy @_OSME @orientbirdclub

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

The fieldteam have tagged a total of 5 adult Egyptian vultures near Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Welcome to Guzar, Hissar, Johny, Sofia and Shirin, the adult vultures.

Updates on their movements will be available on https://t.co/3dY9bgVJCI

@HawkConservancy @_OSME @orientbirdclub

[Jon Morant Etxebarria @MorantJon]

New paper alert!!📣📣
By using census and movement data of Egyptian vultures, we evaluated the factors influencing wintering immature bird numbers and investigated whether resident birds make better in terms of fitness/energy expenditure than migrants.

https://t.co/tvqiZY8VLL

[Hawk Conservancy Trust @HawkConservancy]

More fantastic progress on this project!

The aim of this research is to understand the movements of Egyptian Vultures in Central Asia - vital to work out the best ways to conserve this Endangered species.

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

@sumitdookia @_OSME @HawkConservancy @orientbirdclub Hi Sumit, 2 of 3 juveniles we tracked last year migrated to India
Story here
➡️https://t.co/SJQeLXghin

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

‼️The field team in Uzbekistan have tagged 2 more adult Egyptian Vultures today! ‼️

1 x Female 2 year old: called Shirin
1 x Male 4 year old: called Johny

Two more tags left. Hopefully the good luck continues.

Project supported by @_OSME @HawkConservancy @orientbirdclub

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

@_OSME @HawkConservancy @orientbirdclub @VladimirDobrev_ @aini_ten @soldatovval @ron_efrat @4Vultures @YayVultures @M_J_McGrady @_UzSPB @UZAmbassador @RSPBScience Sofia the wild Egyptian Vulture being released by @VladimirDobrev_ after tagging.

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

‼️BREAKING NEWS! ‼️
An adult endangered Egyptian Vulture from Uzbekistan (Central Asia) has been satellite-tagged for the first time ever!

5 year old Female now called Sofia.

More details ➡️https://t.co/hYHVW6Tovv

Project supported by @_OSME @HawkConservancy @orientbirdclub

[Dr Robert J. Burnside @DrRJBurnside]

The Central Asian Vulture Team will be in Uzbekistan next week to tag 5 more Endangered Egyptian Vultures to measure variation in migration routes and wintering sites for this population.

Updates to come.

Supported by @_OSME @orientbirdclub @HawkConservancy