Pedro J. Leitão

@InesCatry Ouch!

🌞37ºC degrees today in Castro Verde, south Portugal. Very high and unusual temperatures for April! The landscapes are drying up, and predictions point for a very long and hot summer. What will be the consequences for wildlife? #ClimateCrisis #birds

I offer two fully funded, 4-year PhD positions in Prague. Macroecology, biodiversity science, ecological statistics, and remote sensing. Application deadline 15th Feb, starting date 1 Oct 2023. Details and instructions: petrkeil.github.io/news/2023/01/1…

Icarus – Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - Fireworks have long-lasting effects on wild birds icarus.mpg.de/116669/news_pu…

Saw my 263rd sp for Germany over Xmas: the (Black-bellied) Brent Goose... 🙏🏾 #Birdwatching #BirdinginGermany

❗️❗️❗️Global Biodiversity framework just approved @UNBiodiversity #COP15. Extraordinary achievement of the global policy and scientific community. Years in the making. Now the hard work starts: implementing those targets and goals.

Are you interested on finding ways to improve SDMs? Don't miss our thematic session this week in #BES2022. Experts from different fields will be discussing novel approaches and challenges. @dchap79 @LouvrierJulie @stefanomammola1 @steppebird

Sunset at Müggelsee, just after finding the Arctic Skua that has been around for some days... #Birdwatching #BirdinginBerlin #Sunset #ArcticSkua #Müggelsee

Let´s celebrate the release of the #GEE TimeSeries Explorer #QGIS plugin v2.0! Complete GUI overhaul, loads of new features, better performance. Available as stand-alone or within the #EnMap Box via #plugin repo - happy exploring! geetimeseriesexplorer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cont…

@birdingtherapy Hmm, that's a male Cuckoo though... 🤔

Perfection.

Scientists find that more than 1/5 of all reptile species are threatened with extinction. New @ConservationOrg, @natureserve & @IUCN led study warns we must conserve them to prevent dramatic changes to Earth’s vital ecosystems. #EndangeredSpeciesDay ci-intl.org/38GD8D9

Birders all over the UK were struggling to see migratory birds at least until the last week of April🐦 One major fear is that as spring shifts earlier and earlier, birds may struggle to adapt to the changes. 📰@stephenmoss_tv theguardian.com/environment/20…

Here a Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis) I saw when birding this morning. Did you know these little guys are actually legless lizards? Cute little things! #Nature #LoveNature

Nice experience by the BirdRace on Saturday, after 20 hours of observation and over 90 Km with the bicycle! #Birdwatching #BirdinginBerlin #Nature #LoveNature

It's starting now!! #Birdwatching #BirdinginBerlin #BirdRace #Nature #LoveNature

Lunch break in the city #Berlin #WildBerlin #Nature #LoveNature

Sunset at Moorlinse #Birdwatching #BirdinginBerlin #Nature

Chair of the @_EBCC @Mark_A_Eaton announce that European Breeding Bird Atlas @newebba book is currently on the 4th print - huge success for the ornithological community of Europe! Proud to be part of the community at the 22nd conference @ebcc2022