Wednesday 13 April 2011

Latest from Iceland

Mummi reports the following from Iceland: 460 Brent at Alftanes yesterday. A further 200+ at Blautos (Grunnafjordur) yesterday and a flock of 165 was at a new site in far NW (Bolungarvík) probably drifted in strong SW-wind. Also a flock of 30 at Stykkisholmur today (unusually early for Breidafjördur). Rings already being read!

Thursday 7 April 2011

Nothing happening fast in Iceland

Latest report from Gudmundur is of just 29 unringed birds at Alftanes yesterday. But it is early days!

Friday 1 April 2011

PNAS on Tuesday

Exciting new findings

Dr Xavier Harrison is about to submit his latest revelations to a very high impact factor journal. All the best of luck!!
 

Icelandic latest

Yann, Edward et al. are invariably on top of things in Iceland so the following link:

http://notendur.hi.is/yannk/migrants.htm

is the best way to keep abreast of the latest migratory happenings. The news thus far - Greenland White-front, Greylag Geese and Whooper Swans have arrived but no sign, as yet, of Brent. Mummi will no doubt be first to see or hear of them so watch this space....

Thursday 31 March 2011

Two PhD studentships available (2011 start) University of Exeter

1. Facebook for geese: the causes and consequences of stable associations in a social forager
2. Disruption and disease: How does population management affect disease risk in wild bird populations?

These studentships will be based at the University of Exeter's large and dynamic Centre for Ecology & Conservation at our Cornwall campus and are part of a trio of PhD projects that build on the expanding collaborative research programme between the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and the University of Exeter.

For more information and how to apply:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=766
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=767

Informal enquiries welcome: s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk and n.j.royle@exeter.ac.uk

No Brent yet in Iceland

Latest reports from Iceland (today) don't reveal any observations of Brent there as yet. Any day now however (best to migrate when you don't have a gale force headwind!)

http://notendur.hi.is/yannk/birdnews.html