José A. Alves
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Conservation Ecologist
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05-08-2013 20:33:51
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Graham Appleton
Writer & life-long birdwatcher. Treasurer @IBIS_journal. Formerly Director of Communications for BTO. #WaderTales blogs about #waders #shorebirds #ornithology
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BTO
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is the UK's leading charity working with volunteers to improve our knowledge of birds through monitoring and research.
Wouter Vansteelant
Understanding the world from a bird's perspective 🐦 | Migration & Movement Ecology | MAVA-fellow @GlobalFlyway | guest @IBED_UvA | co-founder @BatumiRaptors
Global Flyway Network
Migratory birds as down2Earth observers/sentinels. Imprint of https://t.co/mZjvZNY1Or, centre for global ecological change @univgroningen, @NIOZnews, @IBED_UvA, et al.
Straight to Iceland, ESCADINHAS?
For this #whimbrel , it would be a first. In spring 2022 it aborted northward migration across Atlantic Ocean north of Canaries. In 2023 it remained in Norway for the summer. Individual #shorebirds revealing their secrets: globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…
It is not unusual for bar-tailed #godwit UNO to be first among Bijagós 'winterers' to start #migration to #Arctic #breeding areas, but not as early as this year . Departure on 17 April compares with take-offs on 28, 23, 20 & 25 April in previous 4 years.
globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/species…
Neat tracking by Global Flyway Network!
In #Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits, research by Jen Gill (she/her). José A. Alves & Tómas Gunnarsson shows that new generations are on earlier schedules than older birds.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/why…
and
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/gen…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
@Iceland_Review Two corrections:
30% of #Iceland 's Oystercatchers don't migrate:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/mis…
Rest fly to Britain, Ireland & coastal Europe (not Africa/Asia):
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/whi…
Please report colour-ringed birds to help with research by Sölvi R.Vignisson Verónica Méndez Aragón(she/her) et al
A Conservation Evidence success story.
Impact assessments need to account for the fact that birds move!
Blog from 7 Apr 2023🎂
wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/con…
Paper by Josh Nightingale | Global Wader was cited as evidence in decision not to renew the environmental licence for new airport.
#ornithology
Huge thanks to 312 people who have completed this! We haven't received many reponses particualrly from Portuguese/Spanish speakers. Pls let us know your thoughs on how we can overome #languagebarriers ICCB:
Portuguese: conbio.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05…
Spanish: conbio.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05…
In the LATEST ISSUE of BOU 👩🏻🏫👨🏿🏫🧕🏽👳🏽♂️ 🌈
Icelandic Whimbrel first migration: Non-stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel than adults | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
Camilo Carneiro Tómas Gunnarsson Triin Kaasiku Theunis Piersma José A. Alves | #ornithology
Wind-blown?
Please look out for flocks of Black-tailed Godwits in strange places - and check for colour-rings.
Blog from 21 March 2017 🎂7⃣
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/wai…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
BOU 👩🏻🏫👨🏿🏫🧕🏽👳🏽♂️ 🌈 Special Issue | Avian Reproduction
Does early spring arrival lead to early nesting in a migratory shorebird? Insights from remote tracking | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
Josh Nightingale | Global Wader et al Jen Gill (she/her) Afonso Rocha Ruth Howison José A. Alves | #ornithology
Godwits trump airport.
Thanks to everyone who supported José Alves and colleagues in their efforts to point out deficiencies in early impact assessment.
2019 blog about the proposed airport:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/12/23/tag…
2023 blog about Black-tailed Godwits:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/con…
Fantastic news - the #TagusAirport is finally stopped. A rare but incredibly important win for conservation!
The news that broke some weeks ago is confirmed.👇
An important victory for Godwits and other migratory birds for whom the Tagus is a key node in the migratory network. 🥳 Hats off once again to the Eco Flyway team for proving the cynics wrong and that science matters! 💪✊
What a fantastic handful of resightings from #waders read by a local team that is carrying out bird surveys in the #Bijagós archipelago as part of Nelson Gomes' MSc.
Congrats!
Know more about these birds 👇
lucanus.cm-lousada.pt/2022/02/15/ave…
#conservation
#biodiversity
#waders ofbijagos
In the last year, #WaderTales blogs have been read in 142 countries (WordPress data).
Mind blowing.
Favourite blogs:
1⃣ Migration
wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/whi…
2⃣ Oystercatchers
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/oys…
3⃣ Impact assessment
wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/con…
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology
Great to see my recent #paper discussing how #nature influences our sense of #time catching media interest around the world! Below an example from Argentina 🤩(link to the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/pan3.1…) People and Nature Faculty of Science - University of Turku Turun yliopisto - University of Turku
Exciting times to look at the Global Flyway Network website, where you can join migratory birds on their epic flights like a virtual Nils Holgersson.
Following the journeys of our feathered protagonists, you'll quickly find yourself cheering them on as they go. globalflywaynetwork.org
March #wader mist-netting session in the Tagus Estuary. Low numbers but good selection of species, blackwit, barwit, grey p, redshank, dunlin, curlew sand & turnstone. Few more gps/gsm tags deployed! #biodiversity #conservation
Eco Flyway Global Flyway Network CESAM - Centre of Environmental and Marine Studies UAResearch
