@jezierskimt.bsky.social
Biogeographer π mostly working on evolution of island organisms ποΈ(and mostly birds π¦). @leverhulme.bsky.social Early Career Fellow at @unibirmingham.bsky.social.
Hey, I recognise a few of these records! π
14.07.2025 15:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Shovelers are a relatively familiar sight in many parts of the UK, but they rarely visit #StKilda. This female found by @n-t-s.bsky.social Ranger Sue yesterday is only the 5th island record and first since 2011. Great find, Sue!
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Delighted for wren researcher MichaΕ @jezierskimt.bsky.social yesterday finding St Kilda's 9th Rustic Bunting, and first in 25 years!
Amazing to see this eastern vagrant hopping about in the Village sunshine.
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We've just had a brief visit to Uist to check in on the Rock Dove study population. A few (cute?) squabs ringed, and a nice selection of adults re-encountered through colour ring sightings. They seem to be having a good breeding season this spring π¦π§¬ @jezierskimt.bsky.social
03.05.2025 14:29 β π 34 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
This March, we've ringed the 1000th Rock Dove since @jezierskimt.bsky.social and I began monitoring them in Uist in July 2019. We also re-captured a (now a bit elderly, but thriving) dove first ringed during that trip. Lots of great data collected on overwinter survival and individual condition. ποΈπͺΆ
27.03.2025 18:25 β π 33 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Sometimes a pigeon isn't actually a pigeon:
12.03.2025 14:31 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Studies of domestic pigeons have taught us lots about cognition, navigation, and genetics. If youβd like to learn why their wild cousins are also worthy of scientific attention, Iβve written a Rock Dove @currentbiology.bsky.social βquick guideβ: doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.065
10.03.2025 14:47 β π 55 π 16 π¬ 1 π 1
It's #DarwinDay! What better way to celebrate than announcing our latest π£Call for Papersπ£ focused on Island Evolution! Read this thread to find out more (1/4) ππ§ͺπ
Deadline: 5th December 2025
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/p...
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#Evolution #CallForPapers #Islands
Registration is OPEN for #BESMacro2025, the best conference in town. This year we're in York: 10-11 July main conference, 9 July pre-conference scicomm workshop. If you do macroecology or macroevolution, please join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bes-macro-...
Register for our next Student Research Grant Seminar on 2/3/25 at Noon ET, with MichaΕ Jezierski, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University of Birmingham: "Investigating the island syndrome in the St. Kilda Wren"
Details & Registration: americanornithology.org/professional...
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The new @ibisjournal.bsky.social British List update formalises the fact that UK Golden Pheasants are extinct as a self-sustaining wild entity (doi.org/10.1111/ibi....). This follows our recent study, and lots of time spent in the woods with these beautiful birds: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
05.01.2025 17:56 β π 69 π 21 π¬ 5 π 2
Phylogenetic tree of the 136 studied avian species with neophobia scores mapped onto it.
The first @themanybirds.bsky.social study on neophobia has finally been released as a preprint!
Together with 120+ collaborators, we studied avoidance behavior in 136 bird species, revealing both phylogenetic and ecological signatures.
Very proud to be involved!
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doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Use of anthropogenic landscapes in a wild Columba livia (Rock Dove) population | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology πͺΆ
10.12.2024 06:56 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Catching Rock Doves in Uist.
GPS-tagged Rock Dove.
GPS-tagged Rock Dove.
Uist landscape.
Much of our knowledge about bird movements comes from studies of domestic pigeons. With funding from @britishbirds.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social, we carried out a small pilot study, GPS tracking their wild Rock Dove cousins. #ornithology. doi.org/10.1093/orni...
10.12.2024 07:02 β π 53 π 8 π¬ 3 π 1
Golden Pheasant being ringed in Breckland as part of a research project studying these birds in a 'naturalised' context.
A Rock Dove being ringed for research in the Outer Hebrides.
Reed Warbler nest being monitored in Helsinki.
Hi, Iβm Will and I'm a biologist mainly working with Rock Doves (the wild form of the domestic/feral pigeon) in the Outer Hebrides π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ. Iβm currently a post-doc in Helsinki, where I study Reed Warbler genomics 𧬠and Cuckoo brood parasitism. I am also very interested in the UKβs non-native birds.
27.11.2024 07:13 β π 26 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1Hi Brian, would it still be possible to be added to both this one and the trait-based one, please?
27.11.2024 06:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh well, if we are all doing it π€·
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