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NEW on #theBOUblog from Maurizio Sarà
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Maurizio Sarà
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Returning to their natural home: Lesser Kestrels resist environmental changes by nesting in cliffs
bou.org.uk/blog-sara...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Radhika Jha
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Radhika Jha
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
Reflections from the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference
bou.org.uk/blog-jha-...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING
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December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
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🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
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Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
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December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
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📢 NOMINATE FOR BOU COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
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➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
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➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
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December 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 NOMINATE FOR BOU COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the...
#ornithology 🪶
➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee
Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme
Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the...
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...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
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December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
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🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
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#ornithology 🪶
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
BOU Weekly Spotlight! #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BOU Weekly Spotlight! #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar ⬇️
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
An automated workflow that combines sound-based bird identification and localization | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Carsten M. Buchmann, Frank M. Schurr | #ornithology 🪶
🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now!
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 REGISTRATION OPEN
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
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#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
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#ornithology 🪶
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 REGISTRATION OPEN
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
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#ornithology 🪶
#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026
University of Nottingham & Zoom & Bluesky
Check out the programme and book your place today!
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology 🪶
📢 APPLY NOW...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
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For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants
Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026
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December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
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Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference
Low-carbon travel encouraged
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Fight song: variation in singing behaviour and song structure during natural agonistic interactions in a tropical songbird, Adelaide's Warbler (Setophaga adelaidae) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Peter C. Mower et al | #ornithology 🪶
Fight song: variation in singing behaviour and song structure during natural agonistic interactions in a tropical songbird, Adelaide's Warbler (Setophaga adelaidae) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Peter C. Mower et al | #ornithology 🪶
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Fight song: variation in singing behaviour and song structure during natural agonistic interactions in a tropical songbird, Adelaide's Warbler (Setophaga adelaidae) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Peter C. Mower et al | #ornithology 🪶
Fight song: variation in singing behaviour and song structure during natural agonistic interactions in a tropical songbird, Adelaide's Warbler (Setophaga adelaidae) | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Peter C. Mower et al | #ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Meijun Liu
Do wing patches predict assortative mating?
bou.org.uk/blog-liu-...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Do wing patches predict assortative mating?
bou.org.uk/blog-liu-...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Meijun Liu
Do wing patches predict assortative mating?
bou.org.uk/blog-liu-...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
Do wing patches predict assortative mating?
bou.org.uk/blog-liu-...
Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
#ornithology 🪶
BOU Weekly Spotlight! 🎉💡 #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar this week ⬇️
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar this week ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BOU Weekly Spotlight! 🎉💡 #BOUSpotlight
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar this week ⬇️
Here’s some new #ornithology releases that might’ve slipped under your radar this week ⬇️
Twenty-Two Years of Shrub Encroachment and Its Effects on Bird Communities in an African Savanna | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Twenty-Two Years of Shrub Encroachment and Its Effects on Bird Communities in an African Savanna | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Climate, habitat availability and human activity shape the wintering distribution of an increasing migratory piscivorous raptor within the Mediterranean basin | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Jorge García-Macía et al | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Climate, habitat availability and human activity shape the wintering distribution of an increasing migratory piscivorous raptor within the Mediterranean basin | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Jorge García-Macía et al | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Climate, habitat availability and human activity shape the wintering distribution of an increasing migratory piscivorous raptor within the Mediterranean basin | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Jorge García-Macía et al | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Climate, habitat availability and human activity shape the wintering distribution of an increasing migratory piscivorous raptor within the Mediterranean basin | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Jorge García-Macía et al | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist-netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Pilar L. Maia-Braga et al | #ornithology 🪶
How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist-netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Pilar L. Maia-Braga et al | #ornithology 🪶
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist-netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Pilar L. Maia-Braga et al | #ornithology 🪶
How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist-netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Pilar L. Maia-Braga et al | #ornithology 🪶
NEW on #theBOUblog from Ioannis Kalaitzakis
Following the Mediterranean Gulls to the 15TH EOU
bou.org.uk/blog-kala...
#ornithology 🪶
Following the Mediterranean Gulls to the 15TH EOU
bou.org.uk/blog-kala...
#ornithology 🪶
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEW on #theBOUblog from Ioannis Kalaitzakis
Following the Mediterranean Gulls to the 15TH EOU
bou.org.uk/blog-kala...
#ornithology 🪶
Following the Mediterranean Gulls to the 15TH EOU
bou.org.uk/blog-kala...
#ornithology 🪶
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
A systematic review of interspecific breeding in woodpeckers | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Antonii Bakai, Jérôme Fuchs, Gerard Gorman, Dominika Sajdak, Łukasz Kajtoch | #ornithology 🪶
A systematic review of interspecific breeding in woodpeckers | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Antonii Bakai, Jérôme Fuchs, Gerard Gorman, Dominika Sajdak, Łukasz Kajtoch | #ornithology 🪶
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
A systematic review of interspecific breeding in woodpeckers | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Antonii Bakai, Jérôme Fuchs, Gerard Gorman, Dominika Sajdak, Łukasz Kajtoch | #ornithology 🪶
A systematic review of interspecific breeding in woodpeckers | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Antonii Bakai, Jérôme Fuchs, Gerard Gorman, Dominika Sajdak, Łukasz Kajtoch | #ornithology 🪶
Falcons reduce pre‐harvest food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds | doi.org/10.1111/1365... | Journal of Applied Ecology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Falcons reduce pre‐harvest food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds | doi.org/10.1111/1365... | Journal of Applied Ecology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
Nest Survival Models and Genomics Illuminate Hybridisation Attempts, Guiding Culturally Informed Management to Recover a Critically Endangered Seabird | doi.org/10.1111/acv.... | Animal Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nest Survival Models and Genomics Illuminate Hybridisation Attempts, Guiding Culturally Informed Management to Recover a Critically Endangered Seabird | doi.org/10.1111/acv.... | Animal Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
When predators get more than they bargained for: Naïve attacks on snakes by hawks, falcons, and owls | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
When predators get more than they bargained for: Naïve attacks on snakes by hawks, falcons, and owls | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology