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Sam Langlois

@naturalistsam.bsky.social

Seabird ecologist at BTO Birding | Wildlife photography | Bird ringing He/Him. Aberdeen, Scotland. Views are my own

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Arctic Jaeger or Arctic Skua sitting on ice against soft blue background. Updated population estimate published in new BCI paper. ยฉ Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock

Arctic Jaeger or Arctic Skua sitting on ice against soft blue background. Updated population estimate published in new BCI paper. ยฉ Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock

๐Ÿงฎ How many Arctic Jaegers are there around the world?

๐Ÿ“ An updated global estimate of breeding population size for this migratory seabird: doi.org/10.1017/S095...

#BirdConservation #Ornithology #Research #Arctic #Skua #Jaeger #migration #population

29.01.2026 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of an Arctic Skua with wording at the bottom that reads: New Study. Global population status of the migratory Holarctic species Arctic Skua. www.bto.org/Arctic-Skua-Populations. BTO logo top right.

Image of an Arctic Skua with wording at the bottom that reads: New Study. Global population status of the migratory Holarctic species Arctic Skua. www.bto.org/Arctic-Skua-Populations. BTO logo top right.

1/ Arctic Skuas are on the UK Birds of Conservation Concern Red List. But new BTO-led research reveals just how much we donโ€™t know about their numbers globally. Discover more. โฌ‡๏ธ #Ornithology #Seabirds

๐Ÿ“– www.bto.org/Arctic-Skua-...

27.01.2026 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have been trying to make time for pottery alongside my PhD. I did my first official market last weekend at the Bowhouse. I was very nervous before but it was so lovely to speak to so many people about my work! I have added a few leftover pieces to my new website the-puffins-burrow.sumupstore.com ๐Ÿง

17.08.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just found an absolutely stonking male Collared Flycatcher at Creachan, a species I've been dreaming of finding for years! This is the first for Barra and the third for the Outer Hebrides. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK

23.05.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Getting nest material is hard work, especially if it's windy!

02.05.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just the bog standard wildlife sighting from one's house

25.03.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Back and dorsal fin of a Humpback Whale surfacing the sea

Back and dorsal fin of a Humpback Whale surfacing the sea

A nice distraction this afternoon with 4 Humpback Whales cruising past the house ๐Ÿ’™

25.03.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Es el momento de empaparse de este libro. ยกLos pรกjaros ya estรกn a tope! LOS CANTOS DE LAS AVES, de Dave Langlois con prรณlogo de @joaquinaraujop.bsky.social

www.tundraediciones.es

25.03.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seabirds 2025 are go!

21.03.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FIBO's permanent staff back on the Isle and the Observatory refit continues apace. Keep up to date with ornithological updates via our latest sighting page: www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight...
๐Ÿ“ธA Penn #birdingshetland #shetlandbirds #birdobservatories

09.03.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

An unforgettable morning finding 4 rouzels only an hour from our house

24.02.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Out looking for wintering Ring Ouzels in an area I'd never visited before in Gredos. Pretty much exclusively juniper and rock. A very cool landscape, and we managed to see 4 ringos!

23.02.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A day of contrasts. Several flocks of wintering Cranes starting their northward migration whilst the first Swallows and Subalpine Warblers are already here in Extremadura. A delicious 18ยฐC compared to the miserable 4ยฐ when I left Aberdeen. And everything is already singing!

22.02.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Empezando con un basto graznido hace unos 60 millones de aรฑos, las vocalizaciones de las aves se han desarrollado hasta el sinfรญn de composiciones musicales que vamos a oรญr y disfrutar en los prรณximos meses. ยฟCรณmo? ยฟPor quรฉ?

12.02.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's been a quiet winter for Short-eared Owls in Orkney, perhaps unsurprising after such poor autumn passage through
@fairislebirdobs.bsky.social. Extra special then to bump into a roadside group of three birds - hunting, chasing and occasionally bickering with a passing Hen Harrier

10.02.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We found this lovely Common Scoter on the beach yesterday, wet and unable to fly after the storm. After a night of rest and food at home, it was very lively and ready to go this morning, flying out to sea straight away! Can I count it for the house list?

26.01.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And the more usual current situation with Ptarmigan, in Ruadh Stac Mรฒr, Ceann Loch Iรน. White patches of lichen on the rocks providing a bit of camouflage with the lack of snow! #BirdingScotland #highlandbirds

22.01.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Watercolour of one of my favourite moments last year watching a Greenish Warbler feeding amongst the sycamores at Valyie, Unst #birds #birdart #BirdingScotland

18.01.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amazing scenes in Aberdeen this morning - Donmouth almost completely frozen over!

12.01.2025 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of those dreamy winter days. Not a breath of wind, a maximum temperature of -7Cยฐ, and great quantities of snow and ice at Glen Tanar today โ„๏ธโ„๏ธ

11.01.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A gorgeous start to 2025, hopefully a good omen for the year โ„๏ธ

02.01.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Any day you see Ptarmigan is a great day. Even more so when they are so close you can film them with your phone! #ukbirding #birds

28.12.2024 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Beavers!

26.12.2024 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Staying at a lodge in Perthshire for the week and I was very surprised to see 4 Whooper Swans in the small pool alongside a male Mandarin!

24.12.2024 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A well-timed visit to the Loons this morning resulted in another brief view of the Bittern thatโ€™s currently in residence, as it crept across an open channel in the reeds #OrkneyBirds

17.12.2024 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Image of a Redstart alongside the wording: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data now freely available. This includes over 7 million records! BTO, JNCC and RSPB logo bottom left. BBS logo top middle.

Image of a Redstart alongside the wording: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data now freely available. This includes over 7 million records! BTO, JNCC and RSPB logo bottom left. BBS logo top middle.

1/ Great news! ๐ŸŽ‰BTO, JNCC and RSPB are making decades of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data freely available for everyone in the conservation and research community. This includes over 7 million records! ๐Ÿ“ Find out more โฌ‡๏ธ or read the paperโžก๏ธ bit.ly/_BBSData #Ornithology #UKBirding

17.12.2024 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 167    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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2024 biodiversity indicators are in... If a wake-up call was needed to show the UK is failing nature, this is it.

Short-term trends show progress stalling or reversing. ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿšจ

To meet 2030 targets, we need nature-friendly farming, smart planning &investment in nature now
jncc.gov.uk/news/uk-biod...

10.12.2024 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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For my first post here, Iโ€™m happy to share our new paper just published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social Thanks to a great team effort, we made a small step forward in the study of Siberian vagrants in Europe and clarified the status of two (pseudo) vagrants: the YBW & the Sib Chiffchaff. Some results ๐Ÿงต

11.12.2024 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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A classic spring scene in Extremadura with a White Stork against the shaded Gredos mountains #birds

07.12.2024 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Exciting PhD opportunity - seabirds & machine learning ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ’ป
Revolutionise how seabird colonies are imaged & counts analysed
Partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social @seabirdcentre.bsky.social
Deadline: 6th Jan - more info๐Ÿ‘‡

e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

05.12.2024 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2