The first paper from my PhD is now published in Marine Ornithology & can be read #OpenAccess here (!!): 'Best practices for using drones in seabird monitoring and research'➡️marineornithology.org/article?rn=1544 #ornithology #seabirds 1/n

I'm happy to share this short piece published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution where we discuss the concept of vagrancy in the animal kingdom and argue that this poorly understood phenomenon deserves more attention from researchers --> authors.elsevier.com/a/1i2kTcZ3WyH4f

After 4 and something years finally defending my PhD work feels unreal! So many thanks to everyone who was involved, specifically of course to liedvogel lab, who is an amazing supervisor and made my whole PhD a great experience for me 🐦😊

Looking forward to presenting my PhD research this Friday at #BES2023! I'll be talking about how we can use #CitizenScience & camera technology to measure variation in #seabird breeding success 🐣 📷 #ornithology Seabird Watch The Seabird Group

With most of our ringing sites currently underwater, we've started the year targeting the linnet flock in one of the few dry(ish) fields in Oxford. 49 ringed over two afternoons is a promising start, given we ringed 46 total in 2023!

Balearic Shearwaters show surprising flexibility to adapt to climate change A new study has shown that individual birds were shifting their range northwards by an average of 25km per year rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Bal…

Very pleased to see this out! A throwback to that covid-ridden summer trying to prevent the laptop overheating. Worth a look if you’re keen on #migration and how it’s changing with climate 👀 well done again to Patrick Lewin on a great 1st first-author paper, was a pleasure ☺️

Finally my first PhD chapter is published! Very happy to see it out there, a big thanks goes to all my co-authors and everyone who helped on the way :)

Adaptive evolution and loss of a putative magnetoreceptor in passerines | royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10… | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | #ornithology

The second chapter of my PhD is now published #OpenAccess in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈! ‘Using citizen science image analysis to measure #seabird phenology’➡️ doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13… #seabirds #ornithology #CitizenScience #CitSci 1/9 A short thread below...

EARLY VIEW in BOU 👩🏻‍🏫👨🏿‍🏫🧕🏽👳🏽‍♂️ 🌈 Using citizen science image analysis to measure seabird phenology | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Alice Edney et al | #ornithology

Wet and windy weather has prevented much ringing recently, so it was great to finally get out and catch migrants on a beautiful spring morning! Highlights included the first willow warblers of the year, as well as a blackcap with a spectacular pollen horn from the continent.

Most years we catch one to two Green Woodpeckers, so it was great to catch our first for 2024 last week. Even better, this is the first Green Woodpecker we've re-trapped! She was originally ringed by us in September 2023, and was caught in exactly the same net ride!

Ringing has its ups & downs and today we had both... The session got off to a cracking start when we caught our 1st Grasshopper Warbler (out of 2 reeling) at a site where they're now less than annual! But we had to leave shortly after, as a herd of cows broke into the field 🐮

Out today! Two papers on #migratory #insects as part of The Royal Society PhilTrans issue about #insect monitoring methods (royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/curre…) Monitoring insect #biodiversity using #radar: doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2… Diel timing of insect migration: doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2…

It's always exciting to find out where birds are moving, especially when it's not just within your local area! A Greenfinch we ringed in December 2023 was recaught in Old Weston, Cambridgeshire on 20th May 2024, having travelled 91km! 💚 ✈️

Nice one Will!! Nice to see this one out, thanks for inviting me onboard. Some exciting questions for sure!