Edgar Bernat-Ponce

PhD in Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology | Bird ringer | Teacher & Researcher at @UEValencia| #UrbanEcology #Ornithology #Physiology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Why is the House Sparrow disappearing from our cities? 🐦🏘️

Our new research in Spain reveals a worrying trend: annual survival is declining, with adult females and juveniles hit the hardest.

A thread on the survival of our iconic urban neighbor. 🧵👇

https://t.co/wGnw9TNBbB

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

@AnillamientoSEO @CMA_SEOBirdLife @SEO_BirdLife

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Why is the House Sparrow disappearing from our cities? 🐦🏘️

Our new research in Spain reveals a worrying trend: annual survival is declining, with adult females and juveniles hit the hardest.

A thread on the survival of our iconic urban neighbor. 🧵👇

https://t.co/wGnw9TNBbB

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

We tracked an urban population in eastern Spain (2017-2020) using color-marking and CJS models.

Of 198 sparrows, we resighted 74%. The goal? To map how seasonality and urban life impact their year-to-year survival in a Mediterranean city. 📊📈

#UrbanEcology #Ornithology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Check out the full study for the data, the European review, and the conservation implications! 📖✨

https://t.co/wGnw9TNBbB🔗

@UEuropea
@UEuropeaPrensa
@JVertebrBiol

#Ornithology #HouseSparrow #Wildlife #OpenAccess

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Modern cities are getting tougher:
🚫 Fewer nesting sites
🍔 Low food quality
🌫️ High pollution

Robust data on survival and productivity are essential to assess the long-term trends of the species across Europe. 🏙️🐦

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Finally published! #ornithology

[Institute of Vertebrate Biology @ivb_cas]

NEW in #JvertBiol Surviving in the city: annual and seasonal survival variation in Mediterranean house sparrows Passer domesticus https://t.co/qEWvspr7Zd @BioOneNews| @CzechAcademy| @JVertebrBiol|@edberpon|#ornithology

[Institute of Vertebrate Biology @ivb_cas]

NEW in #JvertBiol Surviving in the city: annual and seasonal survival variation in Mediterranean house sparrows Passer domesticus https://t.co/qEWvspr7Zd @BioOneNews| @CzechAcademy| @JVertebrBiol|@edberpon|#ornithology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

World Sparrow Day #ornithology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Just published!
🐦📄 Our new review “From pardal to etxe-txolarrea” brings together 40 years of scientific research on the House Sparrow in the Iberian Peninsula.

https://t.co/wEhhnW1rDj

📝Number of accumulated peer-reviewed articles in the Iberian Peninsula

#ornithology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Interesting patterns emerged:
• Redwings had significantly more plastics than Song Thrushes
• Juveniles > adults in microplastic loads

Our results show thrushes can act as indicators of terrestrial microplastic pollution, even in wintering areas.
@UEuropea @UEuropeaPrensa

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

🥤Plastic pollution is everywhere...
even in terrestrial birds🐦

In our new study from Mediterranean olive orchards in Spain, we found microplastics in 100% of wintering thrushes examined. 🧵👇

📄: https://t.co/cMytLAny8T
#Microplastics #PlasticPollution #Ornithology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

We analysed digestive tracts of:
🐦 Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
🐦 Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

From 32 birds we recovered 326 microplastics.
Most particles were:
🔹 fibres (44%)
🔹 films (36%)
🔹 fragments (20%)

Blue, red, and black plastics dominated.

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

We highlight key knowledge gaps and call for coordinated, large-scale monitoring to better understand the future of this iconic species.

Read the full open-access article: https://t.co/3x04rlgtIh

#sciencenews #birdsworld

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

Just published!
🐦📄 Our new review “From pardal to etxe-txolarrea” brings together 40 years of scientific research on the House Sparrow in the Iberian Peninsula.

https://t.co/wEhhnW1rDj

📝Number of accumulated peer-reviewed articles in the Iberian Peninsula

#ornithology

[Edgar Bernat-Ponce @edberpon]

🔍 What we found:
• 114 peer-reviewed studies since the 1980s
• Research heavily focused on health, biology & behaviour
• Very little work on conservation
• Major geographic gaps
• Urbanization, changing agriculture, and human activity shape sparrow trends

🔑Keywords

[Ardeola @ArdeolaJournal]

🆕 PAPER_El análisis de datos de #anillamiento científico durante medio siglo en el enclave Punta Entinas-Sabinar (Almería) –un punto estratégico para la migración del Paleártico Occidental– muestra un fuerte declive de #aves paseriformes👇 https://t.co/iJvE3YXjU8… #ornitología

[Lucia Izquierdo Extremera @izq_lucia]

Happy to share our new publication on coloration of urban birds!

https://t.co/y8lrycgaks