SOS Young birders

Shropshire Ornithological Society. For young birders and conservationists in Shropshire. Promoting wildlife-related events and news for young people.

[Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust @WTBBC]

📢We're hiring! We're looking for a Senior Ecologist and a (Senior) Planning and Biodiversity Officer to help us deliver vital work protecting nature across our urban landscape. If you're passionate about nature's recovery, click to apply by 16th August: https://t.co/0a5IU2NlQb

[Mammal Society @Mammal_Society]

🚨 Event Alert! Are you interested in bones?

Join us for this 2-day workshop led by Ric Morris focusing on how to identify skulls and bones found during field surveys.

📅 Date: 16-17 Nov 2024
🕘 Time: 10:00 - 4:00 PM
📍 Location: Preston Montford

https://t.co/ZpP1rIQiIl

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

Time to get your erasers out ...

In a major taxonomic shake-up, redpolls are to be lumped into a single species, it has been announced. Full story here: https://t.co/1mGV7mGIHp

[Will Rose @WilboRose]

As it's #SwiftAwarenessWeek my next episode of my Animated Bird guide 'Swift, Swallow, House Martin' will be released next Wednesday here https://t.co/YphNTShdcO . I'll also be doing a special screening at @GlobalBirdfair 1pm on Sunday at the Young conservationists hub @ospreylf

[Shropshire Ornithological Society @SOS_Birds]

Important notices for SOS members:

In case you are not already aware, the door code for the Members' Hides at Venus Pool has recently been changed; please refer to your membership card for the new code.

[Will Rose @WilboRose]

It's time to get your peepers out and LOOK! Birds can be tricky to spot. In Episode 03 we learn some tips on how to find them. We look for movement, we scan rooftops looking for their shape & we look for clues birds have left behind. Watch episode 03 here https://t.co/NEDkAxFMml

[Shropshire Ornithological Society @SOS_Birds]

Information about the current rookeries survey. There’s still time if you’re quick and want to take part.

https://t.co/EhBjOya4k8

[Will Rose @WilboRose]

Have you seen my animated bird guide yet?
Just letting you know that Episode 03 'LOOK' will be out next Wednesday 1st May. Fact checked by the lovely @_BTO and supported by @Leica_UK . Watch the episodes here https://t.co/YphNTShdcO

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

A British Ringed Plover may 'migrate' less than a mile each year but some of its cousins leave NE Africa in April and might not arrive on Russian breeding sites until June:
https://t.co/yUkG6G0kLr
Research by Pavel Tomkovich et al in @WaderStudy
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

[Mya Bambrick @MyaBambrick1]

Pleased to say that I recently recorded some episodes of @BBCRadio4 Tweet of the Day!

The first episode will be airing this Sunday at 08:58. 🎉

[Dyfi Osprey Project @DyfiOspreys]

Bore da

Grasshopper warblers everywhere at the moment - never seen so many on Cors Dyfi...

[SOS Young birders @SOSyoungbirders]

For our younger wildlife and bird fans.
Lovely ebooks on garden birds, raptors, bird beaks and kingfishers etc.

https://t.co/RhvDQpqxjV

[Sian Knott 🌈 @knott_sian]

@_BTO highlighting #IntergenerationalWeek and the critical connection between our phenomenal long-standing volunteers and amazing new and youth volunteers and the future of an organisation we all love ❤️

[SOS Young birders @SOSyoungbirders]

https://t.co/QVLwsakFpz

[Bird Ecology & Migration Lab @AviEcoMig]

One week left for this incredible #postdoc opportunity with generous funding by @HorizonEU! Help us explore habitat use of declining huntable birds.
DON'T LET THIS CHANCE FLY BY - APPLY NOW!
Please, retweet! 🙏
➡️ https://t.co/8el3VL9rjg
#ornithology #birdmigration #HABITRACK

[Global Birdfair @GlobalBirdfair]

🦆Global Birdfair 12, 13 & 14 July 2024
🌳Join in this Festival of Nature in Rutland U.K.
😀EVERYONE WELCOME
🎟️https://t.co/ZQBQ3lUTkn
⏰ Gates open 9am. Events, catering & bar til 9pm
🍽️ Your ticket is valid for you to be on site til 9pm!
Main exhibitor marquees 9am to 5.30pm

[Dawn Balmer @DEBALMER]

Great opportunity for 16–25 year olds to apply for a grant that could fund a small research project, ringing equipment, habitat creation at a local patch or perhaps an observatory visit.
https://t.co/rNSXr9p7MT

@bardseyobs @spurnbirdobs @lundybirds @SkokholmIsland #BTOYouth

[Claire Mulvey @Shropsbirdlass]

Job vacancy going at a brilliant wildlife rescue in Shropshire.

https://t.co/cTEotasrjt