I'm excited to announce that the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are now published in Peer Community Journal peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
Abstract deadline Friday 27th Feb! Submit this week to join us in York for a look at the future of birds, research, monitoring, and conservation.
🔈 #BOUasm26 KEYNOTE
Paul Woodcock - JNCC
Understanding future biodiversity change to help inform environmental policies and targets
Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom & Bluesky
Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi...
⏰ Abstract deadline: 27 Feb
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🔈 #BOUasm26 KEYNOTE
Jane Reid - NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen
Predicting escape from climate change in wild bird populations
Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom & Bluesky
Join us and submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi...
⏰ Abstract deadline: 27 Feb
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🔈 #BOUasm26 KEYNOTE
Robert J. Fletcher - University of Cambridge, UK
Robert Fletcher
Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom & Bluesky
Join us and submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi...
⏰ Abstract deadline: 27 Feb
#ornithology 🪶
So excited about this line up! Still time to submit your abstract if you'd like to join us for a forward looking day of Avian biology (non-bird talks also welcome).
🔈 KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED
#BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom
➡️ Robert J. Fletcher (Uni of Cambridge)
➡️ Stephen Pringle (Uni of Kent)
➡️ Jane Reid (NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen)
➡️ Paul Woodcock (JNCC)
Join us! Submit your abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
Still time to submit your abstract - come and discuss the future of Avian biodiversity with us!
Survey is open at the moment to those working in Europe. We are looking for views from anyone who uses or is interested in ecological forecasts or predictions, particularly for those who use forecasts outside of academia.
Going to #BES2025 next week? Come along to our lunchtime workshop “Skill, impact, or trust? Building a holistic view of ecological forecast success” 17th December 2025! In the meantime, please let us know your thoughts on ecological forecast success here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...
🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ?
#BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky
Nominate via link ⬇️
bou.org.uk/event/avi...
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Really excited about this conference where I am chairing the Scientific Programme Committee. Please submit your abstracts and join us to discuss the future of avian biodiversity (and our study of it).
Missed out on #BOUasm25? There's more to come!
UPCOMING BOU CONFERENCES
➡️ BIRDS AND PEOPLE #BOU2026
➡️ AVIAN FUTURES #BOUasm26
➡️ AVIAN DIESEASE ECOLOGY #BOU2027
More details here ➡️ bou.org.uk/conferenc...
#BOUasm25 #ornithology
Are you involved in ecological forecasting or prediction in Europe?
We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential.
Submit here 👉 euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/forecasting-...
#EcologicalForecasting #EEFI #OpenScience
Second PhD alert:
Advertising a second PhD alongside Amanda Lenzi (lead) and Finn Lindgren on: 'Forecasting nature’s calendar: Joint probabilistic models of phenology in space and time'. Also competition funded through the E5 DTP at Uni of Edinburgh.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
alt="Schematic of a graph of a population trajectory for blue tits that is known for half of the x-axis (time) and then forecasted with uncertainty. Above the population trajectory are some weather images (a sun and some rain) they have connections to the population size but the path is unknown. "
PhD advert alert!
Come work with me at Edinburgh.
I'm advertising a PhD on: "Predicting responses of birds to climate change", competition funded through the E5 DTP. Would suit those with an interest in predicting responses to climate change, birds, or both.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Please help shape this conference! If you, or someone you know, work on the future of birds or avian conservation or policy, please do nominate!
Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!
Good luck with the next chapter!
We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in statistics to develop methods for analyzing large scale biodiversity and ecosystem function data at the University of Helsinki.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to do advanced Bayesian modeling with direct link to real world applications.
⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING
Don't miss your chance to submit an abstract for #BOU2026
Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | Uni of Nottingham & Zoom
Talk, poster & Bluesky abstracts accepted
Deadline 1 September
bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology 🪶
#BOU2026 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 💡
"Birds and People: Challenges and Opportunities of Coexistence"
BOU invites submissions for talks, posters, and #bluesky presentations.
Deadline 📅 1st September
Submit your abstract: bou.org.uk/event/bir...
#ornithology #abstracts
Really excited about this conference, coming Sept 2026. But now is your chance to shape our programme. Who would you like to see as a keynote? Get your nominations in by 30th Sept 2025.
🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
#BOUasm26 | Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026
Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOUasm26?
Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/avi...
Nomination deadline: 30 Sept 2025
#ornithology 🪶
🔊 VACANCY
Enjoy #theBOUblog? Join us as Blog Editor!
You'll be responsible for sourcing, editing and publishing content on #theBOUblog & will receive an annual honorarium
Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the...
⏰ Deadline: 29 August
#ornithology 🪶
New preprint: Using pedigree data + genomics from 2,684 great tits in Wytham Woods, we explore spatial genetic structure and the role of dispersal, population turnover and immigration 🐦 With @sheldonbirds.bsky.social @nilomr.bsky.social @jon-slate.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Predicted relationship between physical distance (breeding location) and identity-by-descent for different pairwise comparisons of breeding Great Tits in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire. The effect of distance is strongest for pairs of locally-born birds, and weakest (but non-zero) for pairs of immigrants
Summary of the performance of a random forest classifier trained on 600 000 SNP genotypes to discriminate between immigrant and locally-born Wytham great tits
Like many 'populations' the great tits in Wytham are a meta-population, with extensive immigration. We know very little about who & what immigrants are - here @andreaestandia.bsky.social et al use genomic data to try to understand origins & consequences of immigrants
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congratulations! Bit late to the party here but hope you're all doing well :)
⚠️ Passionate about science communication?
Join our team! We are looking for the next Social Media support officer
🔗 bou.org.uk/about-the...
⏰ Deadline 25 April 2025
Get in touch with our current officer if you have questions @natbzielonka.bsky.social
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🚨 #fullyfundedPhD
❓ #Ecosystem effects of shipping under present and future #climate and Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
📍Uni of Strathclyde
👨🔬Dr Jack Laverick
🗓️Oct 25 start
💷UK/Home fees, stipend
⏳Mon 5 May
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