PiedFly.Net
@piedflynet.bsky.social
Posts by Malcolm Burgess. Runs PiedFly.Net, a citizen science network monitoring Pied flycatchers across SW England contributing to science on #phenology #migration #demography and more.
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New job alert🪶
2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team
Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science
Deadline: 23 Sept
Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Ben Andrew
2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team
Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science
Deadline: 23 Sept
Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Ben Andrew
September 1, 2026 at 9:40 AM
New job alert🪶
2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team
Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science
Deadline: 23 Sept
Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Ben Andrew
2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team
Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science
Deadline: 23 Sept
Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
📷Ben Andrew
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1/🧵 Our 2026 Spring field season data is in! Here are some highlights from our long-term monitoring of blue tits, invertebrates & trees across 44 sites in Scotland👇🏼
July 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
1/🧵 Our 2026 Spring field season data is in! Here are some highlights from our long-term monitoring of blue tits, invertebrates & trees across 44 sites in Scotland👇🏼
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🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵
July 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵
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📣 New preprint with @allyphillimore.bsky.social, out now!
As climate change shifts seasonal timing across food-webs, we present an experiment testing the impact of phenological mismatch in *48* plant-caterpillar 🌳→🐛 trophic interactions.
Read it here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
...or scroll 🧵👇 1/7
As climate change shifts seasonal timing across food-webs, we present an experiment testing the impact of phenological mismatch in *48* plant-caterpillar 🌳→🐛 trophic interactions.
Read it here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
...or scroll 🧵👇 1/7
June 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
📣 New preprint with @allyphillimore.bsky.social, out now!
As climate change shifts seasonal timing across food-webs, we present an experiment testing the impact of phenological mismatch in *48* plant-caterpillar 🌳→🐛 trophic interactions.
Read it here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
...or scroll 🧵👇 1/7
As climate change shifts seasonal timing across food-webs, we present an experiment testing the impact of phenological mismatch in *48* plant-caterpillar 🌳→🐛 trophic interactions.
Read it here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
...or scroll 🧵👇 1/7
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New research by the RSPB shows Swifts are highly loyal to the same nest sites each year
Read on for a summary
Full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@uniexecec.bsky.social
Read on for a summary
Full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@uniexecec.bsky.social
June 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
New research by the RSPB shows Swifts are highly loyal to the same nest sites each year
Read on for a summary
Full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@uniexecec.bsky.social
Read on for a summary
Full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@uniexecec.bsky.social
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Check out this wonderful guest blog post on Willow tit conservation by our own MMU PhD student @bensecker.bsky.social for @songbirdsurvival.bsky.social www.songbird-survival.org.uk/post/guest-b...
Guest blog: Why are willow tits disappearing from our woodlands?
Guest blog from Ben Secker who is is a Doctoral Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University studying the willow tit. From SongBird Survival, your voice for songbirds and other small birds in the UK, a specialist charity.
www.songbird-survival.org.uk
June 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Check out this wonderful guest blog post on Willow tit conservation by our own MMU PhD student @bensecker.bsky.social for @songbirdsurvival.bsky.social www.songbird-survival.org.uk/post/guest-b...
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Dutch pied flycatchers raised in Sweden wintered about halfway between the usual Dutch and Swedish sites in West Africa, pointing to both inheritance and natal environment. doi.org/hb8qb4
Why these birds meet again in Africa: Flycatcher study reveals how genes and environment guide 13,000‑km migrations
Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population.
phys.org
June 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Dutch pied flycatchers raised in Sweden wintered about halfway between the usual Dutch and Swedish sites in West Africa, pointing to both inheritance and natal environment. doi.org/hb8qb4
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A new Pied Flycatcher nest on a fledged Blue Tit nest @piedflynet.bsky.social
@somersetbirds.bsky.social @btosomerset.bsky.social
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June 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A new Pied Flycatcher nest on a fledged Blue Tit nest @piedflynet.bsky.social
@somersetbirds.bsky.social @btosomerset.bsky.social
@somersetbirds.bsky.social @btosomerset.bsky.social
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*Upcoming deadline for two advertised posts in the Miller Cognition and Conservation Group is 5 June 2026*
- 4-year PhD advert: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
- 4-year Postdoc advert: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78...
- 4-year PhD advert: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
- 4-year Postdoc advert: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78...
From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions, PhD (Funded) | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, is inviting applications for a 4-year PhD studentship (UK fees), ideally commencing Sept 2026.
www.exeter.ac.uk
May 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
*Upcoming deadline for two advertised posts in the Miller Cognition and Conservation Group is 5 June 2026*
- 4-year PhD advert: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
- 4-year Postdoc advert: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78...
- 4-year PhD advert: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
- 4-year Postdoc advert: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78...
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PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/
From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions, PhD (Funded) | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, is inviting applications for a 4-year PhD studentship (UK fees), ideally commencing Sept 2026.
www.exeter.ac.uk
April 29, 2026 at 11:31 AM
PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/
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📣 New Preprint, out now on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social...
Resource abundance can buffer trophic mismatch in a caterpillar-passerine food-chain 🌳→🐛→🐦
w/ @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social, @piedflynet.bsky.social et al.
Read it here: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
...or scroll for some highlights 🧵👇 1/4
Resource abundance can buffer trophic mismatch in a caterpillar-passerine food-chain 🌳→🐛→🐦
w/ @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social, @piedflynet.bsky.social et al.
Read it here: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
...or scroll for some highlights 🧵👇 1/4
April 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
📣 New Preprint, out now on @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social...
Resource abundance can buffer trophic mismatch in a caterpillar-passerine food-chain 🌳→🐛→🐦
w/ @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social, @piedflynet.bsky.social et al.
Read it here: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
...or scroll for some highlights 🧵👇 1/4
Resource abundance can buffer trophic mismatch in a caterpillar-passerine food-chain 🌳→🐛→🐦
w/ @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social, @piedflynet.bsky.social et al.
Read it here: doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
...or scroll for some highlights 🧵👇 1/4
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Resource abundance can buffer trophic mismatch in a caterpillar-passerine food-chain
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
April 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Resource abundance can buffer trophic mismatch in a caterpillar-passerine food-chain
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
doi.org/10.32942/X2K...
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A perfect sunny day to set up audio recorders at Yarner Woods with @ajhdoyle.bsky.social & @piedflynet.bsky.social. The recorders will act as a remote nest box monitoring tool to estimate breeding behaviour, phenology & success of the Pied Flycatchers. Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/andrew...
April 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A perfect sunny day to set up audio recorders at Yarner Woods with @ajhdoyle.bsky.social & @piedflynet.bsky.social. The recorders will act as a remote nest box monitoring tool to estimate breeding behaviour, phenology & success of the Pied Flycatchers. Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/andrew...
First Pied flycatcher at East Dartmoor today continuing the trend for earlier arrival. Another present at Dunsford Woods today. Also have the earliest ever first tit egg recorded (data starts in 1955) by two days - a Coal tit egg laid yesterday. Discovered with @drroskennerley.bsky.social
March 30, 2026 at 3:17 PM
First Pied flycatcher at East Dartmoor today continuing the trend for earlier arrival. Another present at Dunsford Woods today. Also have the earliest ever first tit egg recorded (data starts in 1955) by two days - a Coal tit egg laid yesterday. Discovered with @drroskennerley.bsky.social
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🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING! 🚨
Only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #ExE2026!
Submissions close April 1. All the details are at evoxeco.uk and below 👇
Only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #ExE2026!
Submissions close April 1. All the details are at evoxeco.uk and below 👇
March 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING! 🚨
Only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #ExE2026!
Submissions close April 1. All the details are at evoxeco.uk and below 👇
Only 1 week left to submit your abstract for #ExE2026!
Submissions close April 1. All the details are at evoxeco.uk and below 👇
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Never too late! From a hot summer in 2009 spent in the lab molecularly sexing pied flycatchers to a 2026 paper 🐦
Using 2,759 sexed nestlings (1997–2018) tracked through 2023, we show male attractiveness & annual rearing conditions increase the proportion of sons in broods
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Using 2,759 sexed nestlings (1997–2018) tracked through 2023, we show male attractiveness & annual rearing conditions increase the proportion of sons in broods
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
March 4, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Never too late! From a hot summer in 2009 spent in the lab molecularly sexing pied flycatchers to a 2026 paper 🐦
Using 2,759 sexed nestlings (1997–2018) tracked through 2023, we show male attractiveness & annual rearing conditions increase the proportion of sons in broods
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Using 2,759 sexed nestlings (1997–2018) tracked through 2023, we show male attractiveness & annual rearing conditions increase the proportion of sons in broods
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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A successful annual meeting at the weekend for @piedflynet.bsky.social, with around 60 keen attendees there to hear about last season's results, @cateden91.bsky.social's research on spotted flycatchers, the Two Moors Pine Marten project, and to generally feel geed-up about the season ahead!
March 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A successful annual meeting at the weekend for @piedflynet.bsky.social, with around 60 keen attendees there to hear about last season's results, @cateden91.bsky.social's research on spotted flycatchers, the Two Moors Pine Marten project, and to generally feel geed-up about the season ahead!
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📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer
I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.
Closing date: 6 March 2026
Apply ➡️
vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...
I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.
Closing date: 6 March 2026
Apply ➡️
vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...
February 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM
📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer
I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.
Closing date: 6 March 2026
Apply ➡️
vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...
I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney.
Closing date: 6 March 2026
Apply ➡️
vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...
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New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology
📆 Full time, Permanent.
📝 £46,344 per annum.
📍 Hybrid working.
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
📆 Full time, Permanent.
📝 £46,344 per annum.
📍 Hybrid working.
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
February 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology
📆 Full time, Permanent.
📝 £46,344 per annum.
📍 Hybrid working.
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
📆 Full time, Permanent.
📝 £46,344 per annum.
📍 Hybrid working.
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
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EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
EARLY VIEW in IBIS
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
Reproductive consequences of mate retention and divorce in a short-lived migratory passerine | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Daniel R. Rodríguez-Solís, Iraida Redondo, Jesús Martínez-Padilla, Carlos Camacho, Jaime Potti, David Canal | #ornithology 🪶
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Our new guidance note/protocol for using sound recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers gives practical details for using Song Meter Mini & Micro recorders from Wildlife Acoustics in woodland with suitable habitat & has proved a great success www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...
Woodpecker Network - Setting up and using sound recorders for detecting Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
A forum to encourage and facilitate the study of woodpeckers in Britain and Ireland
www.woodpecker-network.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Our new guidance note/protocol for using sound recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers gives practical details for using Song Meter Mini & Micro recorders from Wildlife Acoustics in woodland with suitable habitat & has proved a great success www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...
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I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology!
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
Native trees are related to advanced bird breeding phenology and increased reproductive success along an urban gradient
Urban areas are altered from natural landscapes in several ways that can impact wildlife. Birds are widespread in urban areas, and it is well documented that there are phenotypic differences between ...
doi.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology!
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
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We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
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RSPB seasonal positions @rspbscience.bsky.social are live & we are ready for applications!
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 Huge variety of posts available for 2026: seabirds, veg surveys, visitor questionnaires, upland monitoring, wader chick tracking... all listed on the attachments via the link 👇
Deadline 11th Jan 2026 📆
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 Huge variety of posts available for 2026: seabirds, veg surveys, visitor questionnaires, upland monitoring, wader chick tracking... all listed on the attachments via the link 👇
Deadline 11th Jan 2026 📆
We're hiring!
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
RSPB seasonal positions @rspbscience.bsky.social are live & we are ready for applications!
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 Huge variety of posts available for 2026: seabirds, veg surveys, visitor questionnaires, upland monitoring, wader chick tracking... all listed on the attachments via the link 👇
Deadline 11th Jan 2026 📆
🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 Huge variety of posts available for 2026: seabirds, veg surveys, visitor questionnaires, upland monitoring, wader chick tracking... all listed on the attachments via the link 👇
Deadline 11th Jan 2026 📆
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We're hiring!
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're hiring!
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶
Deadline: 11th Jan 26
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...