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Where do British breeding pied flycatchers go during their migration? See for yourself! A new paper by fraser bell et al describes the annual migration of pied flycatchers tracked with #geolocators Paper👉bit.ly/3EFNAps Blog by @piedflynet👉bit.ly/3jpC3ld

Huge congrats to fraser bell for passing his viva! Fraser was RSPB supported Natural Environment Research Council CASE student at University of Exeter CEC exploring pied flycatcher population decline We are also delighted that he's joined #RSPBScience on the new swift diet & foraging project. Welcome Fraser!

New @piedflynet paper shows how local temperature variations impact phenology & reproductive success in 2 migratory passerines (pied flycatcher & wood warbler) & one resident (blue tit) PAPER by Jack Shutt et al in Oikos bit.ly/3QrzjTl #Ornithology

Heavy rains in Pyrenees today have stopped our #insectmigration but they haven't stopped the swallows! 1000s & 1000s battling the storm to #migrate south. Amazing to see! Chris Packham RSPB More info on our #insectmigration work (in Cyprus): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Great to see my 1st ever Alpine Swift showing incredibly well at Pennance head, Falmouth this evening and an awesome cliff edge birding social too! @LiamLangley1 Luke Ozsanlav-Harris Luke Stoppard fraser bell Emma Inzani

The St Agnes dotterel was showing very well this morning! Great find by Graham the Birder Cornwall Birds

Nice lunch break find with this Rosy Starling in Four Lanes Cornwall Birds

Bell et al. (2024) Individuals departing non-breeding areas early achieve earlier breeding and higher breeding success Scientific Reports ➡️doi.org/10.1038/s41598… | fraser bell Martins Briedis @S_Lisovski @StuBearhop @piedflynet | #ornithology #birdmigration

Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo!!! Outrageous views of this secretive species at Khao Yai this morning

In a new paper, F. Bell, @biobriedis and co-authors confirmed that departure date from non-breeding areas can be associated with breeding success in migratory passerines, and identified spring staging duration as a key component of this process: nature.com/articles/s4159…