A Mediterranean Gull in flight with white-grey plumage, black head and red bill against a blue sky. Wording over the image reads: Gull ID Training Session. Online. BTO Logo with the words birds, science, people features bottom right.
Do you find recognising gulls tricky? 🤔 Join our expert team for our Gull ID training sessions in November ➡️ www.bto.org/training
Our two-part, online Gull ID course has been carefully crafted to build your knowledge and confidence and make gull ID easier! #Ornithology
20.09.2025 18:00
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Attended a goat handling course this weekend 🐐. Training covered foot trimming, drenching, and other skills for supporting goat health and welfare- while keeping goats (mostly) cooperative. Thanks to @buttercupsgoats.bsky.social 🐐.
21.09.2025 17:56
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Panting, gular fluttering and sploots: how Britain’s animals try to keep cool
From cows and cats to squirrels and birds, all have their own methods but may need more help as heatwaves intensify
New @theguardian.com article explores how animals handle heatwaves, featuring our research into the mystery of cattle bunching 🐄. Collaborating with @cardiffuni.bsky.social, @angliaruskin.bsky.social, @uniofreading.bsky.social. @universityofessex.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
14.07.2025 15:50
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Thought-provoking final talk of the day at @globalbirdfair.bsky.social on using thermal imaging to monitor birds, presented by @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social.🔥📷🐦
12.07.2025 18:56
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Great PhD in #ornithology is opening up as part of the www.grassbirdhabitats.eu project. Hosted by the University of Groningen in close collaboration with the University of Gaston Berger and NDC in Senegal. West African students are especially encouraged to apply!
www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
22.05.2025 16:51
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Important paper on promoting transparency and better standards in biologging research, making sure animal welfare is prioritised.
18.05.2025 21:41
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Enjoyable sheep handling course today- vaccinated, fly sprayed and even got to bottle feed some lambs 🐑 at @myerscoughcollege.bsky.social
26.04.2025 16:20
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#conferencegoals #ASABSpring2025
What an amazing bunch 🦤
25.04.2025 17:56
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Summary of today’s #ASABSpring2025 talks:
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Great job all! 👏🏻🙌👏🏻🙌👏🏻🙌👏🏻🙌
24.04.2025 17:07
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Fantastic talks and posters at #ASABSpring2025 and glad I had the opportunity to give a talk. Thanks to the organisers! 🐮 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social
25.04.2025 17:15
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Image of a male Blackbird with a bill full of worms on grassy ground. Wording alongside reads: Blackbirds in Gardens Survey. We need your help! www.bto.org/blackbirds. BTO logo sits top right of image. Blackbird image credit by Philip Croft/BTO.
1/⚠️ Blackbirds are in trouble & we need your help! Threatened by the Usutu virus, we need you to submit your garden Blackbird sightings so scientists can better understand the virus’ spread & potential impacts on these songbirds. 🌍 Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/blackbirds #UKBirding #Ornithology
13.04.2025 18:00
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📣SEMINAR SERIES 2025📣
We are kicking off 2025 with our first seminar.
📆Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 2pm GMT on our Youtube channel: @damienfarine.bsky.social will talk about “The costs of collective behaviour” 🐦
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9z...
This event is free, no registration required. 🤗
15.04.2025 08:45
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A male blackbird was ringed and deployed with a GPS tag in my own garden this morning for @gregoryeckhartt.bsky.social 's project monitoring their movements in urban landscapes! Happy to have been part of the process.
04.04.2025 09:57
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Interesting work tagging mallards to monitor their movements in the breeding season- excited to see how this project progresses. 🦆Glad to have joined some of the fieldwork!
03.04.2025 22:37
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Coauthors:
@ecoevoenviro.bsky.social, RC Beecroft, L Bristow & EA Codling.
Funded by BBSRC.
13.03.2025 10:56
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Our findings demonstrate how data from virtual fencing systems could provide valuable insights for farmers and graziers, potentially leading to improved production efficiencies or conservation outcomes. 5/5
13.03.2025 10:53
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We also demonstrate how space-use, cumulative and average activity levels 🐄, and localised temperature 🌡 across a study site can be spatially mapped and analyzed over time. 4/5
13.03.2025 10:53
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We show that Nofence® activity index measurements correlate strongly with direct in-situ observations of cattle grazing intensity. 3/5
13.03.2025 10:53
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Virtual fencing systems track not only animal location but also activity levels and environmental data, but these data are often not presented in an easy-to-interpret format. 📈 2/5
13.03.2025 10:53
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a black and white cow is grazing in a field
ALT: a black and white cow is grazing in a field
Identifying the location, intensity, and frequency of grazing is important for management. 1/5
13.03.2025 10:53
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New paper out in Frontiers: Mapping activity of grazing cattle using commercial virtual fencing technology. doi.org/10.3389/fvet... Summary 🧵:
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