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May 21
Celebrating 40 years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and thanking the people who have supported World Shorebirds Day.
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The Ornithologist retweeted
May 19
Oystercatcher Day has officially launched as a new international awareness initiative focused on oystercatchers, coastal habitats, and beach-nesting birds.
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We now understand the drivers of curlew’s decline with precision. Yet across continents, recovery remains slow — or absent.
On World Curlew Day, we take a closer look at them.
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A 40-year study of the Hermit Thrush reveals how climate change reshapes birds in unexpected ways — through both evolution and phenotypic plasticity.
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A Shoebill that never existed — yet looked entirely real.
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping ornithology, from acoustic monitoring to synthetic imagery. What happens when realism is no longer proof of presence?
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The Thousand Birder Circle is a new way for readers to support thoughtful ornithological writing and the continued development of The Ornithologist.
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New research shows that just 11.6% of The Gambia remains highly suitable for Hooded Vultures – and most of it lies within human landscapes.
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A new Conceptual Notes series in The Ornithologist explores the questions and uncertainties that sit just beyond conventional scientific publishing.
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CORRECTION!
A short conceptual note on naming, migration, and the European Roller’s shifting centre of gravity.
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American Oystercatchers are nesting on Florida rooftops as beaches disappear — an extraordinary but precarious response to coastal development.
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Listening to forests can change how habitat quality is understood.
A Finnish study shows Crested Tits respond to fine-scale forest structure rather than forest age.
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The Ornithologist retweeted
Most people see birds.
Few understand what they’re really doing.
Discover the deeper stories behind birdlife at The Ornithologist.
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When winter bites, survival becomes a question of access, not abundance. New research shows how Taiga Bean Geese rely on winter cereal fields during the harshest cold spells.
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Cormorants’ wettable feathers look like an evolutionary mistake, yet they form a brilliantly efficient diving strategy unlike ducks, loons or penguins.
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29 Dec 2025
What happens to birds when the law designed to protect them is itself under threat?
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The Ornithologist retweeted
27 Dec 2025
A new survey has revealed that conservation grazing by heritage Dartmoor ponies is delivering strong results, with several rare and vulnerable bird species now breeding on restored heathland: bit.ly/4qlGNs7
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The Ornithologist retweeted
27 Dec 2025
New logger data reveal how Western Orphean Warblers cross the Sahara: not in marathon flights, but in a sequence of short, high-altitude hops along a remarkably direct migration route.
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