Natalia (Nat) Zielonka

On this day six years ago, I was writing about Foxes and Curlew in East Anglia ... and sheep too:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/c...
Research by @natbzielonka.bsky.social and colleagues
#ornithology

Welcome to the #RLASSymposium!
We begin with an introduction to the first #RLASPartnership symposium by Prof. Bridget Emmett OBE @britishecologicalsociety.org. 17 organisations make up this partnership, & we hope it will provide connectivity between #LandscapeScale #LTEs 🌍

Could stress be lowered by listening to #birdsong? What is the role of #soundscapes in our interactions with nature?

I had the pleasure of talking about this and much more at @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social podcast

Listen here: tinyurl.com/5n7udy49

@dice-kent.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social

How does birdsong influence wellbeing? 🐦🎶
I’ll be speaking at #BES2025 on birdsong as a cultural ecosystem service, Thurs 18 Dec at 10am.
Lots of interest already—come along!
Work with @simon-butler.bsky.social, Ellie Ratcliffe, & @konraduebel.bsky.social
@eprg-surrey.bsky.social

And the FreeStations are now out and recording levels of light, air and sound #pollution across the Canterbury University of Kent campus @dice-kent.bsky.social

This research, combined with ongoing habitat and biodiversity monitoring, will support the university towards its nature goals

From Africa to Ashdown Forest: Protected areas through a cultural lens Dr Mark Infield, Landscape Recovery Manager at Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, joins us to talk about his research on the cultural contexts of protected area management.

This Friday as part of @dice-kent.bsky.social's Conservation Research Symposium, we welcome Dr Mark Infield who will give a lecture titled "From Africa to Ashdown Forest: Protected areas through a cultural lens"

You can still sign up here: www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

1/6 Today I will be presenting my masters research on the #phylogeny of the waterfowl family Anatidae via the #BOUasm25 conference on BlueSky. What came first, the duck, the goose or the swan? #ornithology #systematics #waterfowl #ducks #geese #swans
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small, olive green passerine bird with a yellow head and parrot-like billed beak, perched on a lichen-covered tree branch

1/🧵 Today at #BOUasm25, I’m presenting on the ‘ō‘ū 🦜 a parrot billed-like #Hawaiian #honeycreeper, last seen in 1989. We dive into its population ecology and investigate – did it interbreed with other parrot-billed Hawaiian honeycreepers prior its extinction? doi:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0265 #ornithology

At the Natural History Museum today for @bou.org.uk’s conference - A Day at the Museum

It’s a fantastic setting for learning about the importance of natural collections for #ornithology research - talks have been fascinating so far!

Look up #BOUasm25 for Bluesky presentations

Wild about nature: Four health benefits of the outdoors Spending just 20 minutes in nature can lower blood pressure, heart rate and stress levels.

“If you've ever felt calmer after a walk in the park or a stroll through the woods, it's not your imagination - it's biology.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#ornithology 🪶

Excited to be trailing FreeStations - accessible environmental pollution equipment - at our @dice-kent.bsky.social campus next week

Huge thanks for Prof Mark Mulligan from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for building them with us!

Read more here: blogs.kent.ac.uk/dice/2025/09...

Spatio-temporal variability in forest biodiversity associated with human well-being across socio-economic deprivation gradients - Nature Ecology & Evolution Applying a combined social science and trait-based ecology approach, the authors identify ecological traits in forests eliciting positive or negative well-being among human participants in England and...

New paper out today in
@natecoevo.nature.com on biodiversity & human wellbeing in UK forests, both seasonally and along a gradient of socioeconomic deprivation

Funded by @erc.europa.eu and Woodland Trust 🌳, with lovely @dice-kent.bsky.social team

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Woodland Birds Virtual Issue of IBIS in celebration of the #BOUatEOU symposium. Check out all these (free-to-access) great papers:

🔊 VACANCY

Could you be our next Conference Support Officer?

Help us to deliver our exciting conference programme

You'll receive an annual honorarium + free place at BOU conferences

Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the...

⏰ Deadline: 29 August

#ornithology 🪶

📣📣📣 Fully funded MSc scholarships available for this Sept.

Short deadline: 21st July

Kent are offering fully funded taught MSc in Conservation Science #scholarships @dice-kent.bsky.social

For more info: lnkd.in/eiPJG8uE

Any questions, then please email: lhscholars@kent.ac.uk

#phdchat #funding

Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English

We have developed guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 presenters. Please have a read to make your presentation inclusive. Amazing work led by @elizeyxng.bsky.social et al.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@iccb2025.bsky.social
#languagebarriers

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Research Fellow in Conservation Science Are you interested in marine-focused conservation science? Do you enjoy working as part of a large collaborative team? If so, this may be the role for you!We are seeking a marine-focused Research Fell...

More info and apply here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Want to join our team of friendly, fun (personal opinion) and interdisciplinary fellows at @dice-kent.bsky.social?

We’re interested in researching nature recovery from ecological, social and policy perspectives

Happy to chat about my life as a fellow!

Apply 👇

🌎 #ConservationScience

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Research Fellow in Conservation Science Are you interested in marine-focused conservation science? Do you enjoy working as part of a large collaborative team? If so, this may be the role for you!We are seeking a marine-focused Research Fell...

More info and apply here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#ornithology 🪶 🧪

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Dr Alex Bond (Natural History Museum, Tring/London UK) [progress pride flag] Applicants with previous experience in CT/morphology, wildlife acoustics, or plastics particularly encouraged! Applicant eligibility Can’t have spent >12 of the last 36 months in the UK Previous post-doctoral experience & publication track record HIGHLY recommended Must relocate to the UK (London or Tring; remote working is not possible under this funding scheme) Defended PhD by Sept 2025; < 8 years postdoc experience Previous successful applications are available as guides! Applications shared between fellow & host with a deadline 10 Sept 2025 Email: a.bond@nhm.ac.uk / BlueSky: @TheLabAndField@bsky.social https://alexanderbond.org

The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Woodland birds symposium | 18 August 2025 | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

#ornithology 🪶

SPC: Stuart Sharp
@piedflynet.bsky.social
Daria Dadam &
@parusradious.bsky.social

Our new #DrForest paper has found canopy density & tree species diversity have varying impacts on health & wellbeing 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#foresthealth #biodiversity #urbanforests #forestmanagement #environmentalhealth #urbanplanning #research #Sustainability

Here we present the results of the analysis of synchrony in annual population count, productivity, and survival for 26 species across 995 sites monitored from 1998 to 2019 under the European Constant Effort Scheme (CES) (Morrison et al. in prep.).

More exciting synchrony-based results can be read in the paper and many happy hours can be spent exploring our maps of abundance and demographic synchrony here: synchrony.uea.ac.uk.

@jengill.bsky.social @simon-butler.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social

#ornithology 🪶 🧪

Really looking forward to #BioBlitz 2025 at @dice-kent.bsky.social tomorrow!

There’s still time to book yourself onto free walks and surveys that are running all day tomorrow 👇

🦅 🦇 🐞 🐝 🌱 🌻 🦔

Join @dice-kent.bsky.social for #BioBlitz 2025 on the 17th May 🌱 🪲 🐸 🐝 🦡 🌺

This is a family friendly event where we try to record as many species as possible!

We’ve lots of free events! Find them all and sign up here 👉 lnkd.in/e5kjJRmd

Why not join me for a walk to learn about #soundscapes? 🐦🔉

⚠️⏰ The deadline is today!! ⚠️⏰

⚠️⏰ The deadline is today!! ⚠️⏰