If you enjoyed my recent paper (doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13…) on curlew nest survival or the Wader Tales blog that accompanied it (wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/cur…), please consider voting for it as #IBISbestECRpaper 2022: bou.org.uk/ibis/ibis-best…

Congratulations to Dr Harry Ewing who has just passed his PhD viva, and huge thanks to great examiners Thomas Bodey and Paul Dolman and co-supervisors Dr Samantha Franks, Jen Smart (she/her) & Niall Burton UEA CEEC BTO RSPB Science

Congratulations to Dr Harry Ewing 🍾🥞 Here's a blog about the first paper from his #Curlew thesis. Looking forward to more: wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/cur… #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Stonehouse Farm recently provided the backdrop for a picture-perfect spring farmwalk with BFWN members, chatting all things habitat creation & curlew conservation Harry Ewing.Also an opportunity to thank @cathyjmumford for everything she's done for the network #landscaperecovery

NEW PAPER on juvenile migration! It is open for everyone, here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ib… #waders #shorebirds #whimbrel #ornithology #OpenAccess

Our new OA paper is out here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16… We present an approach for combining tracking data and remote-sensed threat maps to quantify year-round individual risk exposure. We use BTO Cuckoo tracking data to reveal seasonal and flyway differences in risk exposure.

Two fresh PhD theses abstracts in Wader Study, by Harry Ewing and Bingrun Zhu (DREW) They are #OpenAccess, here: waderstudygroup.org/article/17618/ #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Understanding foxes? If you are trying to help breeding #waders (e.g. #curlew) this paper about fox behaviour from GWCT Science will make interesting reading: link.springer.com/content/pdf/10… 👇 Earlier #WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/cur… #shorebirds #ornithology

#CURLEW - Nest Survival The most popular #WaderTales blog of 2023: wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/cur… & one of the most-downloaded papers in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 in 2023: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ib…… #ornithology Harry Ewing Dr Samantha Franks Jen Smart (she/her) Niall Burton Jen Gill (she/her) #ornithology #waders

Meet the scientists on a new wildlife frontier: the mysterious sounds of the underground | Soil | The Guardian ⁦Simon Butler⁩ ⁦Baker Consultants - Ecology and Ecoacoustics⁩ ⁦SuffolkWildlifeTrust⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Lots of short-eared owls about in Breckland this year. Unusual to see them here so late in the spring.

NEW PAPER in Journal of #Ornithology Does frequent handling influence #whimbrel chicks’ body condition? Short answer: No* *but please see the details: rdcu.be/dJbfP If you do not have access, I'll happily send you a copy. #waders #shorebirds

Great presentation by Harry Ewing describing his upcoming review of European curlew headstarting projects, featuring some aesthetic graphs and cool curlew babies 😎 #IWSG2024

Really interesting talk by Harry Ewing on headstarting Curlews across Europe. How many survive,how many breed? Paper coming out soon in Wader Study . Sign up for @curlewaction European headstarting workshop on February 7th. Link for tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-europ…

EARLY VIEW in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 Acoustic detection rate can outperform traditional survey approaches in estimating relative densities of breeding waders | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… David Jarrett Stephen G. Willis | #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

Paper just out in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 - data from acoustic recorders and an AI classifier can be better than transect survey data at predicting relative densities of Curlew and Oystercatcher (but not Golden Plover or Lapwing) across an upland study site.