Greg Conway
@conway_greg
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Ecologist at BTO, studying birds & tracking technologies (Nightjar, raptors). Ringer (Trainer), Trail Runner, Badminton, Traditional Archery. Views are my own.
Brandon, England
Joined November 2012
A UK-wide Nightjar Survey is underway and many birders are out surveying. There are still some vacant 1-km squares to cover (yellow) so if you can spare two evenings, please check out the BTO website: https://t.co/4cEmWNvceT It's very easy to take part and a lot of fun!
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1/ Over the festive period please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. In England, Wales & Scotland, contact @DefraGovUK, in Northern Ireland contact @daera_ni & in Republic of Ireland @agriculture_ie. Please ALSO report to @BirdTrack.
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Seasonal field staff needed for @RSPBScience projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (and non-seabird) opportunities across the UK! Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦 https://t.co/3wYtYUq6wr
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Vacancy Alert! Research Assistant - National Dartford Warbler, Woodlark and Nightjar Surveys. https://t.co/Kvvg8pknFj *Roles subject to project funding*
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Excited to share my final PhD paper on lesser kestrel migration!! We explor how arrival dates vary across breeding colonies: https://t.co/KsPxTwvVoB Big thanks to: @DanielGarSil2, @busta43, @JGCecere, @miche_morganti, @DRubolini, @WMGVs, @Luscinia_joshua, @emmanuellourie
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Journal of Ornithology - The annual cycles of long-distance migrant species are synchronized with the local climatic conditions at their breeding areas, as they impact the availability of food...
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Super excited to finally share the first (open access) paper from my PhD! 🦆 We looked at compliance with restrictions on the use of lead for shooting mallards in England, and how this varied across time and space (a thread👇)(1/10) https://t.co/ptSg2Uw80u
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1/ Arctic Skuas are the fastest declining #seabirds in the UK. @BTO_Scotland has been trying to better understand their movements by fitting miniature, long-term tracking devices to birds nesting on Fair Isle in Shetland and Rousay in Orkney. Discover the results ⬇️ #BTOScience
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The British #Woodcock population has declined by -35% between 2003 & 2023. With heavy declines across Scotland (-47%) & southern Britain, but a small increase in northern England: https://t.co/EP9OHVlIlX…
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@NatureScot
@guardianeco
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@GWCTScience
@ScottishBirding
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The UK breeding population estimate comprised 50,750 male Eurasian Woodcocks (95% CI: 42,935–59,251) in Britain and 937 males (95% CI: 274–1714) in Northern Ireland. The British population has cont...
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No Fulmars! We have been monitoring Canna annually since 1969. This is the first time we have had a zero count for Fulmar. Their numbers peaked at 671 occupied sites in 1992.
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Kijk eens aan! Wekenlang niets dan regen op de radar, maar op dagen als deze zien we iets heel anders: insecten! Met dit weer zijn er overdag zoveel dat ze een signaal geven op de beelden. Hier ongefilterde beelden van radar Herwijnen (KNMI) vanaf 6u vanochtend 26/06. #InsectWeek
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#Nightjar nesting has resumed now that warmer weather has arrived. The female had been present for almost 3 weeks, so possibly failed recently, or decided to delay nesting during the recent weeks of cold & wet conditions. Monitored for @_BTO & @ForestryEngland in #ThetfordForest
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A very lost racing pigeon now supplementing the diet of the forest raptors! Not something we see very often with so much natural prey in the form of Woodpigeons!
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Another 3 breeding bird survey squares completed in #thetfordforest this morning for @_BTO @ForestryEngland Nice to find 3 more Spot Fly, plus Hobby & Goshawk. Also good numbers of Tree Pipit, Woodlark, Willow Warbler, Stonechat and Chaffinch.
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Some coverage of our recent paper. Link to the paper here: https://t.co/CYN85SUQCM
phys.org
New research proposes the use of electrical blackouts, such as those experienced during loadshedding in South Africa, to enhance our understanding of how artificial light in urban areas may be...
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Thats a fantastic record and part of a recent southward range expansion as shown by BirdAtlas 2007-11:
Today, something astonishing has occurred in Cornwall! The @CBWPS1 has announced today that at Par, Spit beach, 6 Eider (2f 4m) including a female with three ducklings has been photographed. This constitutes the first breeding record of this species in Cornwall. How amazing
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We're well into the first daylight hours Puffin watch of the year and it is confirming what we already suspected, that this is the earliest breeding season on record, running about 12 days earlier than the 2013-2023 mean
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A fantastic start to our #nightjar research in Thetford Forest.
The Thetford Forest #nightjar season started well with many back on territory. Only 7 caught but 3 returning from 2023 including this male yeilding our first multi-sensor tag retrieval. Novel flight height data will help reveal the risks posed by wind turbines on migration.
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