Isla Botting
@islabotting.bsky.social
phd student studying red knot movement | video maker | artist | i bake too | did I miss something? | (she/her)
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📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
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Bijdragen aan onderzoek in de #Waddenzee? Morgen sluit de #vacature. Help mee vogelzenders te ontwikkelen, optimaliseren en het systeem operationeel houden. Zie de vacature: workingat.nioz.nl/o/elektronic... en de #WATLAS website waar je ook live kunt meekijken waar de vogels zijn www.nioz.nl/watlas
December 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Bijdragen aan onderzoek in de #Waddenzee? Morgen sluit de #vacature. Help mee vogelzenders te ontwikkelen, optimaliseren en het systeem operationeel houden. Zie de vacature: workingat.nioz.nl/o/elektronic... en de #WATLAS website waar je ook live kunt meekijken waar de vogels zijn www.nioz.nl/watlas
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We had joint judges' second place, with Isla Botting, School of Biological & Environmental Sciences: To Move or Knot to Move, understanding the overwintering movements of the islandica red knot
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Ask the Government stops allowing energy companies to charge the same price as gas for much cheaper to produce renewable electricity. Please sign and share! This will reduce bills overnight. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas
Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.
petition.parliament.uk
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ask the Government stops allowing energy companies to charge the same price as gas for much cheaper to produce renewable electricity. Please sign and share! This will reduce bills overnight. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Just a few days left to apply to this postdoc position on Red Knots in the #WaddenSea within the fantastic project www.waakvogels.nl Please share :)
May 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just a few days left to apply to this postdoc position on Red Knots in the #WaddenSea within the fantastic project www.waakvogels.nl Please share :)
My pleasure 😁
It was SO nice having @islabotting.bsky.social doing so much social media for #ASABSpring2025. These things are exhausting for me, it really helped take the pressure off! 😅😍
Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who made #ASABSpring2025 happen! An especial shout out to Susanne Zajitschek and @islabotting.bsky.social for all your extraordinary work. It was a truly wonderful conference! 👏🏻
Thanks also to @ljmuofficial.bsky.social for hosting us in Liverpool!
Thanks also to @ljmuofficial.bsky.social for hosting us in Liverpool!
April 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My pleasure 😁
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Had the absolute pleasure of talking about getting science to screen at ASAB2025.
Thanks to everyone who helped put this together, and let us loose to speak.
Thanks to everyone who helped put this together, and let us loose to speak.
Our #ASABSpring2025 conference kicked off with a blast (from the past) today🔥
We had an incredible talk by Dr. Tom Fletcher and Tom Land from Silverback Films 🦍, accompanied by Camilla Affleck from Liverpool Screen School 📽️ and Prof. Peter Falkingham from LJMU 🦖
We had an incredible talk by Dr. Tom Fletcher and Tom Land from Silverback Films 🦍, accompanied by Camilla Affleck from Liverpool Screen School 📽️ and Prof. Peter Falkingham from LJMU 🦖
April 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Had the absolute pleasure of talking about getting science to screen at ASAB2025.
Thanks to everyone who helped put this together, and let us loose to speak.
Thanks to everyone who helped put this together, and let us loose to speak.
Day 2 has begun!
April 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Day 2 has begun!
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Fascinating talk from Christopher Barnard Medal winner @lirsamuni.bsky.social contrasting chimpanzee and bonobo cooperation and conflict
#ASABSpring2025 #ASAB
#ASABSpring2025 #ASAB
April 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Fascinating talk from Christopher Barnard Medal winner @lirsamuni.bsky.social contrasting chimpanzee and bonobo cooperation and conflict
#ASABSpring2025 #ASAB
#ASABSpring2025 #ASAB
The news is finally out 😎
It was not only an amazing opportunity to be part of the group which caught the UK's oldest oystercatcher, but it was even more incredible when a month later we caught a new individual which was EVEN OLDER!
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It was not only an amazing opportunity to be part of the group which caught the UK's oldest oystercatcher, but it was even more incredible when a month later we caught a new individual which was EVEN OLDER!
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Norfolk bird surveyors find Britain’s oldest known oystercatchers
Birds in their 40s wintering on mudflats and coastal wetlands of the Wash received leg rings in early 1980s
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The news is finally out 😎
It was not only an amazing opportunity to be part of the group which caught the UK's oldest oystercatcher, but it was even more incredible when a month later we caught a new individual which was EVEN OLDER!
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It was not only an amazing opportunity to be part of the group which caught the UK's oldest oystercatcher, but it was even more incredible when a month later we caught a new individual which was EVEN OLDER!
🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Our #ASABSpring2025 programme is out now!
Want to find out when you're presenting, how to get to LJMU, or what to do in Liverpool? Well its all in here 😉
Go check out the up to date versions on our ASAB conference website 🔗 asabspring2025.github.io
Want to find out when you're presenting, how to get to LJMU, or what to do in Liverpool? Well its all in here 😉
Go check out the up to date versions on our ASAB conference website 🔗 asabspring2025.github.io
April 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Our #ASABSpring2025 programme is out now!
Want to find out when you're presenting, how to get to LJMU, or what to do in Liverpool? Well its all in here 😉
Go check out the up to date versions on our ASAB conference website 🔗 asabspring2025.github.io
Want to find out when you're presenting, how to get to LJMU, or what to do in Liverpool? Well its all in here 😉
Go check out the up to date versions on our ASAB conference website 🔗 asabspring2025.github.io
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🚨 DEADLINE APPROACHING🚨
The deadline to submit an abstract for the #ASABSpring2025 conference is in only four days. Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your work 🔬
🔗 Follow our registration guide here: tinyurl.com/y8vjzyzt
The deadline to submit an abstract for the #ASABSpring2025 conference is in only four days. Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your work 🔬
🔗 Follow our registration guide here: tinyurl.com/y8vjzyzt
February 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚨 DEADLINE APPROACHING🚨
The deadline to submit an abstract for the #ASABSpring2025 conference is in only four days. Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your work 🔬
🔗 Follow our registration guide here: tinyurl.com/y8vjzyzt
The deadline to submit an abstract for the #ASABSpring2025 conference is in only four days. Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your work 🔬
🔗 Follow our registration guide here: tinyurl.com/y8vjzyzt
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Hi all 👋 I think it's time to introduce everyone to our #ASABSpring2025 committee 🧵 (1/6)
February 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hi all 👋 I think it's time to introduce everyone to our #ASABSpring2025 committee 🧵 (1/6)