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NEW Postdoc (4 years) in #ornithology at Uni Vienna to study human-driven environmental change reshapes species interactions: buff.ly/L2iWGwZ

NEW PhD opportunity in #ornithology to investigate how much energy migratory birds require throughout the year based on #telemetry data: buff.ly/JXnVciF

NEW PAPER in #ornithology compares the responses of 200 vertebrate populations to climate change, and finds that increasing temperatures affect population growth via changes in phenology, but not morphology: buff.ly/IT66GOK

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation with @rspb.bsky.social to plan and support #island restoration projects in the UK Overseas Territories: buff.ly/yQfjqWI

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @vogelwarte.bsky.social to unravel the demographic drivers of population change in Alpine #swifts in #Switzerland: buff.ly/crV1rT8

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to tag and track #seabirds on Rathlin Island: buff.ly/YXOCMiU

Feral cats to be added to Predator Free 2050 The Government is delivering on its campaign promise to add feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 target species list to protect our precious native wildlife, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says.

GREAT NEWS in #conservation: the government of New Zealand has announced that they will include feral cats in their PredatorFree 2050 strategy, aiming to benefit #seabirds and landbirds across NZ by removing feral cats:

NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #seabirds are doing very well on tropical #islands - especially when you can count them all with a #drone: buff.ly/4ngJ3ze

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation promoting the amazing work of @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social across global #flyways: buff.ly/NNQNpRs

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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

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to manage a team to evaluate peatland restoration projects that benefit #waders in #NorthernIreland: buff.ly/GyPhtQ5

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation heading a team that develops habitat measures to benefit priority #bird species in #Switzerland (deadline 8 Dec 2025): buff.ly/Y1bIHr7

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #raptors switched foraging strategy when #COVID19 lockdowns reduced the availability of #roadkill: buff.ly/jUug7Yj

NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that a single pigmentation gene can affect different body parts and lead to the variety of colour morphs in #wheatears: buff.ly/PW3qpyj

I love my #job - climbing up a mountain to look for #vultures on #IOD2025 #WMBD2025: buff.ly/LbLl4YW

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to help build sustainable livelihoods that maintain #biodiversity in one of #Africa's greatest rainforests: buff.ly/SYKDIyb

NEW JOB with @RSPBScience in #ornithology to analyze citizen science data of common #birds in #Britain: buff.ly/vr8iphE

These two studies do not contradict each other but reinforce the desperate need to get strongly regulated and strictly enforced MPAs in place - not just boxes on a map with little effect

How is that possible? Quite simple - the second paper only looks at a small subset of strictly regulated MPAs. They have good enforcement, and may never had any fishing in the first place - so very little occurs there now

The second paper finds very little industrial fishing in the highly regulated and strictly protected MPAs: buff.ly/HYHfwwh

The first paper finds a lot of industrial fishing in all coastal MPAs, which is alarming because there does not seem to be much protection at all: buff.ly/S9IIg0t

NEW PAPERS in #conservation that seem to contradict each other about whether marine protected areas (MPAs) effectively reduce industrial fishing

La news in dettaglio - Sito di A.ST.O.R.E - FVG Associazione Studi Ornitologici e Ricerche Ecologiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT in #ornithology - the effects of lead poisoning on #raptors (in #Italy 17-18 Oct 2025):

NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology studying foraging distribution of coastal #seabirds in #France: buff.ly/qBWQMVZ

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation managing two major restoration projects for #islands important for #seabirds: buff.ly/yfl1Vo2

The mice were introduced by people, so this is a human-caused problem. Because mice have no natural predators on this island, the mouse population depletes it's food supply forcing mice to eventually explore alternative food sources like seabirds