Fascinated by migratory birds & their demography. Big fan of cake motivated exercise.
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Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
New 📄 📣: Fab new paper using @_EURING ringing data to explore the geography of demographic synchrony in European land birds, and its implications for abundance synchrony | Ecology Letters | doi.org/10.1111/ele.70105 @CatMorrison18 @JenGill3 @ueaceec
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
The deadline for these exciting seasonal roles with @RSPBScience is fast approaching! Go, go, go 🏃
#ornithology #seabirds
Seasonal field staff needed for @RSPBScience projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (and non-seabird) opportunities across the UK!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/sal…
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Early bird registration for BOU2025 closes on 3rd February. Make sure you don't miss out! @IBIS_journal #birds #Ornithology
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Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit?
This important paper could not have been written without you:
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Summarised as a #WaderTales blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Over 18,000 people read WaderTales blogs during 2024, to learn more about shorebird research.
During the year, we lost another Curlew
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And added NINE shorebird species to the RED LIST
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#ornithology #shorebirds #waders
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Do soundscapes impact our time spent in nature? Find out in my @ConversationUK article written with @_SimonButler
👉 theconversation.com/the-hidd…
Based on our recent @PaN_BES paper 👉 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
#ornithology #soundscapes #wellbeing
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
🏴"WaderTales - a taste of Scotland" 🏴
Reading for a wet and windy day?
Updated blog highlights stories about Scottish waders: wadertales.wordpress.com/201…
Latest blog about surveying waders in the Cairngorms: wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#ornithology
Great project and team!
📢JOB ALERT - Please RT📢
Interested in the spatial and temporal drivers of soundscape dynamics? I'm looking for a post-doc to join my 'Valuing Nature's Soundscapes' project. Deadline: 10/01/25 #ecoacoustics #soundscapes
Details and how to apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancie…
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
An exciting PhD opportunity to investigate the migration strategies of a fascinating tropical #seabird with a unique long-term geolocator dataset and great supervisory team! 🤩
findaphd.com/phds/project/cr… 🔗
#ornithology #seabirds #RoundIslandPetrels
ALT A Trindade petrel flying over Round Island, Mauritius, with a geolocator clearly visible on it's left (lower) leg.
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Fennoscandia 🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮 is a 'wader factory'.
Blog from 26 Nov 2017 summarises the fortunes of 14 breeding species.
Golden Plover was the most commonly encountered, with Wood Sandpiper second.
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Paper in @WaderStudy
#ornithology
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
1/6 Post-translocation survival and breeding of Madagascar pochard, “the world’s rarest duck”: MadPoch were believed extinct until <30 were rediscovered in 2006. Egg collection established a captive breeding centre, and a new home was identified: Lake Sofia #BOUsci24 #POSTER1
![The image shows a Powerpoint slide with a background image of two brown adult ducks and eight ducklings on a lake with tropical foliage in the background. The lead duckling is embellished with black accent lines in a half-starburst. On the left are
logos for: The Peregrine Fund, Asity Madagascar, and the Malagasy government. On the right are logos for WWT (labelled 1) and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (labelled 2). At the bottom an author list reads: “Alex Nicol-Harper1 [in bold], Basile Andriambeloson1, Andy Bamford1, Peter Cranswick1, Jeff Dawson2, Roland Digby2, Tan Grigg1, Geoff Hilton1, Mike Hudson2, Simon James2, Simeon Jaonambininjara2, Nigel Jarrett1, Richard Lewis2, Mede Rabenosy2, Jocelyn Rafaly2, Noelikanto Ramamonjisoa2, Floriot Randrianarimangison2,
Laurence Rasoamihaingo1, Felix Razafindrajao2, Natacha Rasolozaka2, Leslie Wilmet2, & Glyn Young2”.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcLxDxpXMAA6ISe.jpg?name=orig)
ALT The image shows a Powerpoint slide with a background image of two brown adult ducks and eight ducklings on a lake with tropical foliage in the background. The lead duckling is embellished with black accent lines in a half-starburst. On the left are logos for: The Peregrine Fund, Asity Madagascar, and the Malagasy government. On the right are logos for WWT (labelled 1) and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (labelled 2). At the bottom an author list reads: “Alex Nicol-Harper1 [in bold], Basile Andriambeloson1, Andy Bamford1, Peter Cranswick1, Jeff Dawson2, Roland Digby2, Tan Grigg1, Geoff Hilton1, Mike Hudson2, Simon James2, Simeon Jaonambininjara2, Nigel Jarrett1, Richard Lewis2, Mede Rabenosy2, Jocelyn Rafaly2, Noelikanto Ramamonjisoa2, Floriot Randrianarimangison2, Laurence Rasoamihaingo1, Felix Razafindrajao2, Natacha Rasolozaka2, Leslie Wilmet2, & Glyn Young2”.
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
📢This is the final week to register for #BOUsci24!
@IBIS_journal conference on Avian Conservation Translocations. Online 12-13th Nov.
Registration closes this Sunday 3rd Nov. Sign up here: bou.org.uk/conferences-and-m…
@drkevinwood @VixFranks
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
📢 Exciting PhD opportunity 📢 Sex and synchrony: the role of males and females in driving population synchrony in wild birds. With me, @JenGill3 @CatMorrison18 & @btorobrob @ARIES_DTP @biouea
More info here:
aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships…
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Did you know that birdsong can improve your mindfulness? 🐦🎶
Dr Natalia Zielonka from @biouea explores how hiding speakers in vineyards to mimic areas with more diverse bird soundscapes helps businesses improve their customer’s experience.
#BirdSoundscapes #Biodiversity
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
It is always a pleasure to see our papers on #waders summarised by @GrahamFAppleton.
Latest blog (👇) is about this paper in Journal of #Ornithology @DOrnitholGes: link.springer.com/article/10…
Learning more about Whimbrel chicks.
WaderTales blog #140:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Paper by @Camilo_Carneiro:
link.springer.com/article/10…
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Read my @IBIS_journal blog 'Birdsong and your wellbeing – what’s the deal?'
✍️bou.org.uk/birdsong-and-your…
Summarising our recent @PaN_BES paper 🔗 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
#ornithology #theBOUblog #wellbeing #birdsong #viticulture #soundscapes #acoustic
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Can #birdsong help your business?
A lovely piece by @uniofeastanglia Comms Team about our recent #soundscapes study, with superb commentary from @saffrongrange #vineyard manager, Paul Harrison. Massive thanks to everyone at Saffron for their support!
uea.ac.uk/about/news/article…
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
Bird song makes you feel better. Research published today on bird soundscapes and what happens when you artifically enhance them, in collaboration with @Nat_B_Zielonka and @_SimonButler @ueaceec zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/increased…
Catriona Morrison (she/her) retweeted
I'm very excited that another of my PhD chapters is published today #OpenAccess in @PaN_BES! We investigate the links between #Birdsongs, #vineyard #soundscapes and #Wellbeing 🐦🍇🎶
🔗besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
@LynnDicks @_SimonButler @UEAResearch @NRPBIODTP
#ornithology
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