Behavioural ecologist oddly interested in the individuality of how, why and where animals move.
Postdoc with @niozsearesearch.bsky.social investigating all things red knot and their food.
https://freddiemckendrickecology.carrd.co/
Freddie Mckendrick
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Two out of the (only) three White-tailed Eagles fledged in England in 2025 have since 'disappeared in suspicious circumstances', i.e. people killed them within months.
Read this, and see how much effort those people go to, to kill them. We all know who & why. Two out of three. Within months.
7 of the birds have now made it to Iceland with 6 distributed along the Orkneys and Shetland with little movement over the last day or so (strong winds??). Weather is looking more favourable later in the week so keep your eyes peeled for more on the Scottish Islands! #ukbirding #icelandbirds
Some kids are always on the move – others prefer a good book.
We show that early-life behaviour in golden eagles 🦅 cascades across life stages: more active nestlings fledge earlier, explore more, and disperse sooner.
tinyurl.com/3sb8jnsz @vogelwarte.bsky.social @safilab.bsky.social
#ornithology
Amazing photos by @northronbirdobs.bsky.social of one of our tracked knots, Arenicola with Tellina also skulking around on the island somewhere. So cool to see the knots a lot fatter now than when we deployed the loggers in February and photos like this help so much with the tagging efforts!
Nothing to see here, just 22,400 Sabine's Gulls in one flock... 🤯🇨🇦😍
ebird.org/checklist/S3...
Little auks are small Arctic #seabirds that need to find enough food to raise their chicks in a rapidly changing ocean. This #RSOS paper studied their feeding behaviour over seven breeding seasons in Svalbard using GPS tracking, ocean data, and diet samples: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
let's go lesbians let's go
Crucial discussion by @rewildingbritain.org.uk of how nature conservation in the UK needs to change. It is currently locked into rigid criteria and fixed endpoints - an approach entirely alien to how ecosystems work. But there are better ways. www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/blog/the-wil...
In her second Wild View opinion piece, Rewilding Britain Chief Exec Rebecca Wrigley calls for a radical modernisation of the way we protect our landscapes.
www.rewildingbritain.org.uk
Freddie Mckendrick
Freddie Mckendrick
Richard K Broughton
Matthias Tschumi 🦉
Tom Lowe
Royal Society Publishing
Clara Dies Valls
George Monbiot
More news on the satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle that 'disappeared' on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/03/m...
The newly ploughed observatory crop has played host to a colour-ringed Knot in the past few days.
Initially seen in poor weather and post submission we discovered it’s also carrying a geo-locator from @globalflyway.bsky.social you can follow Arenicola’s progress on the globalflyways network website
Spanish researchers have documented the first known case of a female-only pair of Bonelli's Eagles successfully adopting and raising young:
On Monday the news broke that a young satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle had ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park…
Two female Bonelli's Eagles in northern Spain have successfully adopted and raised three chicks over consecutive breeding seasons, marking a first for the species.
