Liam Langley

A tricky thing about surviving off books, if you are me, is that you develop, over time, a self-knowledge that ALL the best books you're capable of writing would definitely NOT sound commercially sexy or marketable to publishers as a pitch or synopsis. But the latter tend to be what publishers want.

Neck-tagged and ringed db Brent Goose out in Baiter this AM. Couldn’t read ring before it flew off. Would be great to track down the origin and associated project. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Seasonal field staff needed for @rspbscience.bsky.social projects in 2026 - advert live, closing date 11 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities!

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Fine-scale behavioural responses to mixing fronts are linked to variation in geographic space use in a medium ranging seabird - Marine Biology Marine predators forage in dynamic, heterogeneous environments, where resources are unevenly distributed. Consequently, predators often concentrate foraging activity in areas where oceanographic proce...

Can GPS tracking reveal how #seabirds make use of tidal mixing fronts when foraging? 🧪

New research shows a bird’s use of ocean fronts may relate to its regular foraging areas

Read on for more

Or read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s002...

@ellingbry.bsky.social

Akrotiri looking like a wetland again: Siberian Pipit was a nice surprise + Wigeon, Bonelli’s Eagle, Black w Stilt, 6 Spotshank, Ruff, Green Sand, 2 White Throated Kingfisher, Citrine Wagtail , 20 Water & 15 Red throated Pipit, Bluethroat, 2 Moustached Warbler & Penduline Tit #cyprusbirds

I think Tufty flocks are surely a good predictor, but in the Falmouth area since I’ve been here there’s only been one bird which was briefly at Devoran and then relocated to Stithians. College Reservoir usually had 30-50 Tufties but not been one there in years!

We are recruiting. If you want to find rare birds and witness spectacular falls & live among 30,000 Manx Shearwaters get your application in for the Bardsey Island Assistant job (Mar-Oct 2026) before 10 Dec.

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#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob

Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!

We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.

Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84

#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging

The Bieszczady Mountains need our help.

Located in the far southeast of Poland, the Bieszczady Mountains are a land of wild nature, tranquillity and extraordinary biodiversity. But this unique landscape faces a serious threat.

Attempt to downlist conservation status of Peregrine Falcons (to allow international trade) is thwarted at CITES conference To the relief of many raptor conservationists, a proposal to downlist the Peregrine Falcon from Appendix 1 to Appendix II of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), which w…

Attempt to downlist conservation status of Peregrine Falcons to allow international trade is thwarted at CITES Conference. #CITESCoP20

Good news for Peregrines, but not sure why UK voted to support this proposal!

#RaptorResearch

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/04/a...

Thanks for your thoughts on this Emma! Be great to see your results when they’re out!

Obviously could be bother to do with heterospecifics at all and just some juvs are naturally more dispersive/exploratory. I think there’s so much to learn about the ontogeny of migration/dispersal in gulls, especially HGs which are less clearly migrants than other taxa.

Yeah sorry wasn’t trying to be argumentative either! I think many juvenile gulls do probably migrate without adults (suggestions of this in some Baltic Gull data I’m working on)! And I wonder if adventurous HG might still end up following juv LBBGs with greater migratory “drive”? 1/2

In some gulls e.g. Western Gull) there’s evidence of post-fledging following of parents for at least a few weeks for the most dominant chick. Not sure we know enough to say HG never follow parents post-fledging? Agree v. speculative - just interesting that it’s seen multiple times in rehabs.

I know that at least one Falmouth rehab bird has been seen in N. Spain when v. few other Cornish birds have. Complete conjecture but I wonder if they don’t have parents to follow post-release they might be more likely to end up following migrating LBBG down that way? @crazygulllady.bsky.social

Great recovery! Orphaned Herring Gull 24N:C from Cork City was taken in by Wildlife Rescue Cork and released on 20th August. On 27th Nov it was seen on San Lorenzo beach in Gijon, Spain. Just the 7th Irish Herring Gull to be seen in Spain! 🪶 @btobirds.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is looking for a manager for their seabird recovery programme. www.wildlifetrusts.org/jobs/project...

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

A 1st year female Siberian Rubythroat in a Shetland @rspbscotland.bsky.social Species on the Edge winter cover crop this afternoon. #birdingshetland #birdingscotland

Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.

Withdrawal symptoms at the mo, so here's a compendium of Caspian Gulls from November. Easterly winds helped bump numbers up at Cley but breeding success across western Europe is also key to the high turnover & overall increase in numbers. Winter numbers never been so high.
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts Studying bird migration with radar

Much enjoyed learning about how to study bird migration with radar whilst on the roof of Lund University. youtu.be/0sB5On1gLsg?...

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026

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Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

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#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity

Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers cutting Gorse and saplings in an area of heathland.

Heathland has been mown one metre either side of a path to create shorter vegetation suitable for Silver-studded Blues.

Before: an area of heathland with mature, leggy Gorse bushes and a dense stand of Birch saplings.

After: some of the taller Gorse bushes, along with the stand of Birch saplings, have been removed from the heathland.

Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers were at Ale & Cakes Mine today (no ale or cakes evident). This is a new site for our conservation work and one where it is urgently needed. Silver-studded Blue numbers have dwindled to single figures owing to succession of the heathland.

Some mushrooms I photographed on Dartmoor recently

Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)

"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"

Half the breeding population of Elephant Seals on South Georgia lost to H5N1 (bird flu). The impact this will have on the species, the local food web, and even ocean fertilization is hard to comprehend.

Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?

We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣

🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology

These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two The search for a gingko-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all

These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two

Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers removing Buddleia with loppers from an area of heathland.

Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers were working at Poldice Mine today, removing invasive Buddleia from the heathland. Silver-studded Blues have responded really positively to the management that we have been doing here over the last couple of years. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

A decent late season seawatch at St Ives today. 7:30-14:30 with @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Billy N and Adam H. My personal totals - 7 Sooty S, 1 Leach’s Petrel, 3 late Euro Storm Petrel, 149 Manx, 3 RTD, several GND a single BTD offshore & 4 Common Scoter #cornwallbirding