New on #theBOUblog - have you ever wondered how albatrosses navigate at sea? Tash Gillies uses movement data to investigate whether they use infrasound cues to navigate bou.org.uk/blog-gillies-a… #ornithology

Latest on #theBOUblog - can albatrosses hear their way across the ocean? Low frequency infrasound explains movement trajectories of albatross in an otherwise featureless environment bou.org.uk/blog-gillies-a… #ornithology | Tash Gillies

This weekend we lost a legend of seabird research and conservation with the passing of Mike Harris. We are indebted to his extraordinary vision setting up the Isle of May work and dedication in maintaining one of the finest studies of seabird ecology over more than 50 years. 1/2

PhD studentships currently advertised (deadline 8th Jan) on spatial cognition in birds: One fully funded on Manx shearwater and one competition funded on European nightjar. More details here: liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgrad…; liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Paid opportunity: Field Assistant 2024 🌊Gain some seabird field skills 🌃Stay up late tracking Manx Shearwaters (that might land on your head) 🫸🫷Be part of a team of seabird biologists from the University of Oxford 🔭Live/work on islands To apply: drive.google.com/file/d/1CfUSdQ…

An incredible opportunity to get up close and personal with one of the world's best seabirds on beautiful remote islands across the UK. Please share!

Let's talk about #periods while doing #fieldwork. How do you handle them? Tampons and ziploc bags? Menstrual cups? Period panties? Suppressing them? My inquiring mind wants to know... Breaking the menstruation taboo to make fieldwork more inclusive nature.com/articles/d4158…

🚨Climate change & migratory plasticity in Balearic shearwaters🚨 My 1st first-author paper, co-led by Joe Wynn, is out in PNASNews! Take a look if you’re interested in #ClimateChange #BirdMigration #Conservation🧐 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… 1/10 📸 Pep Arcos

📰New paper! We investigated long-term variation in ♀️ #CommonEider🦆#prolactin (the main parental care hormone), breeding success🐣and environmental conditions🦅🌦️doi.org/10.1016/j.ygce… Frédéric Angelier Ecophy CEBC/ChizéLab @INEE_CNRS La Rochelle Université Åbo Akademi University Tvärminne Zoological Station 🇫🇮

📢 REGISTRATION OPEN! #BOUasm24 | Birds and net zero: mechanisms, impacts and solutions in the transition to clean energy 24 Oct 2024 | York, UK & Zoom & X (Twitter) ➡️ In-person & online ➡️ 5 keynotes ➡️ 11 short talks ➡️ Summaries on X bou.org.uk/event/birds-an… #ornithology

📢 LESS THAN 1 WEEK... ...to submit your abstract for #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology Check out our keynote lineup and get inspired! bou.org.uk/event/frontier… #ornithology

Finally making the move away from Twitter and on to Bluesky - not sure who else is there yet, but you can find me at bsky.app/profile/tashgi…

First PhD paper! Thanks to all the great researchers who have worked on this with me :)

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My first paper from my PhD is out today on Manx shearwater behaviour and climate It’s published in the same journal as the first paper from the OG Dr Siddiqi (my grandpa) 🥳 ‘Behavioural responses of a trans-hemispheric migrant to climate oscillation’ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

We are hiring a Field Assistant for 2025. 🌊Are you starting your career as a seabird biologist? 🏀Excited at the prospect of remote work on UK islands? 🌧️❄️Happy to work outside in unusual 'summer' weather conditions? For more info on applying: drive.google.com/file/d/1byRmF-…

Check out our new paper “Night flight facilitates late breeding catch-up in a long-distance migratory seabird” We found that late laying shearwaters were more likely to fly more at night during migration and stopover less to “catch up” time nature.com/articles/s4159…