Ecologist at BTO, studying birds & tracking technologies (Nightjar, raptors). Ringer (Trainer), Trail Runner, Badminton, Traditional Archery. Views are my own.
Joined November 2012
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May 7
First @bto @BTO_Suffolk Breeding Birds Survey completed. Only 2 Firecrest but good to see 9 Chaffinch, a Cuckoo and families on Mistle Thrush and Pied Wagtail.
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Greg Conway retweeted
13 Jun 2025
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:
bto.org/get-involved/volunte…
It's very easy to take part and a lot of fun!
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Greg Conway retweeted
12 Dec 2024
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 🌊 🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/sal…
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Greg Conway retweeted
16 Sep 2024
Excited to share my final PhD paper on lesser kestrel migration!!
We explor how arrival dates vary across breeding colonies: link.springer.com/10.1007/s1…
Big thanks to: @DanielGarSil2, @busta43, @JGCecere, @miche_morganti, @DRubolini, @WMGVs, @Luscinia_joshua, @emmanuellourie
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Greg Conway retweeted
12 Sep 2024
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)
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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4 Jul 2024
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: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.……
@BTO_Scotland
@NatureScot
@guardianeco
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Greg Conway retweeted
26 Jun 2024
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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Greg Conway retweeted
18 Jun 2024
#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
ALT Nightjar nest and egg
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8 Jun 2024
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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8 Jun 2024
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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Greg Conway retweeted
24 May 2024
Some coverage of our recent paper.
Link to the paper here: cell.com/trends/ecology-evol… phys.org/news/2024-05-electr…
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24 May 2024
Thats a fantastic record and part of a recent southward range expansion as shown by BirdAtlas 2007-11: app.bto.org/mapstore/StoreSe…
23 May 2024
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 is that!
@BobBosisto
@Kernowringer
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Greg Conway retweeted
23 May 2024
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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21 May 2024
A fantastic start to our #nightjar research in Thetford Forest.
21 May 2024
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.
ALT Male Nightjar with multi-sensor logger that has just been retrieved. Photo: Hugh Hanmer
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21 May 2024
The @_BTO @GWCTScience 2023 #Woodcock Survey results are out and show an ongoing decline of 35% in Britian since 2003, but a surprising 50% decrease in Scotland! Thanks to all the surveyors who helped collect this vital data, which will inform the future conservation actions.
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Greg Conway retweeted
20 May 2024
On Monday, June 3rd, a rare event known as the Parade of Planets will occur, where six planets of the solar system will align in a straight line. They will be visible just before sunrise here in the northern hemisphere.
Community note
This image is incorrect. This order of planets will be on the 5th, not 3rd June. In addition on 5th the Moon will also be visible along the line. Misinformation. Highlighted here, but use any "planetarium night sky app" like Stellarium to see the correct order.
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heavens-above.com/skychart2.aspx…
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