
Dr Jenny Coomes
@jaycee_161
Marine Ornithologist. Cognition and foraging in great tits @uccBEES with @birdcognition | Master of @cornishjackdaws | @_BTO A ringer
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31-10-2012 16:24:18
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My piece in the The Conversation 'Europe has lost over half a billion birds in 40 years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers' theconversation.com/europe-has-los… RSPB Science UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research RSPB 🐦


🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 From personality to prey: understanding movement of migratory shorebirds during the non-breeding period With myself, @AllertBijleveld, Dr Samantha Franks and @stefanako71 Advert: shorturl.at/ahAE4 VC Studentship info: ljmu.ac.uk/research/phd-s…



Another great recovery. Adult male Goldcrest ringed on 10 Sep 2019 at Ballinphellic, Cork by Dr Jenny Coomes died hitting a window in Newcastle West, Limerick on 13 Jun 2023. With an average lifespan of 2 years is this an Irish longevity record? BirdWatch Ireland BTO EURING




An excellent course on advanced data analysis in R with Rob Thomas and Dr Jez Smith . Everything was so well explained and I'm very inspired to try new approaches on my data. A thoroughly enjoyable two days. #RStats Eco-explore




Doing site visits at Toe Head yesterday with David Rees and saw a flock of 21 Chough feeding on the beaches. Two were ringed, SFF nestling from 2022 by Dr Jenny Coomes NE of Ballydehob and CFN nestling this year by Luke Harman near Castletownshend National Parks and Wildlife Service BirdWatch Ireland BTO


Stopping behaviour in gulls is vital in the context of diversified foraging (e.g. chip-pilfering 🍟). Learning important info about Edinburgh’s favourite birds 😉 from Camille Troisi #ASABwinter2023



A very interesting and different perspective to document our seabird declines. Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard compares old footage and photos with what the seabird cliffs in Norway look like today. We need to shift our baselines back, to help us look forward.
