Dr Lucy Mitchell

Mobile sensorgnome on a pole! Testing to see if we can get through dense vegetation to get detections from nightingales.

Accompanied by glorious sunrises.

We were also treated to this INCREDIBLE sunrise over the Senegambian border. Along with monkeys, parrots, pelicans, yellow billed kites and hooded vultures.

We rigged up the test #MotusWTS #sensrognome receiver today and yesterday to look at range and see where we should put the real thing at Stala and Kartong Bird Observatory. Did some walk tests with the tag - channelling my inner nightingale!

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More great ringing and motusing in Kartong. Super sunrise and beautiful scenes.

Also lucky enough to get stunning views from the plane over the Atlas mountains and Sahara.

Doing some cool but challenging sciencing in the Gambia 🐦📡
Testing out the detection range for a #MotusWTS installation 🤞

So many cool species seen as well, lots of ideas for projects! @ecobird.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social

Adventure time! Off to Kartong Bird Observatory in the Gambia to test out #MotusWTS using a mobile #Sensorgnome and @lotektelemetry.bsky.social Nanotag!

Me and my load of tech and trusty duct tape will be repping @ecobird.bsky.social funded by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social.

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📢 JOB ALERT!
Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Come and work in our lovely lab in Gent! 🐦

Cake / biscuits at lab meetings and friendly after work drinks, as well as really exciting novel cognition work, what's not to like?? 😜

New amazing open Postdoc position, w/t opportunities to 1) get closely involved in our next @themanybirds.bsky.social study on innovation and problem-solving; 2) work with @ecobird.bsky.social on avian innovation, cognition & invasiveness. Advert: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

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

Jesus wept. They'll say anything these people.

Colour-ringed long-tailed tit

🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨
🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds).
🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK.
🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025.
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...

I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa

Would appreciate a re-post!

@evoldir.bsky.social

We're hiring! Post-doctoral fellow in evolutionary ecology w/focus on ecophysiology.
Uncover why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild birds. Work with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social 👏

Please apply no later than 25 November.
👉 lnkd.in/dkAh9jnc

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

Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands at University of the Highlands and Islands on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands at University of the Highlands and Islands, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD vacancy ‘Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands’ with @drneiljames.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #birds #PhD #Caithness

hmm, doesn't seem to work but is prob obvious along those lines.. I've tried loading into excel in different ways, hoping I can tell Excel what they are (lat/long, numbers (of hours)) but alas, it mucks with them before i can change it. I end up with lats/longs something like: 6.459.768.175.908 🙃

Sorry to sound like an absolute incompetent buffoon but how on EARTH do i get Microsoft Excel to stop f*cking around with my numbers so that when i open the csv in R it thinks that they're characters. WHYYYYYY. #amioldnow #ihatemicrosoftexcel

a very quick google found this: bylinetimes.com/2025/05/08/g...

Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com

Looking for a PhD? 🦜
Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics?

I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz

Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z

In cooperation with RWE, we proudly announce the installation of the first #MOTUS station in an offshore wind farm (Amrumbank West) in Germany and in Europe. This will help to fill key knowledge gaps in offshore environmental monitoring. We were supported by our colleagues from Wind Energy Systems

We are still interested in any found twite feathers for a study on the relationships and genetic diversity between the British groups - particularly now for birds of Scottish origin in the NE of England or, birds on the Avon.
DM me for me more info.
#birdringing

yeah precisely. I would never ever ever let my dog run free out a night, for many reasons! it's absolutely bonkers to me that you would do it with your cat.

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social

uol.de/job788en

#ornithology

I was driving at the speed limit through a small village one night, and a cat just dashed out into my front wheels. I couldn't have done anything (~ 4 seconds warning) but didn't stop me from feeling incredible guilt & crying most of the way home. but, not actually my fault...keep your cats in!

📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch

🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨

We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨

Scan the QR code & share widely

#AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science