Davide Dominoni

Amazing! So hard to see

Scotland Outdoors - Tawny Owls, Pearl Mussels and Jelly Ears - BBC Sounds Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors

Our research on Tawny Owls at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk was featured on this episode of BBC Radio Scotland - listen at: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We discuss how we track Tawnies' movements and the way they are adapting to noisy and light-polluted areas

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📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢

We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.

Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city

Details here:
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NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy

The new owl season has already started in Glasgow! We’ve found owls in our boxes – and even chicks! Tawnies breed in deciduous woodlands, but they can also be found in urban parks, and they can start breeding early in the year!

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#owls #ecology

This study was a huge team effort, and the first publication (of hopefully many more), using the full 20 site gradient. Thanks to all the co-authors, landowners, staff, students and volunteers that made the study possible. @dmdominoni.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social @rachelrosereid.bsky.social

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Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social
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Glasgow University study finds birds thrive in native trees Blue tits rear more chicks in oak-rich UK woodlands, says University of Glasgow study, highlighting the importance of native trees for urban…

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...

Native trees are related to advanced bird breeding phenology and increased reproductive success along an urban gradient Urban areas are altered from natural landscapes in several ways that can impact wildlife. Birds are widespread in urban areas, and it is well documented that there are phenotypic differences between ...

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In our new paper, we show that native trees, particularly oaks, are crucial to support blue tits reproduction, likely via increasing preferred insect prey. Very relevant for urban planning. Leveraging 9 years of data from our Glasgow Urban Gradient study system. Led by @clairebranston.bsky.social!

The PhD will be supervised by myself, with co-supervision from Jason Matthiopoulos, Rebecca Mancy, and Sofie Spatharis. It’s a great interdisciplinary team, and we’re very much looking forward to welcoming applications from enthusiastic candidates. Please get in touch if you are interested.

FindAPhD : The Leverhulme Programme for Doctoral Training in Ecological Data Science at University of Glasgow Apply for a PhD: The Leverhulme Programme for Doctoral Training in Ecological Data Science at University of Glasgow

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Fantastic PhD opportunity available! “Leveraging citizen science data to reveal latent mechanisms regulating bird population dynamics in urbanised landscapes”. Part of the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program in Ecological Data Science: ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html. More below.

Apply for @glasgow.ac.uk's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:

Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk & @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

📅 Deadline: 31st Jan 2026

Very interesting new research presented at BES by Giuseppe Orlando and the GTOP @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social !
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Cross-system transfer of fatty acids from aquatic insects supports terrestrial insectivore condition and reproductive success - Oecologia Cross-system fluxes of aquatic insects rich in omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 LC-PUFAs), specifically eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may subsidise ins...

Super excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🎉

We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟

Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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...

Sensory pollutants have negative but different effects on nestbox occupancy and breeding performance of a nocturnal raptor across Europe Anthropogenic noise and artificial light at night (ALAN) are expanding globally, acting as pervasive sensory pollutants that can disrupt wildlife beha…

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First paper from our tawny owl project finally out! Great European-wide collaboration, thanks to all participants who have kindly contributed their data. We found that noise negatively affects occupancy and breeding success, while the effects of light pollution depended on the distance to roads.

Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator This study experimentally investigates the effect of traffic noise on the hunting behavior of young and subadult Tawny Owls (Strix aluco). We show that noise lowers the rate of prey detection and inc....

Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

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The GTOP is at the EOU Conference at Bangor University showing the current research on how tawny owls cope with anthropogenic environments 🦉💡🔊🛣️

#EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social #owls #ornithology