The Waterbird Society

Major win for Great Britain: lead ammunition will be banned in outdoor shooting! This historic ban on lead ammunition in Great Britain sets a powerful precedent for other nations to follow.

Ban on sale and use of most lead ammunition in Wales, Scotland and England confirmed to be in place from 1 April 2029. Good.

www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...

We've joined the flock at LinkedIn so we can share our amazing waders (shorebirds) with even more people.

Want to join us too? ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/company/iwsg/

What do gulls reveal about the link of nature and culture? Nathan Cavaliere * Professor Jen Shaffer * ANTH632: Multispecies Coexistence * Monday, December 15, 2025

An interesting storymap about gulls and urban environments, including a nice photo from our recent paper (with @edkroc.bsky.social).

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#gulls #UrbanEcology #UrbanBirds

One European shag with a metal ring and blue Darvic colour ring and one sitting on a nest.

Our next ECR talk is all about seabird ringing! 🐦 Join us to learn how ringing works, opportunities to get involved, and how ringing data supports key research and conservation.

🗓️: Friday 20th March
⌚: 09:30- 11:00 (GMT)
📍: Online

Signup here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📸: Will Brown

A Reddish Egret spreads its wings over a laptop floating on a water surface

Waterbirds is hiring!

We're currently seeking a Social Media Communications Coordinator (paid position, 3-5 hrs/week!) to help grow communication with our society members & the world at large. Job advertisement & application instructions: waterbirds.org/wp-content/u...

#ornithology #waterbirds

2nd March 2026 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Mostly overcast, a moderate southerly and a maximum temperature of 13°C. An adult Mediterranean Gull and 20 Red-throated Divers featured during a morning seawatch. The Common Crane remained at Northcl...

Mediterranean Gull on the seawatch, Common Crane still and Chiffchaff on the outer head and 10 Snow Bunting on Buckton clifftop.
Full details here
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/2n...

Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD) - Local Ecological Knowledge, stable isotopes, seabird islands.

If you're wanting to do a PhD project with us, please apply by 1 April.

#phdvacancy

phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

Frigatebird. Adults Determine the Success of Kleptoparasitism in Frigatebirds. Manrico Sebastiano. Waterbirds. BioOne Complete A to Z. Photo of a male Magnificent Frigatebird.

F is for Frigatebird — Frigatebirds' food stealing behavior is an interesting case of exploitation in #nature. Research from @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social examined what influences theft, how often it works, and which species are targeted. bio-one.co/4qFyrMp

#BioOneCompleteAtoZ #scisky #ornithology

image of computer screen and seabird tracks with text that reads: - Over 30 million locations uploaded (a 70% increase in total locations) - 186 datasets uploaded -62 species tracked including 12 new (new total = 194 species) - 43 new colonies tracked

What a 2025 it has been for the Seabird Tracking Database, some highlights in the image! 📈

See our latest blog post for even more details➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...

A massive thank you to the 363 seabird researchers who have contributed their data over the last 21 years 🐧🌊🌏

Highly pathogenic avian influenza caused a mass die-off in Eurasian cranes during their autumn migration through Germany, France and Spain. More than 18,000 dead cranes were reported dead in Germany alone. The full demographic impact of this mortality on the crane population needs to be assessed.

Bird-Scented Nests as a Mechanism for Olfactory Homing in a Burrow-Nesting Seabird | The American Naturalist Abstract Navigation to and from a familiar site is a common animal behavior called homing. Many species use olfactory environmental landmarks or scents deposited in the environment by themselves or th...

Jennings et al. Bird-Scented Nests as a Mechanism for Olfactory Homing in a Burrow-Nesting Seabird www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #ornithology #seabirds

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶

Fine-scale behavioural responses to mixing fronts are linked to variation in geographic space use in a medium ranging seabird - Marine Biology Marine predators forage in dynamic, heterogeneous environments, where resources are unevenly distributed. Consequently, predators often concentrate foraging activity in areas where oceanographic proce...

Can GPS tracking reveal how #seabirds make use of tidal mixing fronts when foraging? 🧪

New research shows a bird’s use of ocean fronts may relate to its regular foraging areas

Read on for more

Or read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s002...

@ellingbry.bsky.social

Photo of the coastline of Rota by Asch Nighthawk with inset photo by Lauren Helton of two people banding a Mariana Kingfisher and inset of bander handling a Mariana Fruit-dove for photo documentaion by Kristin Attinger.

🪶🌎🧪 WE'RE HIRING!!! Want to band fabulous birds on a far-flung island in the Western Pacific? We need to fill this position ASAP. More information here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...

Check out this job at NatureScot: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... #ScottishBirding

At the end of every new road/track in Iceland is a new summer cottage, a tourist development, a newly planted forest or energy infrastructure.
All these developments impact breeding waders but the birds' problems start with the road.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/r...
#ConservationScience🌍

📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...

BTO Migblog – 05 Dec 2025 | BTO October is seen as the most exciting month of the year by many birders, but as I mentioned in the last blog, there are some more unusual visitors to Britain and Ireland that can turn up just as often…

New @birdtrack.bsky.social migration blog ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/new...

We take a look back at bird migration in November and what species you should look out for in December, including the Hume’s Warbler! #Ornithology

Discover #ornithology research in our Top & Trending Research collection, with articles from Ardea, The Journal of Raptor Research, and Waterbirds @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social.

📖 Free to read through December 31: bio-one.co/43dvdpS

Photo of a beach at sunset with many large wind turbines off in the distance

Out now & #openaccess in #Waterbirds 48.2: assessment of wind farm construction & operation on seabird collisions in Brazil shows disruption of migratory routes, highlights need for further environmental impact assessments bioone.org/journals/wat... #ornithology

📸: Hiago Casemiro, CEMAM archive

Flexible foragers in a predictable oasis: Masked Boobies in a tropical Atlantic Archipelago - Seabird Tracking Database Tropical oceans are often described as “marine deserts”, where resources are patchily distributed and predators, such as seabirds, must cover wide areas to

Flexible foragers in a predictable oasis: Masked Boobies in a tropical Atlantic Archipelago 🏝️

Learn more about this new seabird tracking research post from Júlia Jacoby of @ufrgs.br, with @ird-fr.bsky.social & @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social

www.seabirdtracking.org/flexible-for...

#Waterbirds 48.2 is now online, featuring research articles ranging from threat of offshore wind farms to seabirds in Brazil to Reddish Egret response to weather variability on the Gulf Coast bioone.org/journals/wat...

#ornithology

Black Guillemot (aka Tystie). Daniel Johnston/ BTO

Many of you are familiar with using GPS tags to track birds' movements. A recent study on Black Guillemots added a new element into learning more about these wonderful birds' behaviour and foraging habits- depth recorders. 1/2

NEW on #theBOUblog from Ioannis Kalaitzakis

Following the Mediterranean Gulls to the 15TH EOU

bou.org.uk/blog-kala...

#ornithology 🪶

A fluffy precious little white tern chick laying on a branch

PSA!!!!!! 🚨

White tern chick!!!!!! 🪶

Thanks much for featuring our journal!

BioOne. Subscribe to Open. Featured Journal: Waterbirds. Journal cover featuring two birds in flight over a body of water.

Spotlight on #S2O pilot partner Waterbirds from @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social, which specializes in the #biology, status, #ecology, management #and conservation of all #waterbird species worldwide.

Discover more: bio-one.co/cowa
Learn about S2O: bio-one.co/s2o

#AcademicSky #BirdSky #Ornithology

Hidden wonders: my fascinating encounters with the Bittern Elusive and majestic, the Bittern’s booming call echoes across Minsmere’s reeds – a symbol of hope and conservation success

Back in 1997, there were just 11 booming male Bitterns left in the UK – almost extinct. Thanks to conservation by @rspb.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social 283 booming males were recorded in 2024.

Les Cater shares his story and stunning photos of these rare birds ⤵️

If you have ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit, you have helped to establish connections that cross country and continental boundaries.
Here's how the Dee Estuary links to other sites.
Draw your local map using a ShinyApp:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology