British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)

🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Beyond the specimen: rethinking ornithological collecting in a changing world | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Ken Norris, Heather Avrili | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Contrasting effects of natural habitat cover on insect-consuming and crop-damaging birds in Mediterranean orchards | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Caterina Castro-Soza et al | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS To stop or not? Mediterranean migrants differ in both arrival condition and refuelling success after barrier crossing | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Koufaki Theano, Barboutis Christos, Theodorou Konstantinos | #ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from Tomohiro Deguchi How do Oriental Storks choose their mates? bou.org.uk/blog-degu... Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS High-throughput tracking reveals differences in low-tide space use between day and night in wintering Red Knots | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Christine E. Beardsworth, Selin Ersoy, Ran Nathan, Sivan Toledo, Allert I. Bijleveld | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Back in the wild: where reintroduced California Condors spend their time | onlinelibrary.wiley.... José Juan Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Logan Hysen, Danial Nayeri, Ho Yi Wan | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Revisiting avian wingtip shape indices: a comparison of methods with empirical data | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Iván de la Hera, María Torres-Sánchez, José Luis Arroyo, Rubén Rodríguez, Guillermo Fandos, Oscar Gordo | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Bird community seasonality and long-term changes in migrant birds across a large savanna protected area in South Africa | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Rion E Lerm, Dave I Thompson, David A Ehlers Smith, Colleen T Downs | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS GNSS navigation interference disrupts telemetry tracking of raptors migrating between Europe and Africa | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Ivan Literák, Jan Škrábal, Ondřej Homola, Vitalie Ajder, Igor V. Karyakin | #ornithology 🪶

📢 SAVE THE DATE Announcing our one-day #BOUasm27 conference Birds and Artificial Intelligence | 12 October 2027 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky The call for keynote nominations is now open: bou.org.uk/event/bir... 🗓️ Nominate by the 16 November deadline #ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from Alex Nicol-Harper Birding for every body: Personal reflections from a physically Disabled ornithologist bou.org.uk/blog-nico... #ornithology 🪶

⏰ APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from Will Cresswell Taking habitat without taking lives: why human disturbance is a key conservation issue bou.org.uk/blog-cres... #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A simple but effective method for identifying incubation in real time for waterfowl with backpack transmitters | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Ilsa A. Griebel et al | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Hatching failure and embryo mortality in endangered populations of Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Jamie Edward Thompson, Nicola Hemmings | #ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from David Pereira At BirdsCaribbean2026: why I went and what I learned bou.org.uk/blog-pere... #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Divergence in wing-whirring, vocalizations and morphology supports species status for the Santa Marta Guan (Penelope colombiana) | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Juan I. Areta, M. Juliana Benítez Saldívar, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen Jr. | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Combining eDNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis advances diet studies in a colonial, non-regurgitating seabird | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Amelia Corvin-Czarnodolski et al | #ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall Plenty of fish in the lake? bou.org.uk/blog-afm-... #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling of Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus in the Palaearctic region, emphasizing Iranian populations | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Ali Haghani, Mansour Aliabadian, Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny, Per Alström, Hamid Reza Rezaei | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Convergent mutations underpin the repeated evolution of brown plumage in seabirds | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Shanshan Shen, Graham A. McCulloch, Tania M. King, Nicolas J. Rawlence, Martyn Kennedy, Jonathan M. Waters | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Male-biased sex ratio in nestlings of the Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva): evidence for bias established at or before hatching | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Igor Berkunsky et al | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Low mate and nest fidelity in a declining population of Antarctic Shags at Harmony Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Antonella Farace Rey, Mariana Juáres, Ricardo Casaux | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Persecution by humans affects nest-site selection of Hooded Crows: a comparison of an urban and two rural areas | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Petra Paládi, Isma Benmazouz, Péter Gyüre, Máté Tóth, László Kövér, Szabolcs Lengyel | #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS British Ornithologists' Union – Godman Salvin Prize | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Awarded to David Lindenmeyer at last week's #BOUasm26 #ornithology 🪶

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A rapid shift in migration schedule of an Austral shorebird is linked to a changing southern climate oscillation | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Bashar Jarayseh, Luke Eberhart-Hertel, Bart Kempenaers | #ornithology 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from science writer Dr Ashleigh Marshall What they do in the shadows bou.org.uk/blog-afm-... #ornithology 🪶

📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN... ...for the 2027 BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements Application deadline: 29 January 2027 Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s... 🪶

NEW on #theBOUblog from Natalia Zielonka and others Making membership more accessible: Introducing BOU Concessionary Membership bou.org.uk/blog-ziel... #ornithology 🪶

We‘re now moving onto the workshop session. #BOUasm26

Bringing session 4 to a close is Beckie George‘s „Integrating climate risk into spatial planning for climate change-resilient bird conservation“ #BOUasm26 #ornithology

1/🧵 I'm about #BOUasm26 today discussing how species traits (temperature niche position, habitat selectivity, urban association) shape avian populations. In my study system in North Carolina, we've been monitoring bird populations with a mini breeding bird survey since 1999. #ornithology #Ecology

Now joining us online is Radhika Jha with her talk „Global habitat suitability and conservation priorities for vultures under a changing climate“ #BOUasm26 #ornithology

We are now joined by Ivara Goulden for their talk „The role of land cover change and species traits in shaping avian populations“ #BOUasm26 #ornithology

We‘re kicking off session 4 with Robert J. Fletcher, keynote „What past surprises tell us about the future of an endangered bird“ #BOUasm26 #ornithology #snailkite

Brennig Hughes presents his talk „Individual identification of Leach's Storm-petrels from their vocalisations“ to bring us to the end of session 3. #BOUasm26 #ornithology #stormpetrels

„Archaeological data reveals fundamental environmental associations of declining UK bird species obscured by anthropogenically-disturbed distributions“ with Bethany Pittard to follow. #BOUasm26 #ornithology

Cracking on with session 3, Stephen Pringle delivers his keynote „Automated insights: transforming the future of bird monitoring“ #BOUasm26 #ornithology

1/🧵 Today I’m at #BOUasm26, engaging with colleagues on predicting the future of #avian #biodiversity. Recently in my own work I asked, how do we predict the movements of #birds in the world’s ever-growing cities? #ornithology

Lunchtime at Avian Futures! #BOUasm26 #ornithology

David Lindenmeyer being presented with the BOU Godman Salvin Prize. #BOUasm26 #ornithology

1/6 #boreal bird communities of the future may not simply have fewer species—they may have different species. We explored how climate change, wildfire & forest harvesting could reorganize bird communities across Québec’s boreal forest by 2100. #BOUasm26 #ornithology #ecology #conservation

#BOUasm26 MJE1/6 To me, an amateur in #ornithology, recent #citizenscience data seems to scream out #climatechange — e.g. migrant first-arrival advancement I studied when compiling county bird reports. Advancement, yes, but it’s not keeping pace with spring #phenology at the breeding grounds.

We‘re progressing session 2 with three LIGHTNING ⚡️ talks from Celestine Adelmant, Sienna Rattigan, and Mark Eddowes. #BOUasm26 #ornithology We‘ll be moving onto the BOU Godman Salvin Prize presentation shortly.

We now have Aldina Franco‘s „Understanding the recent loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird“ #BOUasm26 #ornithology

Q&As at the end of Jane‘s keynote. #BOUasm26 #ornithology