You can now find links and introductions to all of my #RShiny apps here: . Recommendations for improvements or entirely new apps are welcomed.

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!

RT @KaneBrides: In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population e….

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 . 10/10.

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. 9/10.

Flocking was associated with significantly larger non-breeding range COA shift rates, particularly in mixed-age flocks. However, flocking had no significant effect on breeding range COA shifts. 8/10

The data goes into PGLS models weighted by uncertainty in COA shift rate. One model for each season for a binary flocking var. for 122 species. Another model for each season where we categorise flocks as either age-separated or mixed-age, for 81 species. 7/10

N.B.: We do still lack published accounts of typical migratory flocking behaviour for many species! This includes whether a species flocks, typical flock size, age composition, species composition, etc. 6/10.

We collated information on migratory flocking behaviour of North American migratory birds, building upon the Beauchamp et al. 2011 dataset with species accounts from Birds of the World Online and age-cohort timing calculated from USGS banding data. 5/10

To test this, we used 50-years of North American BBS and CBC #citizenscience data to quantify annual centres of abundance (COA) for breeding and non-breeding ranges across the contiguous USA and southern Canada. We then summarised the magnitude of the shift in COAs. 4/10.

We hypothesised in sp. that migrate solo, inter-generational change may need change in genetics of mig. distance/direction. However, flocking migrants can benefit from social learning, which might act faster – but inter-gen. learning can only happen in mixed-age flocks!. 3/10

Species may need to shift their range to respond to environmental change, but for migrants this can be tricky as seasonal ranges that shift at different rates/directions can require a change to migratory distance/direction. 2/10.

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. 1/10.

RT @kirstyyfranklin: New paper! If you use time-lapse cameras, this one's for you!. Proud of this collaboration with @UEA_CMP's Marcus Jenk….

RT @kirstyyfranklin: Seasonal field staff needed for @RSPBScience projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (an….

RT @trhaaland: 📣PhD position open in our group!📣.Come work on a super fascinating system: partial #migration in European shags. #Fieldwork,….

* picture is from original ringing in 2020, I haven’t recaught it!.

1450 days and 4 return migrations later and back just 7km from where I originally caught and ringed it!

RT @KaneBrides: Ok! Come on let's follow this lot to where they're sleeping tonight. A thread🧵 #Ornithology 1/7.

RT @WaterbirdCM: Since 2023 we've caught & colour-marked nearly 600 Whooper Swans & we need your help to find them! 🧐 Please check any floc….

The @_BTO Ringing and NRS report 2023 data has now been added to my visualisation apps:. Explore graphs of numbers ringed etc. and NRS records over time:. Explore a map of numbers ringed, etc. by region:.