Ecological Statistician at BioSS . ‘S’ permit bird ringer & RIN member 2022-26.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined March 2011
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You can now find links and introductions to all of my #RShiny apps here: shvickers94.github.io/BTO_Ri…
Recommendations for improvements or entirely new apps are welcomed.
Our GPS tracking work has found Iceland Whoopers Swans spend less than a third of their time in protected areas! Read all about it in our latest paper published fully open access today in Biological Conservation 🦢
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
📷 @JoshFusiara
The Whoopers are starting to move and will soon be back on their Icelandic breeding grounds! Since @WaterbirdCM started ringing Whoopers in 2023, we've tagged >600 inds. and gathered >750 sightings. Please keep an eye out and continue to report any sightings to us as they leave!
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In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population estimate & report on winter distribution. Results have now been published in @BritishBirds, with our thinking on future monitoring needs #Ornithology 1/7 ⬇️
New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show N. American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age.
We link this to social learning in novel mig. route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
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We think this is because dispersal into new breeding areas is always passed to the next generation when born there – you only need to return to a known location. Conversely, a new non-breeding site isn’t automatically passed to the next generation.
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A special thanks to my co-authors and funders. This work was completed as part of my PhD thesis at @biouea/@ueaenv/@uniofeastanglia partnered with @audubonsociety
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New paper! If you use time-lapse cameras, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with @UEA_CMP's Marcus Jenkins & Michal Mackiewicz to improve object detection for time-lapse imagery using temporal features. 📷🖥️⏲️
Open Access @Sensors_MDPI: mdpi.com/3088004
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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…
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📣PhD position open in our group!📣
Come work on a super fascinating system: partial #migration in European shags. #Fieldwork, #theory and #QuantitativeGenetics are all possible depending on interests. Please spread to good candidates of any nationality! jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
1450 days and 4 return migrations later and back just 7km from where I originally caught and ringed it!
Water Pipits continue to show well at Fen Hide @RSPB_Strumpshaw. This ringed bird was ringed by UEA Ringing Group in 2020 at Cantley BF as an adult. This will be a new UK longevity record 🥇. Thanks to @peaceofcakes for the ringing info via the Ringing Group
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Ok! Come on let's follow this lot to where they're sleeping tonight... A thread🧵 #Ornithology 1/7
They're heading home to roost & we're following them. Check back later to see what we find 👀
(oh and sound on!) #WhoopWhoop
