Excellent long discussion with Daisy about her DPhil research on social networks in great tits with @jorgensoraker.bsky.social. Very nice to have long enough to go into depth on a full DPhil project.

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Check out our new paper Why don't all birds lay early? Causes and consequences of breeding timing for a long-lived migratory seabird It's got the first welsh language abstract in the journal (I think) Thanks to everyone for their field efforts besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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New paper in Glob. Change Biol. compiling a massive dataset on phenology of grassland birds in the Great Plains. Breeding seasons becoming shorter in the arid south but longer in the prairie potholes. Led by @ksellis.bsky.social with a big team of contributors. #ornithology doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

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Roasting in nest boxes: physiological, behavioural and fitness consequences of extreme heat in cavity-nesting birds and mitigation strategies doi.org/10.32942/X2F...

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A wet morning on Fair Isle, so while we wait for the rain to clear through will post this Starling - ever present birds here - riding one of the local sheep...

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