William Jones

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Just spent two late weekend nights nerding the f* out, and now I'm going to spend a little of my Sunday morning bringing you the fruits of my labors! Stare at these trees with me. What do you see?

A paper describing the history of AviList and how the new unified global bird checklist was created has now been published - free to download until 1 September: rdcu.be/euZjH

Can anyone ID this moth seem in deciduous woodland (mostly Sessile Oak) in Somerset today?
@mothiduk.bsky.social

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

There's something about interesting and/or experimental nests. They're apparently the most delicious for every potential predator in the area 😂

Could you get samples from all of the chicks to see if they're related? Would be cool if plovers do intraspecific brood parasitism!

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Dr Alex Bond (Natural History Museum, Tring/London UK) [progress pride flag] Applicants with previous experience in CT/morphology, wildlife acoustics, or plastics particularly encouraged! Applicant eligibility Can’t have spent >12 of the last 36 months in the UK Previous post-doctoral experience & publication track record HIGHLY recommended Must relocate to the UK (London or Tring; remote working is not possible under this funding scheme) Defended PhD by Sept 2025; < 8 years postdoc experience Previous successful applications are available as guides! Applications shared between fellow & host with a deadline 10 Sept 2025 Email: a.bond@nhm.ac.uk / BlueSky: @TheLabAndField@bsky.social https://alexanderbond.org

The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs

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Closing tomorrow! Last chance to apply for postdoc to explore the role of animals in savanna ecosystem productivity & nutrient cycling! Link to job: tinyurl.com/53dy4584 #savanna #termites #largemammals

Just reposting this which I think is the most gorgeous thing I have seen in my career - a critically endangered orange-bellied parrot feeding on a carpet of daisies after an ecological burn. This was the first time they’d had the chance to feed naturally in 15y and was wonderful to witness
😭😭😭🧡🧡🧡🧡

The ABC interviewed the @adriftlab.bsky.social team on Lord Howe Island last month. Even this article doesn't capture the feeling of heartbreak and grim reality of feeling plastic crunch inside a live seabird chick. #ornithology #PlasticPollution

Ring-necked Parakeet perched on a branch by Sarah Kelman/BTO.

Unpick the definitions of invasive species in this blog from BTO’s Head and Principal Ecologist David Noble. Have a read ➡️ www.bto.org/community/bl... #InvasiveSpeciesWeek

Pied Flycatcher! 🥰🥰🥰

This will be my first year since 2012 where I'll not see a Collared Flycatcher. But at least I got to see a singing male Pied today in a woodland in central Shropshire 🪶

Each year there are new horrors to be found inside the stomachs of Sable Shearwaters

Do you know what it is? Have you used something similar (it's hard and not rubbery). Let us help identify this item!
Thank you. #plastic #seabirds

Avian viromics; anthropogenic and ecological effects in Berthelot’s pipit (RICHARDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. Viruses represent most new pathogens that impact humans. Their emergence is often caused by close interaction between humans and wild animal…

A great, fully-funded, PhD opportunity starting October 2025
Working on a hot topic using a wonderful natural bird system, at a great place (UEA), with a lovely team 😁. APPLY ASAP - deadline 19th May
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The ‘jealous girlfriend’ meme. The guy is ‘me in May’, the new girl is ‘swifts’ and the outraged girlfriend is ‘literally all the other birds’.

Which species, out of interest?

Hoy toca acabar el día con una charla en el Centro de Formación Profesional de Cerdeño, Oviedo, hablando sobre radiactividad, #Chornobyl y nuestros trabajos con la fauna de la zona. #UOdivulga

A little (well quite big for me actually) piece of joy from last autumn, as I try to distract myself from incredibly non arty admin, and beat down the desire to pick up my bins and skive off work.

A winter thrush kerfuffle on the East Coast of Yorkshire. #birds #birdart

Your Song ❤️

David Álvarez, biólogo: “No se debería pescar ningún salmón, hacerlo es condenarlo a la extinción” El investigador y docente estudia los salmónidos desde hace más de 25 años y lucha por cambiar la gestión de la especie, que sufre una brutal regresión

“No se debería pescar ningún salmón, hacerlo es condenarlo a la extinción”

Lo dice bien claro hoy mi compañero @natcantabrica.bsky.social en una entrevista @elpais.com

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The Mental Health Impacts of Scientific Fieldwork Opinion | Difficult conditions at remote field sites can put researchers under physical, mental, and emotional strain.

Safety and wellbeing during fieldwork has been recognised for decades as an issue for all kinds of reasons. Although we are still so slow in making any progress on this topic. It's never a priority and demands for change are resisted. An interesting recent update here undark.org/2025/04/17/o...

A discovery I made a while ago was to use some Patak's brinjal as a relish. Worth a try one day!

Oh my, that sounds so good! I must try mango chutney next time I do burgers, I can see that would work!

Weather forecast screenshot from my phone. Rain forecast every day as far as Wednesday

Maybe I won't get much birding done over Easter after all 😕

10,000 ticks wanted for new study on TBE - Radio Sweden 10,000 ticks are needed to get a better idea of ​​TBE risk areas in Sweden.A new study conducted by The Swedish Veterinary Agency and Uppsala University ...

If you're in #Sweden and you find a tick, my friend @muriellealund.bsky.social wants to have it!

www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/10-0...

Senegal is great. I was there for fieldwork, so I didn't get to explore as much as I would have liked to. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Watching hundreds of Hooded Vultures slowly rise into the air at dawn over Dakar is one of my enduring birding memories.

I saw 6 species in Senegal with very little effort (White-headed, Hooded, Rüppell's, Griffon, Lappet-faced, White-backed) and you'd also get Palm-nut there if you head south. Cheaper to get to and travel around than the East African countries.