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Really excited to see our article on identifying Curlew breeding status from GPS tracks in @Ecol_Evol! Many thanks to all our co-authors who've helped get this published. The work was funded by @NatResWales following @RSPBScience funding pilot tags. https://t.co/BRTSrj8c82
To remind you of who #TheFeatherSpeech is campaigning for🪶these are the faces we are trying to help. These birds successfully fledged so right now, should be in African skies. #EveryBirdCounts Sign and share⬇️ https://t.co/lboVopl869
Vid: swift rehabber Zoe Crossley. (SOUND on)
Sign this important petition for Swifts and you could WIN one of my 2023 birds calendars! 😀
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Currently on 33,708, please post the number of your signature in the replies to this tweet to enter! 😀
Swifts are incredible birds & need our help! 🙏🐦
Over 50,000 people have viewed these #swifts. If only as many had signed #TheFeatherSpeech to help these individual birds who will not land for up to 3 years from now and would directly benefit from the petition ask. #EveryBirdCounts sign➡️https://t.co/lboVopCb89 #conservation
Spot-on observations by @sdiazecology on what we need governments to do next week at the #COP15 global biodiversity framework negotiations https://t.co/YicctG4hVN
WE ABSOLUTELY need 100K signatures, to allow for a debate in parliament. So please swift family, sign the petition, and get everyone you know to sign the petition.
Thank you
Phalaropese 101: this call by a Red-necked Phalarope dad is warning his chicks to hide, because a potential threat is near (in this case, a biologist). Phalaropes have a number of different calls to convey alarm, communicate with their mate or their flock. #PhalaropePhriday
Been wanting to capture this for so many years & wouldn't let lack of light get in the way. Last time I almost had it set-up a drone came through dispersing all the birds. World's largest wader (eastern curlew) with one of the smallest (red-necked stint).
Presumably these were installed before 2019 when the National Administration for Forests and Grasslands (NFGA) issued new regulations banning the construction of new windfarms in sensitive migratory bird flyways, among other categories of location?
Great talk by John Calladine at @_BTO conference this evening - planning for more trees without messing things up for breeding #waders.
Two recent blogs explain why this is important:
EDGE EFFECTS
https://t.co/yfgr8m0PeI
PLANNING
https://t.co/zhpR2az68E
#shorebirds#ornithology
RSPB Cors Ddyga looking stunning this morning with hundreds of waterfowl & snipe. Well done @RSPBCymru, shows what can be done for wildlife. Black-necked grebe and curlew sandpiper were a bonus
Fascinating insights into flocking behaviour - using tracking.
https://t.co/35RMnt89KX
BUT has anyone picked up signs of #waders doing 'training' before taking off on 1000 km flights.
Can they build up muscle without exercising?
#shorebirds#ornithology