Aldina Franco
@aldinafranco.bsky.social
Investigates biogeography, animal movement and effects of global environmental change. Associate Professor of Ecology at University of East Anglia, UK
New funded PhD projects with @marius-somveille.bsky.social, myself and collaborators. Examining migratory connectivity for seabirds www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d... and and the dynamics of seasonal migration www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK742/p...
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
Vorläufige Ergebnisse des 8. Internationalen Weißstorchzensus 2024
Der 8. Internationale Weißstorchzensus fand 2024 wieder als ein gemeinsames Projekt von NABU (BirdLife Germany) und BirdLife International statt. Der NABU koordiniert die länderübergreifenden Zählunge...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New funded PhD projects with @marius-somveille.bsky.social, myself and collaborators. Examining migratory connectivity for seabirds www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d... and and the dynamics of seasonal migration www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK742/p...
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
#ornithology
@ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
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The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.
UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.
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A huge thanks to everyone involved in #DucklingWatch this year - we received over 950 brood records from across Britain.
See our end of season report at www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ducklingwatch for more info.
DucklingWatch will return in 2026 - stay tuned!
See our end of season report at www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ducklingwatch for more info.
DucklingWatch will return in 2026 - stay tuned!
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A huge thanks to everyone involved in #DucklingWatch this year - we received over 950 brood records from across Britain.
See our end of season report at www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ducklingwatch for more info.
DucklingWatch will return in 2026 - stay tuned!
See our end of season report at www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ducklingwatch for more info.
DucklingWatch will return in 2026 - stay tuned!
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Early mornings at @kneppwilding.bsky.social
Thank you to photographer, Ian Brierley, for this fantastic photo from his recent visit to Knepp! ☀️
Thank you to photographer, Ian Brierley, for this fantastic photo from his recent visit to Knepp! ☀️
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Early mornings at @kneppwilding.bsky.social
Thank you to photographer, Ian Brierley, for this fantastic photo from his recent visit to Knepp! ☀️
Thank you to photographer, Ian Brierley, for this fantastic photo from his recent visit to Knepp! ☀️
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“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved”
- Jane Goodall
- Jane Goodall
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved”
- Jane Goodall
- Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall's work was inspirational. She was an amazing person and a pioneer in animal behaviour research. Amazing work. Sad to see her go. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91
The primatologist was a
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Jane Goodall's work was inspirational. She was an amazing person and a pioneer in animal behaviour research. Amazing work. Sad to see her go. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
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One month to go until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary Conference!
Are you joining us?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
Are you joining us?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One month to go until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary Conference!
Are you joining us?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
Are you joining us?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
Excellent article from the FT on the need to consider climate change and biodiversity conservation together and tackle both challenges together. www.ft.com/content/f84d...
Our answers to climate change are damaging nature
As the extinction of plants and animals accelerates, our dependence on the natural world is deepening
www.ft.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Excellent article from the FT on the need to consider climate change and biodiversity conservation together and tackle both challenges together. www.ft.com/content/f84d...
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This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spectacular migration for the UK white storks this year! This stork, born at Knepp this year, is offspring of flightless parents and migrated around the Alps following a Southeastern migration route @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Spectacular migration for the UK white storks this year! This stork, born at Knepp this year, is offspring of flightless parents and migrated around the Alps following a Southeastern migration route @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
The UK white storks don't stop surprising us. This year some went around the Alps and are migrating through Italy: wsp.acenature.org/flight2.html
wsp.acenature.org
September 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The UK white storks don't stop surprising us. This year some went around the Alps and are migrating through Italy: wsp.acenature.org/flight2.html
Last week to register to attend the BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting @britishecologicalsociety.org, deadline 27th of August. Come and join us in Norwich @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. Come and discuss your results or data with movecologists! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/move...
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
Movement Ecology Annual Meeting 2025 - British Ecological Society
Join the Movement SIG at the University of East Anglia for their yearly meeting, this year titled 'Understanding Migration'.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Last week to register to attend the BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting @britishecologicalsociety.org, deadline 27th of August. Come and join us in Norwich @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for Forestry England to restore their Ancient Woodlands lost under timber plantations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic
Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species to...
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
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We recently tagged @whitestorkproject.bsky.social juveniles to enable us to determine their movements and migration. These are offspring of flightless white storks that build ground nests @kneppwilding.bsky.social. Looking forward to following their movements whitestorkproject.org/our-storks/.
July 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We recently tagged @whitestorkproject.bsky.social juveniles to enable us to determine their movements and migration. These are offspring of flightless white storks that build ground nests @kneppwilding.bsky.social. Looking forward to following their movements whitestorkproject.org/our-storks/.
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An initial look at butterfly numbers for this spring show an upturn compared to a very poor 2024. Orange tip are up 29.5% & Swallowtail 22.6%. We will be crunching the full numbers at the end of year. #savebutterflies
July 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An initial look at butterfly numbers for this spring show an upturn compared to a very poor 2024. Orange tip are up 29.5% & Swallowtail 22.6%. We will be crunching the full numbers at the end of year. #savebutterflies
Final week to submit your abstract to the 2025 BES Movement Ecology SIG. @britishecologicalsociety.org the meeting will be held in Norwich 2-3 September @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. Come and discuss your results or data with movecologists! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/move...
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
Movement Ecology Annual Meeting 2025 - British Ecological Society
Join the Movement SIG at the University of East Anglia for their yearly meeting, this year titled 'Understanding Migration'.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
June 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Final week to submit your abstract to the 2025 BES Movement Ecology SIG. @britishecologicalsociety.org the meeting will be held in Norwich 2-3 September @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
White stork nests can host several other species. In this case only Spanish sparrows-Passer hispaniolensis. More than 10 nests are visible. Also spotless starlings and common sparrows can use white stork nests @birdsmove.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
White stork nests can host several other species. In this case only Spanish sparrows-Passer hispaniolensis. More than 10 nests are visible. Also spotless starlings and common sparrows can use white stork nests @birdsmove.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
How do birds cope with extreme weather? When temperatures are high (e.g 39C last week) white stork parents stay at the nest and shade their young. @ueaceec.bsky.social @birdsmove.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
How do birds cope with extreme weather? When temperatures are high (e.g 39C last week) white stork parents stay at the nest and shade their young. @ueaceec.bsky.social @birdsmove.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
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Save the date! The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. More details to come in the new year! 🌍🧪👩🔬
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Save the date! The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. More details to come in the new year! 🌍🧪👩🔬
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. Come and discuss your results or data with movecologists! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/move...
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
Movement Ecology Annual Meeting 2025 - British Ecological Society
Join the Movement SIG at the University of East Anglia for their yearly meeting, this year titled 'Understanding Migration'.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. Come and discuss your results or data with movecologists! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/move...
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social
Celebrating the 25 years of LPN's Environmental Education Centre-Castro Verde SPA. So proud to have secured funding for this amazing Centre and to see the work done #birdconservation
May 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Celebrating the 25 years of LPN's Environmental Education Centre-Castro Verde SPA. So proud to have secured funding for this amazing Centre and to see the work done #birdconservation
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Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
April 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
Bird species with narrower climatic niches are more likely to be declining, already accounting for species range size. The extent of the climatic niche may be a good metric to assess species vulnerability to environmental change. doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... @kazalews.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
European Breeding Bird Declines Associated With Narrower Climatic Niches
Aim
Anthropogenic climate change has increasingly been identified as a major threat to global biodiversity. However, the extent of this threat is likely to be uneven across species, due to differenc.....
doi.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Bird species with narrower climatic niches are more likely to be declining, already accounting for species range size. The extent of the climatic niche may be a good metric to assess species vulnerability to environmental change. doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... @kazalews.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social