@SteffOpp

I used Twitter to promote science and conservation of globally threatened birds, but this activity has now moved to: https://xitter.cf/t.co/iAZMWmufVR

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Tracked migratory birds are documenting their own deaths along the African-Eurasian flyway. Energy infrastructure, illegal killing & poisoning to blame, outstripping natural mortality causes in tracked raptors, storks & cranes. #Ornithology doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.202…
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#DYK seabirds are one of the most threatened groups of vertebrates in the world? Out of 362 species, a massive 43% are listed as threatened or near threatened by @IUCN. #WorldOceansDay @BAS_News @Birdlife_News @darwin_defra #WorldAlbatrossDay #EndSeabirdBycatch #SaveSeabirds
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HOT OFF THE PRESS 💥 The first island-wide distribution of bait has been completed! This is an important milestone for the project, but we still have a long way to go, now fingers firmly crossed for good weather windows for the second application 🤞
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Simple change to fishing gear saves thousands of birds in Namibia theguardian.com/world/2021/j…
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Discovering the migration of the Critically Endangered #SociableLapwing, 2004 to 2019: 88 surveys in 12 countries by >160 people 29 birds sattellite-tracked 1600 birds colour-ringed Historical data compiled back to 1767 Results available as preprint: bit.ly/2JufUjx
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Eric Vidal@Vidal_Eric_isld3 Jan 2020
Risks posed by rat reproduction and diet to eradications on tropical islands Nice paper from #AraceliSamaniego @MarkusGronwald @SteffOpp @IsldJames and coll. link.springer.com/article/10…
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Now accepted in @FrontEcolEvol! "Spatial and Temporal Variability in #Migration of a Soaring Raptor Across Three Continents". Big collab. w @louis_phipps @lopez_pascual @SteffOpp +++, & @4Vultures @hawkwatchint @RSPBScience @UV_EG @SMBC +++. #EgyptianVulture #lovevultures
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If you want to tag an Egyptian vulture, you must catch it first! You can see the visualisation of the term "trapping"! lifeneophron.eu/#a-seven-mor… #Tech4Wildlife @WILDLABSNET
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PhD position (3+2 years) @jlugiessen: bit.ly/2Gupgvb #remotesensing and #biodiversity research in Central Europes' largest remaining coppice forest landscape. In close collaboration with our Copwoods project: bit.ly/2Eain2J @BiogeoBerlin @AG_Stoltenberg
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Medraptors@MidMedFlyway19 Dec 2018
Migrating raptors at the Gulf of Iskenderun, take a look to the report @SteffOpp @Natures_Voice #ornithology #birds #Raptors #birdmigration #birding #birdsofprey community.rspb.org.uk/ourwor…
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Avocetta@AvocettaJournal19 Dec 2018
Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy’s petrel @SteffOpp #ornithology #birds #seabirds link.springer.com/article/10…
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Our first article on the feeding ecology of red-billed #tropicbird comming out soon in MEPS! It shows how two populations from the same species can show quite different foraging strategies #seabirdersaturday @SteffOpp bit.ly/2P1qoXG
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Teresa Militão@TeMilitao28 Apr 2018
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Save Seabirds@SaveSeabirds28 Apr 2018
Bosphorus bycatch of majestic yelkouan shearwater in fishing gears this past week has been stopped by municipal police. Our partner @DogaDernegi thanks everyone around the world who retweeted #RedAlertForYelkouan for their support – it really made a difference! #SaveSeabirds
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Ascension Frigatebird usage of marine areas depends mostly on distance from colony as #birds forage very flexibly #seabird #tracking @MEPS_IR bit.ly/meps_585_199
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Robust long-term monitoring was a theme at #seabirds16. Here's more on that from @SteffOpp: bit.ly/2clj6NZ
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