24 knots now released and slowly spreading around the Wadden sea and beyond. Our UK bird has now moved down to Walton-on-the-Naze and seems settled down for now! #movementecology #ornithology #ukbirding @allertbijleveld.bsky.social @hanslinssen.bsky.social

Tracks of red knots moving around the Wadden sea

Track of one individual red knot flying from the Netherlands to the East coast of the UK

Track of one individual red knot arriving in the UK to Thorpeness

Red knot GPS tagging expedition on Griend off to a flying start (sorry). 6 birds released with 24 more to go. Most are hanging around in the Wadden sea but one left for the UK with strong tailwinds last night! #MovementEcology #ornithology @allertbijleveld.bsky.social @niozsearesearch.bsky.social

Figure 1 in Lameris et al. (2025): "Wintering centroids (median positions) of individual birds per year, general migration routes and study sites in the Arctic. Dots, squares and diamonds show wintering centroids and inverted triangles show study sites, with in (a) sanderlings breeding at Zackenberg (pink) and red-necked phalaropes breeding at Ammarnäs (light blue) and Slettnes (yellow), (b) Arctic skuas (dots) breeding at Kongsfjorden (red) and Slettnes (yellow), long-tailed skuas (squares) breeding at Ammarnäs (light blue) and rough-legged buzzards breeding at Kolguev Island (green dots), and (c) barnacle geese (green diamonds) and greater white-fronted geese (green dots) breeding on Kolguev Island, barnacle geese breeding in Kongsfjorden (red diamonds), pink-footed geese breeding in Adventdalen (dark blue dots) and tundra swans breeding at the Malozemelskaya tundra (orange dots). Broad migration routes are indicated with dotted lines and colours similar to the study sites and wintering centroids. In (c), barnacle geese breeding on Kolguev Island follow the northern green route while greater white-fronted geese use the entire green route. The dotted line indicates the Arctic circle. Photos by Tim Sudlow (tundra swan), Nick Goodrum (pink-footed goose), Jasper Koster (barnacle goose), Nick Athanas (sanderling, greater white-fronted goose), John Quine (Arctic skua), Matti Suopajärvi (rough-legged buzzard) and Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (red-necked phalarope, long-tailed skua). Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 4.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under ODbL"

New publication: Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster, by @hanslinssen.bsky.social and others. #climatechange #avianmigration #seabirds #waterfowl #articecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Blank winter for Bewick's Swan in Ireland Ireland looks set to suffer its first blank winter for Bewick's Swan in recent memory, with no confirmed sightings in the country so far during winter 2024-25. Although once a fairly numerous winter visitor to Ireland, Bewick's Swan has become increasingly scarce in recent years, with only a handful...

Ireland looks set to suffer its first blank winter for Bewick's Swan in recent memory, with no confirmed sightings in the country so far this season:

@sjurdur.bsky.social Hi, yes! It's at the cliffs west of Sandur, looking south towards Skúvoy (at safe distance from the skuas). Wonderful place. Yours must be at Fossá? I hope to go back some day.