Nest success and causes of failure for nests of Northern Lapwings for two study populations in France
New article on nest survival of Northern Lapwings in two regions of France. Regional differences in productivity affected by nest microclimate with most losses to predators or agricultural equipment. Field study led by Reinier Van den Berg at Univ. Strasbourg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new study, led by Sergi Herrando (EBCC chair, @ICOcells) published in Conservation Biology, shows that it is possible to create frequent and regular maps showing where farmland birds are disappearing across Europe by using the data from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS).
Reporting from the Guardian on an interspecies assembly recently held in Oppdal kommune.
White Wagtail
First sighting of a White Wagtail is a sign of spring in Norway. ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) and NINA researchers
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NINA team
Same style in field clothes
Field trip to Ørlandet with the terrestrial ecology group at NINA-Trondheim. @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
Laksjøen
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Ishulll med pilkestikke
Ørret
Påsketur med isfiske ved Lierne
Påske egg med kylling
God påske
I am super excited to share that Yolanda Morbey and I at the centre for @animalsonthemove.bsky.social are recruiting for a postdoc with expertise in analysis of #Motus data! Please help us get the word out! Deets here:
www.uwo.ca/cam/research...
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Three roe deer on the beach
A pair of otters
Krakvåg
Signs of spring on the outer coast of Norway. Yellow-billed Loon still hanging around but Smew, Lapwings and Bar-tailed Godwits are starting to arrive. Grey seals, otters and roe deer along the shoreline. ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Snøugla er no sett på Bonnkonvensjonens bevaringsliste. Større internasjonal merksemd kan gi nytt håp for den kritisk trua arten. www.miljodirektoratet.no/aktuelt/nyhe...
Hva skjer med genetisk mangfold når livet i innsjøer re-startes etter rotenonbehandling? www.nina.no/Om-NINA/Aktu...
Annual survival of waders versus adult body mass, migration distance and year of study
New article in Oikos with a global review of annual survival for waders comparing estimation methods and phylogeny. Survival increases with body mass but decreases with migration distance and during past 40 years. Team led by @dillensegerg.bsky.social. #ornithology #waders doi.org/10.1002/oik....
New postdoc position on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in arctic-breeding seabirds. Field sites in coastal Norway and Svalbard. Advisors will be Veerle Jaspers and Bjørn Monroe at NTNU in collaboration with ecologists at NINA. Application deadline 26 April 2026. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
New paper in Ecology and Evolution on monitoring brown bears with camera traps in the Altai mountains. Led by Sanzhar Kantarbayev from the Institute of Zoology in Almaty, Kazakhstan with research collaborators at NINA. @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Home page for available jobs at NINA with a photo of a red fox
Three PhD positions are open at NINA: seabird ecology in a changing arctic (25 mar), areal planning and land use change (15 apr) and geospatial AI tools for fine-scale ecosystem accounting (15 apr). Study applied ecology at a major research institute in Norway! nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs
Norway has proposed including the snowy owl on CMS Appendix II. ❄️🦉
Icons of Arctic tundra ecosystems, snowy owls are remarkable migrants. Globally listed as Vulnerable, 1/3 of its population has been lost in the past 30 years.
The proposal in English, Spanish or French: www.cms.int/document/302...
En ny artikkel i Forskersonen om vår VKM-rapport om kumulative effekter av fremmede arter i Norge. @vkm.no
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social www.forskersonen.no/artsdatabank...
Length of stay in days for migratory Western Sandpipers at four sites along the Pacific coast from San Francisco Bay in California north to the Copper River Delta in Alaska
New paper on stopover duration of Western Sandpipers on spring migration along the Pacific coast. Shorter stopovers as birds move north, females stay longer than males, short-term effects of marking, and no major changes over 30 years. Led by @dunlin.bsky.social. #ornithology doi.org/10.1002/jav....
Azurmeis på fuglebrett
An Azure Tit has been continuing to visit feeders in gardens around Opphaug since early January. The first record for Norway. ebird.org/checklist/S3...
The only North American record of the extinct Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Alexander L. Bond, Paige R. Langle Abstract An historical record of the extinct Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris from Ontario, Canada, is quite exceptional, being the only North American record. Its inclusion in North American, Canadian, or Ontarian avifaunal lists is patchy, and the specimen has not been assessed against current identification criteria. We show that the specimen is extant, in the collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science, and is indeed a Slender-billed Curlew. Here, we compile the history of the specimen and its collector in the wider context of the ornithology of the Niagara Region.
New paper in @britornitholclub.bsky.social - Paige Langle and I highlight (and confirm the identity!) of the only North American record of the now-extinct Slender-billed Curlew (1/4) bioone.org/journals/bul... #ornithology
Conceptual figure describing additive, antagonistic and synergistic interactions among non-native and native species
New VKM report reviewing theory and global case studies for 'Cumulative impacts from co-occurring non-native species'. Project led by Gaute Velle (NORCE) and Martin Malmstrøm (VKM), with Anders Bryn (NIBIO), Kyrre Kausrud (Vet Inst), Larry Kirkendall (UiB) and myself (NINA). @vkm.no cstu.io/af02a4
For migratory birds, the lowland wetlands of Iceland are critical habitats for breeding, resting and refuelling. ✨
Despite heavy drainage, our Partner Fuglavernd, BirdLife Iceland, is working tirelessly to protect and restore these sites.🦆
Learn more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2026/02...
The oldest known Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus), male 41X (D010111), photographed on 22 September 2022 while foraging at Playa Paraná, northern Chubut, Argentina (42.800° S, 64.936° W). Photo credit: Clément Berthelot. The image shows a ploved on a pebble substrate with a dark blurred background. The plover has a light red tag 41X on one leg
New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology:
Exceptional Longevity in a Neotropical Shorebird
A male Two-banded Plover (A. falklandicus) was resighted over nearly two decades at the same Patagonian beach.
🐦🪶🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Foraging loon with crab
New paper in Ornis Norvegica comparing the trophic ecology of Common and Yellow-billed Loons on the coast of Norway. #seabirdscience @birdlifenorge.bsky.social boap.uib.no/index.php/or...
Atlantic Puffin at Hornøya, Norway
New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...
I eagerly await her return each year & this morning, there she was! 🥰 #Curlew CJ6 ringed as a chick in central #Finland in 2012, this is her 13th spring staging on the #AlstonWetland patch. 3-4 weeks fattening up on #Lancashire's finest earthworms then she'll be off once again. #waders #shorebirds
Veldig flott av en av mine mentorer @christiansteel.bsky.social
Flott du fortsetter formidlingen, Christian!
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