FlywaySpike
@flywayspike.bsky.social
Saving migratory birds through flyway-wide cooperation, especially in East Asia - Australasia and Central Asia. Linking ecological, social and institutional connectivity. Promoting international cooperation in coastal ecosystem conservation and restoration
Very cool, love the MCRT on its nest, trying to look inconspicuous 😂
A Restoration Effort in Southcentral Chile Aims to Renew a Damaged Wetland The pioneering Americas Flyways Initiative project offers new promise for both migratory shorebirds and local communities increasingly threatened by flooding in a changing climate. Free Access. www.audubon.org/magazine/res...
A Restoration Effort in Southcentral Chile Aims to Renew a Damaged Wetland
The pioneering Americas Flyways Initiative project offers new promise for both migratory shorebirds and local communities increasingly threatened by flooding in a changing climate.
www.audubon.org
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Very cool, love the MCRT on its nest, trying to look inconspicuous 😂
“We don’t know how viruses are getting into poultry farms or cattle farms”
Avian influenza isn’t new. But the most recent outbreak’s rapid and prolific spread is setting off alarm bells. While the H5N1 virus may have started in birds, it spread through multiple species. That's part of what makes it so difficult to defeat.
https://t.uga.edu/4j5IhUU
https://t.uga.edu/4j5IhUU
December 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“We don’t know how viruses are getting into poultry farms or cattle farms”
Great to see this statement from WOAH, recognizing the broader ecological impacts of HPAI and the need to integrate conservation initiatives beyond just wildlife health.
www.woah.org/en/statement...
www.woah.org/en/statement...
Statement on the impact of HPAI on wildlife worldwide - WOAH - World Organisation for Animal Health
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses are causing increased mortality in wildlife and ecological disruption worldwide. Since 2021, the panzootic has spread across continents and now affe...
www.woah.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Great to see this statement from WOAH, recognizing the broader ecological impacts of HPAI and the need to integrate conservation initiatives beyond just wildlife health.
www.woah.org/en/statement...
www.woah.org/en/statement...
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Warming oceans are having widespread and often negative effects on migratory seabirds, new research involving UKCEH shows.
The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Demographic responses of North Atlantic seabirds to seasonal ocean warming | PNAS
Climate-driven ocean warming is profoundly reshaping marine ecosystems, with cascading
effects on biodiversity and trophic interactions. For migrat...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
On the other side of the world, 96% of entire population (c. 7,000 birds) of the CR Siberian Crane have been forced by dwindling natural food supplies to winter in increasingly crowded conditions around Poyang Lake in SE China, where a single outbreak could be a potential extinction event.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza caused a mass die-off in Eurasian cranes during their autumn migration through Germany, France and Spain. More than 18,000 dead cranes were reported dead in Germany alone. The full demographic impact of this mortality on the crane population needs to be assessed.
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On the other side of the world, 96% of entire population (c. 7,000 birds) of the CR Siberian Crane have been forced by dwindling natural food supplies to winter in increasingly crowded conditions around Poyang Lake in SE China, where a single outbreak could be a potential extinction event.
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Not sure whether 13 is a lot or too few, but a lesson for other MEAs that tracking the translation of decisions into effective national implementation is critical to assessing success
Committee II at #CITESCoP20 congratulated 13 parties that have achieved Category 1 legislation, which is national legislation that is believed generally to meet the requirements for the effective implementation of #CITES.
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Not sure whether 13 is a lot or too few, but a lesson for other MEAs that tracking the translation of decisions into effective national implementation is critical to assessing success
The star bird of Rajah Sikatuna Protected landscape, the Azure-breasted Pitta, shining in the dark forest.
Video courtesy of Taej Mundkur
Video courtesy of Taej Mundkur
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The star bird of Rajah Sikatuna Protected landscape, the Azure-breasted Pitta, shining in the dark forest.
Video courtesy of Taej Mundkur
Video courtesy of Taej Mundkur
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Lord help me, for I have started a substack. It's because I haven't been able to write my damn book. Who knows where this will go? If you like unpredictability, come on over. 🤪
daringindanger.substack.com
daringindanger.substack.com
Daring in Dangerous Times (DaDa) | Julia Steinberger | Substack
Daring thoughts and science for our dangerous times, by Julia Steinberger, an interdisciplinary academic, whose self-made topic is the science of living well within planetary limits. Click to read Dar...
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November 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Lord help me, for I have started a substack. It's because I haven't been able to write my damn book. Who knows where this will go? If you like unpredictability, come on over. 🤪
daringindanger.substack.com
daringindanger.substack.com
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super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
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Hello everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", global cumulative impacts on marine ecosystems are projected to >double by mid-century, driven by ocean warming and fisheries. Coastal habitats face the highest total impacts, while offshore and tropical regions will experience the fastest increase 🌎
Cumulative impacts to global marine ecosystems projected to more than double by mid-century
Pressures from human activities are expected to increase substantially, affecting marine ecosystems globally. To plan for a sustainable future, we need to forecast the distributions of cumulative…
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hello everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", global cumulative impacts on marine ecosystems are projected to >double by mid-century, driven by ocean warming and fisheries. Coastal habitats face the highest total impacts, while offshore and tropical regions will experience the fastest increase 🌎
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Daily Discovery: The Diasonics – Larks
Synth-driven funk with voice and vintage electronics. Third single from their Record Kicks album Ornithology, out 3 October.
#TheDiasonics #Larks #Funk #Ornithology #RecordKicks #Moscow
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Synth-driven funk with voice and vintage electronics. Third single from their Record Kicks album Ornithology, out 3 October.
#TheDiasonics #Larks #Funk #Ornithology #RecordKicks #Moscow
rhythmpassport.com/?p=163028
September 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Daily Discovery: The Diasonics – Larks
Synth-driven funk with voice and vintage electronics. Third single from their Record Kicks album Ornithology, out 3 October.
#TheDiasonics #Larks #Funk #Ornithology #RecordKicks #Moscow
rhythmpassport.com/?p=163028
Synth-driven funk with voice and vintage electronics. Third single from their Record Kicks album Ornithology, out 3 October.
#TheDiasonics #Larks #Funk #Ornithology #RecordKicks #Moscow
rhythmpassport.com/?p=163028
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An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
While there is no disconnect scientifically, the climate and nature crises are intrinsically linked, as are the solutions, but institutionally there is often poor communication and coordination among implementing agencies within countries and representation at global fora such as the upcoming COP 30
Every climate change policy and clean energy solution should be examined through the lens of biodiversity, writes Hank Paulson for @financialtimes.com.
Read the full op-ed here: www.ft.com/content/f84d...
Read the full op-ed here: 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 4:07 PM
While there is no disconnect scientifically, the climate and nature crises are intrinsically linked, as are the solutions, but institutionally there is often poor communication and coordination among implementing agencies within countries and representation at global fora such as the upcoming COP 30
August 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A recent study found only 15% of the sandpiper’s suitable non-breeding habitat is protected, with threats from coastal reclamation, invasive plants and sea-level rise.
Scientists call for prioritizing high-threat wintering areas, especially in Thailand and Myanmar.
Scientists call for prioritizing high-threat wintering areas, especially in Thailand and Myanmar.
A critical stopover for shorebirds awaits protection in Malaysia
TELUK AIR TAWAR, Malaysia — The tide is rising. On the Teluk Air Tawar-Kuala Muda coast (TAT-KM) of Penang state in Peninsular Malaysia, fishers are boating out to the sea for their morning catch.…
news.mongabay.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A recent study found only 15% of the sandpiper’s suitable non-breeding habitat is protected, with threats from coastal reclamation, invasive plants and sea-level rise.
Scientists call for prioritizing high-threat wintering areas, especially in Thailand and Myanmar.
Scientists call for prioritizing high-threat wintering areas, especially in Thailand and Myanmar.
Papers like this reflect the remarkable upsurge and awareness and interest by Chinese researchers of the critical importance of China for migratory waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway over the past 20 years, including the conservation perspective.
Migration Ecology and Protection of Stopover Sites of the Whimbrels Along China's Coastal | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
August 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Papers like this reflect the remarkable upsurge and awareness and interest by Chinese researchers of the critical importance of China for migratory waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway over the past 20 years, including the conservation perspective.
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Black-tailed godwit joins NSW endangered species list as population dives
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/40739/
Scientists fear a remarkable migratory shorebird, which flies vast distances each year to reach Australia, will become extinct…
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/40739/
Scientists fear a remarkable migratory shorebird, which flies vast distances each year to reach Australia, will become extinct…
Black-tailed godwit joins NSW endangered species list as population dives - Australia News Beep
Scientists fear a remarkable migratory shorebird, which flies vast distances each year to reach Australia, will become extinct in the near future.
www.newsbeep.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Black-tailed godwit joins NSW endangered species list as population dives
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/40739/
Scientists fear a remarkable migratory shorebird, which flies vast distances each year to reach Australia, will become extinct…
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/40739/
Scientists fear a remarkable migratory shorebird, which flies vast distances each year to reach Australia, will become extinct…
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Early this morning #Whimbrel POTSKAR landed in Guinea, W Africa, after flying 7000+km from St-Petersburg, Russia. It took POTSKAR 5.5 days of NON-STOP flight, varying altitude from 10s of meters over the Baltic and the Med, to >5km over land. #ornithology
www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...
www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Early this morning #Whimbrel POTSKAR landed in Guinea, W Africa, after flying 7000+km from St-Petersburg, Russia. It took POTSKAR 5.5 days of NON-STOP flight, varying altitude from 10s of meters over the Baltic and the Med, to >5km over land. #ornithology
www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...
www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...
history of a health insurance system rooted in exclusion
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We Were Never Meant to Have Universal Healthcare
The long, deliberate history of exclusion that shaped our healthcare system
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July 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
history of a health insurance system rooted in exclusion
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"Keeping cats indoors would mitigate the risk of their infection" It would also stop them killing millions of wild birds every year!
Controlling bird flu is urgent—for dairy, wildlife, poultry, pets, and people.
👉 avmajournals.avma.org/view/journal...
👉 avmajournals.avma.org/view/journal...
July 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Keeping cats indoors would mitigate the risk of their infection" It would also stop them killing millions of wild birds every year!
seems like a dream job 👍
Want to be the River Lark Catchment Partnership’s Catchment Officer?
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Catchment Officer
RLCP seeks to employ a Catchment Officer who will work with our partners (including Anglian Water, with whom we are the community partner on the upcoming Lark Flagship Chalk Stream Restoration ...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
seems like a dream job 👍
This is a really nice interview. Nostalgic, but as Anaïs hints, nostalgia moves on :) I have one burning question though - does Anaïs still drink beer ? Hahaha
French photographer Anaïs Martane’s book provides an intimate look at some of the performers who rocked the Chinese capital in the early 2000s.
Playback: Reliving the Wild Days of Beijing Indie Music
A French photographer’s new book provides an intimate look at some of the performers who rocked the Chinese capital in the early 2000s.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is a really nice interview. Nostalgic, but as Anaïs hints, nostalgia moves on :) I have one burning question though - does Anaïs still drink beer ? Hahaha