Stephen Baillie
stephenrbaillie.bsky.social
Stephen Baillie
@stephenrbaillie.bsky.social
Honorary Research Fellow at the BTO studying avian abundance, migration and demography at large spatial scales. President of EURING and lead author of its Migration Atlas ( https://migrationatlas.org ). Bird ringer and BirdTracker. Views are my own.
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We churned through over 100 million radar samples to quantify the structure of migration through the airspaces across the United States: Just out in Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Spatial patterns of local dialects of the declining Corn Bunting in three regions with different population densities and small-scale landscape features | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Anne-Laure Geboes, Tomasz S. Osiejuk, Nicolas Magain | #ornithology 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🌿 Love wildlife and winter landscapes?
We’re looking for two Winter Volunteers to help care for Spurn Bird Observatory and its beautiful surroundings this season.

Be part of something wild. 🕊️

👉 Learn more & apply: spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/winter-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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🌊Investigating where Swinhoe's Storm-petrels go across the north-western Pacific and Indian Oceans

🛰️Insights from geolocators recovered from four birds: doi.org/10.1017/S095...

#BirdConservation #Ornithology #Conservation #Research
#Swinhoe's #stormpetrel #seabird #tracking #migration
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Another piece of research from team #Shag on Sklinna. Strongly recommended for all researchers working with #biologging data
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The International Swan Census (ISC) is taking place on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 (WeBS January Core Count weekend), counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans. Follow these simple steps to get involved 👇

@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

#UKBirding #Ornithology
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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The synergies between domestic policies and global climate ambition are crucial. Acting together by boosting renewable energy and transitioning away from fossil fuels, we can bend the global emissions curve meaningfully and limit the rise in global average temperatures. act.ucsusa.org/4441fF8
Why COP 30 in Brazil Matters for a Thriving Economy and a Safe, Livable Planet
The rest of the world must leave the US behind and pursue ambitious consensus on switching to cheap clean energy.
act.ucsusa.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."

Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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BBC News - MSPs pass land reform which could force break up of huge estates
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scottish Parliament passes land reform bill
The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Many on the left are deeply alarmed about the UK following a more draconian Danish path - with MPs like Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis describing their ideas as "hardcore", "dangerous", "far right" and in some cases "racist"

news.sky.com/story/denmar...
Reform's been pretty quiet since Labour started exploring Danish migration model - and this is why
Many on the left are deeply alarmed about the UK following a more draconian Danish path - with MPs like Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis describing their ideas as "hardcore", "dangerous", "far right" an...
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!

www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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The most recent report from the Rare Breeding Birds Panel celebrates the return of two long-absent breeding species and record totals for others, though some birds continue to decline:
RBBP report: Hoopoe and Temminck's Stint breed in UK for first time in 30 years
The latest Rare Breeding Birds Panel report has revealed that, in 2023, Hoopoe and Temminck's Stint bred in the UK for the first time since the 1990s, alongside record totals for several expanding species. On the other hand, other rare breeders continued to decline.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Raptor recovery… Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, White-tailed Eagle and Osprey have all increased substantially over recent decades. Ospreys have colonised new counties at the rate of one a year, including Co. Fermanagh in 2023, the first breeding on the island of Ireland in 200 yrs #ukbirding #ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology summarizes why #seabirds are so important to the ecosystem of #islands and what knowledge gaps remain: buff.ly/rHuNnOr
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing

go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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After escaping brutal fighting, families in Sudan are now running out of time.

Children are hungry, parents are desperate, and communities are cut off from aid.

They need protection, safety and humanitarian access. Now, not later.
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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November is the peak month for wintering Woodcock arrivals.
Unfortunately, Woodcock are prone to colliding with buildings during their noctural migration. If you find a dead or injured bird, please report it via the BirdTrack App, or email woodcock@bto.org.

📷 Woodcock by Liz Cutting / BTO
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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New study in Nature by Lin et al shows how the sea-level rise from the melting Ice Age ice (a total of 120 meters rise) ended thousands of years ago.
Until our fossil fuel use started a new phase of rising seas.
Graph shows the global mean rate of sea level rise.
🌊
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM