Gary Allport
@birdsandlife.bsky.social
BirdLife International, bird conservation, ornithology, birding, fish, fun... all views my own
I can't wait to see Habitats of Europe - written with birders in mind about how understanding habitats leads to amazing finds, whether you are in your local patch or in any of Europe’s 56 diverse habitats.
Order now from Princeton press.princeton.edu/.../978069.....
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Order now from Princeton press.princeton.edu/.../978069.....
or Amazon amzn.eu/d/eshupsS
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I can't wait to see Habitats of Europe - written with birders in mind about how understanding habitats leads to amazing finds, whether you are in your local patch or in any of Europe’s 56 diverse habitats.
Order now from Princeton press.princeton.edu/.../978069.....
or Amazon amzn.eu/d/eshupsS
Order now from Princeton press.princeton.edu/.../978069.....
or Amazon amzn.eu/d/eshupsS
Nice article by Radhika Bhargava Gajre et al. on Bridging conservation and policy: evaluating national targets to reduce mangrove loss under the Kunming–Montreal biodiversity framework. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Great to see E Asian Australasian Flyway work getting global reach.
Great to see E Asian Australasian Flyway work getting global reach.
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Nice article by Radhika Bhargava Gajre et al. on Bridging conservation and policy: evaluating national targets to reduce mangrove loss under the Kunming–Montreal biodiversity framework. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Great to see E Asian Australasian Flyway work getting global reach.
Great to see E Asian Australasian Flyway work getting global reach.
The latest Global Flyway Initiative aims to save critical bird habitats and link three continents across the African-Eurasian Flyway - www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
World Bank and BirdLife launch historic conservation push
The latest Global Flyway Initiative aims to save critical bird habitats and link three continents across the African-Eurasian Flyway…
www.birdlife.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The latest Global Flyway Initiative aims to save critical bird habitats and link three continents across the African-Eurasian Flyway - www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
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A juvenile wader/shorebird does not travel with its parents, so how does it establish its personal annual migration itinerary?
Black-tailed Godwit blog from 12 Sep 2024 🎂
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j...
Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al
#ornithology
Black-tailed Godwit blog from 12 Sep 2024 🎂
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j...
Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al
#ornithology
September 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A juvenile wader/shorebird does not travel with its parents, so how does it establish its personal annual migration itinerary?
Black-tailed Godwit blog from 12 Sep 2024 🎂
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j...
Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al
#ornithology
Black-tailed Godwit blog from 12 Sep 2024 🎂
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j...
Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al
#ornithology
Reposted by Gary Allport
This month, WaderTales will be ten years old.
I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me.
Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments.
Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
#ornithology
I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me.
Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments.
Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
#ornithology
September 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This month, WaderTales will be ten years old.
I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me.
Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments.
Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
#ornithology
I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me.
Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments.
Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs
wadertales.wordpress.com/about/
#ornithology
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Long-Term Ecological Studies of Seabirds: Some Old Thoughts about Their Value and Some Newer Questions | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
Long-Term Ecological Studies of Seabirds: Some Old Thoughts about Their Value and Some Newer Questions
Waterbirds publishes content regarding the biology, status, ecology, management and conservation of all waterbird species living in habitats worldwide.
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Long-Term Ecological Studies of Seabirds: Some Old Thoughts about Their Value and Some Newer Questions | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
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Back in Nov-Dec 2023 I joined an expedition to look for Steppe Whimbrel and survey migrant waders. The results are now published and show what a globally important place #Mozambique is for wader conservation…
Excellent birding and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline unsurveyed.
Excellent birding and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline unsurveyed.
50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
September 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Back in Nov-Dec 2023 I joined an expedition to look for Steppe Whimbrel and survey migrant waders. The results are now published and show what a globally important place #Mozambique is for wader conservation…
Excellent birding and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline unsurveyed.
Excellent birding and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline unsurveyed.
Reposted by Gary Allport
50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
Reposted by Gary Allport
It was a joy to be part this survey work back in Nov-Dec 2023. A very memorable experience…
Great the results are now published. Showing that just a small % of #Mozambique ‘s coast is globally significant wader conservation… and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline is essentially unsurveyed.
Great the results are now published. Showing that just a small % of #Mozambique ‘s coast is globally significant wader conservation… and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline is essentially unsurveyed.
September 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It was a joy to be part this survey work back in Nov-Dec 2023. A very memorable experience…
Great the results are now published. Showing that just a small % of #Mozambique ‘s coast is globally significant wader conservation… and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline is essentially unsurveyed.
Great the results are now published. Showing that just a small % of #Mozambique ‘s coast is globally significant wader conservation… and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline is essentially unsurveyed.
50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology
So sorry to learn the news of the passing of Prof. Derek Pomeroy. A huge influence for good throughout his life as an expert ornithologist in Uganda, a mentor and wonderful company too. Go well Derek... #RIPDrPomeroy
@NatureUganda
@NatureUganda
May 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
So sorry to learn the news of the passing of Prof. Derek Pomeroy. A huge influence for good throughout his life as an expert ornithologist in Uganda, a mentor and wonderful company too. Go well Derek... #RIPDrPomeroy
@NatureUganda
@NatureUganda
Reposted by Gary Allport
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Very important article about vulture conservation. Well done to EWT and partners for raising this issue
#RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
#Ornithology
Very important article about vulture conservation. Well done to EWT and partners for raising this issue
#RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
#Ornithology
The cost of disunity – a call for ethical collaboration in vulture protection
Across South Africa and globally, the conservation NGO sector is grappling with a deep-rooted problem – ego. The recent mass poisoning of vultures in the Kruger National Park illustrates this challeng...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
May 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
Very important article about vulture conservation. Well done to EWT and partners for raising this issue
#RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
#Ornithology
Very important article about vulture conservation. Well done to EWT and partners for raising this issue
#RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology
#Ornithology
Reposted by Gary Allport
Phalaropes are wonderfully tame.
#ornithology
#ornithology
May 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Phalaropes are wonderfully tame.
#ornithology
#ornithology
The fall of the UK.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell
In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it, says former reporter, MP and Unicef ambassador, Martin Bell
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The fall of the UK.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great to find a raft of 14 Short-tailed Shearwaters loafing and feeding around shore fishing nets at Sonadia Island, Bangladesh on Global Big Day. 3rd or 4th record for the country and first not storm-blown. So confident one of them pinched part of my breakfast! #globalbigday
May 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Great to find a raft of 14 Short-tailed Shearwaters loafing and feeding around shore fishing nets at Sonadia Island, Bangladesh on Global Big Day. 3rd or 4th record for the country and first not storm-blown. So confident one of them pinched part of my breakfast! #globalbigday
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Bird Study is a @btobirds.bsky.social journal and welcomes high-quality papers on #ornithology, especially bird ecology & evidence-based conservation, analysis of distribution/abundance patterns, movements, habitat associations, field methods, ringing & tracking. www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbi...
May 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Bird Study is a @btobirds.bsky.social journal and welcomes high-quality papers on #ornithology, especially bird ecology & evidence-based conservation, analysis of distribution/abundance patterns, movements, habitat associations, field methods, ringing & tracking. www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbi...
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Reposted by Gary Allport
The analysis showed a hybrid origin of Nechisar Nightjar - a cross between a female Standard-winged Nightjar and, most likely, a male Freckled Nightjar 😮
Amazing story, none of which takes anything from the excellent work and analyses of its finders 3/3
@birdguides.bsky.social #nightjar #nightjars
Amazing story, none of which takes anything from the excellent work and analyses of its finders 3/3
@birdguides.bsky.social #nightjar #nightjars
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The analysis showed a hybrid origin of Nechisar Nightjar - a cross between a female Standard-winged Nightjar and, most likely, a male Freckled Nightjar 😮
Amazing story, none of which takes anything from the excellent work and analyses of its finders 3/3
@birdguides.bsky.social #nightjar #nightjars
Amazing story, none of which takes anything from the excellent work and analyses of its finders 3/3
@birdguides.bsky.social #nightjar #nightjars
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Described in 1995 on the basis of a single wing of roadkill found in the Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia, in 1990, it has eluded rediscovery. Caprimulgus solala = 'one wing'.
Thom sampled the specimen as part of his PhD on Afrotopical Nightjay phylogeny.
Pic - Stephen Menzie
2/3
Thom sampled the specimen as part of his PhD on Afrotopical Nightjay phylogeny.
Pic - Stephen Menzie
2/3
April 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Described in 1995 on the basis of a single wing of roadkill found in the Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia, in 1990, it has eluded rediscovery. Caprimulgus solala = 'one wing'.
Thom sampled the specimen as part of his PhD on Afrotopical Nightjay phylogeny.
Pic - Stephen Menzie
2/3
Thom sampled the specimen as part of his PhD on Afrotopical Nightjay phylogeny.
Pic - Stephen Menzie
2/3
Reposted by Gary Allport
Just uploaded to @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid'
with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/3
'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid'
with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/3
Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid
The Nechisar Nightjar Caprimulgus solala was described only from a single wing collected as roadkill from Nechisar National Park in Ethiopia in 1990. To resolve its taxonomic status a sample was taken...
www.biorxiv.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just uploaded to @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid'
with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/3
'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid'
with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/3
Reposted by Gary Allport
After decades of mystery, the enigma of the Nechisar Nightjar may finally be solved. Read about the latest discovery in this fascinating saga here: www.aba.org/has-the-nech...
Special thanks to Mathieu Wald for sharing the preprint referenced in the article with the author.
Special thanks to Mathieu Wald for sharing the preprint referenced in the article with the author.
Has the Nechisar Nightjar Mystery Been Solved? - American Birding Association
The authors of a new study believe they have solved one of the world’s great rare bird mysteries: the case of the Nechisar Nightjar, Caprimulgus solala.
www.aba.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
After decades of mystery, the enigma of the Nechisar Nightjar may finally be solved. Read about the latest discovery in this fascinating saga here: www.aba.org/has-the-nech...
Special thanks to Mathieu Wald for sharing the preprint referenced in the article with the author.
Special thanks to Mathieu Wald for sharing the preprint referenced in the article with the author.
Nechisar Nightjar - a long standing mystery solved !
Just uploaded to @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid'
with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/3
'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid'
with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/3
Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid
The Nechisar Nightjar Caprimulgus solala was described only from a single wing collected as roadkill from Nechisar National Park in Ethiopia in 1990. To resolve its taxonomic status a sample was taken...
www.biorxiv.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Nechisar Nightjar - a long standing mystery solved !
Reposted by Gary Allport
The African Crimson-winged Finch — a splash of rose in Morocco’s rocky highlands. Rare, rugged, and stunning. #birding #Morocco #ornithology 🐦🌄
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The African Crimson-winged Finch — a splash of rose in Morocco’s rocky highlands. Rare, rugged, and stunning. #birding #Morocco #ornithology 🐦🌄
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Not sure exactly how many records of Tree Pipit there are in Bangladesh but seems quite rare, so this was a nice find near the Padma River Bridge near Dhaka last Friday (17 Jan 2025)
January 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Not sure exactly how many records of Tree Pipit there are in Bangladesh but seems quite rare, so this was a nice find near the Padma River Bridge near Dhaka last Friday (17 Jan 2025)