Simon Butler

New 📄 📣: Fab new paper using @_EURING ringing data to explore the geography of demographic synchrony in European land birds, and its implications for abundance synchrony | Ecology Letters | doi.org/10.1111/ele.70… @CatMorrison18 @JenGill3 @ueaceec

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4-Year Postdoc/senior-postdoc: spatial/population ecology of a declining population of hen harriers. Closing date 10/1/25. Apply online ore.ucc.ie quoting competition 082791. @irish_ecology @EcologyJobsUK @BES_careers @raptors @BES_SE @BES_Move_SIG @IrishRaptorSG

New📄Here we present the dataset of the Breeding Bird Survey, the main scheme monitoring population changes of common & widespread breeding birds in UK, through a randomised sampling scheme & defined field methodology @_BTO @RSPBScience #ornithology doi.org/10.1111/geb.13…🐦

Great piece by @Nat_B_Zielonka on our recent study exploring the impacts of soundscape decline and enhancement on nature connectedness and well-being besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa… @biouea @ueaceec @PaN_BES theconversation.com/the-hidden-ben…

👉Today, we published the 2024 PECBMS update of bird trends and Wild Bird Indices pecbms.info/european-wild-… Unfortunately, the birds keep declining.

JOB ALERT We seek an engaged and effective research leader to join us @CamZoology as Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Wonderful colleagues, exciting opportunities to shape @Cambridge_SBS future. Deadline 6 Jan More here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48966/

📢JOB ALERT - Please RT📢 Interested in the spatial and temporal drivers of soundscape dynamics? I'm looking for a post-doc to join my 'Valuing Nature's Soundscapes' project. Deadline: 10/01/25 #ecoacoustics #soundscapes Details and how to apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/1353…

📢 Exciting PhD opportunity 📢 Sex and synchrony: the role of males and females in driving population synchrony in wild birds. With me, @JenGill3 @CatMorrison18 & @btorobrob @ARIES_DTP @biouea More info here: aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/b…

Visitors to vineyards enjoyed their tours more when they heard enhanced sounds of diverse birdsong, new research has found 🐦🍇 fruitandvine.co.uk/speakers-hidde… #research #Britishvineyard #Britishwine #biodiversity #vineyard #birds @saffrongrange

Prince Philip Professorship of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology available from October 2025 in Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48966/

Clare College Pathway to Independence Fellowship in Ecology and Conservation Biology. For five years, starting October 2025, based in Department of Zoology. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48931/

An exciting opportunity for an early career researcher in ecology and conservation biology @CamZoology - a funded five year Fellowship linked to @ClareCollege jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48931/ @BES_careers @RoyEntSoc @royalsociety

Exciting PhD opportunity - Passerine viromics and genomics @DSRichardson68, @UEAResearch @ueaceec working on the wonderful Seychelles warbler @SeychellesWarb, and with @EvelienAdri and @hannahdugdale biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/passe… Applications deadline Nov 25

Come work with us at the lovely @DICE_Kent ! 🌳 🦅 🦬

Mating songs of Galápagos finches from a set of possible futures, played to territorial males, reveal links between adaptation and speciation. Check out our new study—led by Dr. Jeff Podos @UMassAmherst—in @sciencemagazine! ⬇️ Summary 🧵below! (1/10) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Two fully funded PhD studentships in British hops to boost the sustainability of this sector. Wildflower interventions: bit.ly/3U9sRDV Biochar for soil health: bit.ly/3YhWIN1