Rob Thomas

Light level geolocator data indicates that Band-rumped Storm-petrels range over the edge of the continental shelf north all the way to Iceland.. #UKBirding #IrishBirding #Ornithology

This essay hits hard for anyone involved in university education and assessment in the 2020s.

European Storm Petrels appear to forage most actively offshore on the darkest nights, according to new research into the nocturnal behaviour of the tiny seabird:

Scary shit. As a clarion alarm of really even scarier shit to come if we flip all the tipping points. But we still have time to change track. Believe in hope, commit to action

Happy to have contributed some data on this incredible species to the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database! 🐦🌊

🌊Meet the winged ghosts of the oceans! 🪶17 partners across Europe and North America are studying 6 Storm petrel species across 40 colonies to uncover their hidden lives, in the framework of @seaghosts-biodv.bsky.social Project. 🎥Watch the full video: youtu.be/SfZ3BUEReIU

European Storm Petrels appear to forage most actively offshore on the darkest nights, according to new research into the nocturnal behaviour of the tiny seabird:

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Nice to see our new paper published open access in @btobirds.bsky.social Ringing and Migration! We describe how Willow Tits were more likely to persist in woodlands further away from major roads compared to those where they had been lost in the declining Dearne Valley population.

A Red Kite has died after being found with gunshot injuries in the Peak District National Park, prompting a police appeal for information about the incident:

Very strong winds now, and I'm worried about the shed in my garden. I've never seen it before.

Australia has begun vaccinating more than 5,000 Little Penguins against High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in what authorities describe as the world’s largest vaccination programme targeting a wild bird population. britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸Colin Bradshaw 🔑Subscriber Content

Admit it, you want to be the next Social Media Manager for the Seabird Group!! #seabirds

I’m sure you have seen the buzz around this video but when you have 4 minutes, it’s 100% worth watching

Hup Sally Rooney as a clear shining light. I am fairly sure that at least one aspect of why Irish artists are clear about their stance on Palestine is because of the collective cultural boycott to which many of us were recruited and educated. Organising works. www.ipsc.ie/cultural-boy...

Research opportunity at Leeds Uni for someone interested in exploring how quickly rewilded peatland recovers to become a climate resilient landscape yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/yes...

One final sprint to save a landscape - £28m secured, £2m to go! Donation matching until the end of the month - the Wildlife Trusts are so close to buying the largest chunk of the UK offered for sale in 30 yrs. Landscape-scale protection, to hold a 40-mile wide nature corridor together for wildlife.

Gower birders on tour…

New big collaborative paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters. "Frequency of plastic occurrence varies across phylogeny but not ecology in seabirds". Title says it all really. Congrats @saverygo.bsky.social and @nhcooper123.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

⏰ APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶

Are you passionate about conservation and currently enrolled in a UK-based MSc or PhD programme? If so, we’d love to hear from you! You can have browse through our research opportunities for 2027 here: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

We wanted to assure you that Sally Rooney's books are still available to buy and to order online!

Labour of love: as of tomorrow, the Rhondda Wildlife Library is now available to Black Mountains College students :)

Poem by National Poet of Wales banned from home of Welsh politics for being overly political. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌡️ September 2026 was the 3rd-warmest September on record for Europe, and the warmest ever for western Europe ☀️ Up to 4-6°C above average in parts of southern Europe 🌊 Record-high sea temperatures 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...

1/2 In light of today’s data on bird declines, here’s the stats on insect declines (and these data are 7 years old!). The decline in insects is climate-driven, global, occurring in both protected and non-protected and is seen in pristine environments too. www.statista.com/chart/16960/...

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record Nearly 1/2 of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️🐦 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tracking a mysterious seabird for the first time: what GPS reveals about the Black Storm-Petrel Check out our latest blog post by Cecilia Soldatini ➡️ tinyurl.com/STDBblogOct26 ➡️ paper in @marineorno.bsky.social: doi.org/10.5038/2074... #seabirds #biologging

🗣️ Some good news from Orkney! The invasive non-native Stoat that was confirmed on Rousay in May has been caught. This is great news for native wildlife like Hen Harriers and the Orkney Vole, and for the community who care so deeply about their island’s nature.

We've got some great opportunities to join us at BTO! Discover more and apply for our jobs and voluntary roles online at www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology

✨ New Project Alert ✨ We’re working on a new partnership project looking at Curlew chick survival, key predation pressures & interventions in relation to population recovery. Your donation could support our work to restore breeding wader populations ➡️ www.bto.org/breeding... #Ornithology

Funded 3.5 year PhD🎺 The effects of gamebird release and management on the lowland ecosystems of S England Lots of fieldwork. A robust and resilient student is required. Focus on reptiles and ecto-parasites Any Qs, please DM or email me Please RT www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

And the winner of this year's Marsh Award for Ornithology is... my line manager, Will Peach! Congratulations Will :)

In the words of WB Yeats, “it’s never too late to start a long-term dataset, especially when standardised by time of year and weather conditions”* * I’m pretty sure that’s what he said but it was a noisy pub.

This was an excellent event in Cardiff today, once again. Next year I’m proposing the Cardiff half and half - where competitors race around a 13 mile road route, and then eat 13 bags of chips. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Congratulations to @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social our winner of the Dilys Breese Medal 🎉We’re pleased to award Brigit this medal for using her online platforms to encourage nature interaction and conservation in an accessible manner, and her enthusiasm in participation and promotion of BTO surveys!

Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December

“Every year an estimated 95,000 #seabirds, including Razorbills and Guillemots, are accidentally caught in nets off European coasts.” “But simple deterrents tested by Cornish fishers and devised by scientists and the RSPB have been shown to reduce the toll by about two-thirds.”

One does not simply walk into Morden -it is recommended to take the Northern Line instead.

these things called birds

Want to conserve #birds, #mammals and other vertebrates? Then don’t forget their #insects. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity paper explores the many ways vertebrates depend on insects — for food, shelter, protection and much more. I’ve written about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/30/w...

Probably nothing to worry about...