Jen Gill (she/her)

Ever reported a colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit? This important paper could not have been written without you: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Summarised as a #WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/how… #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

@JohnNWells1 @Jon_Heath_ @rachel_lennard @PetePotts7 Hi John. Yes, that one should definitely have three rings on the left. It's possible it may have lost a ring. I'll DM Pete's email address to you - hopefully he will be able to work out the identity.

@JenGill3 @Jon_Heath_ @rachel_lennard @PetePotts7 Did you read my Addendum? to original post @JenGill3 for @PetePotts7 I also redrew it front on. Here’s another sketch with more time (from my note book). Defo only saw 2 colour rings on left leg (R.above.W). Observed over 0.5hour but very cold. And at distance 200 yds by (scope)

@JohnNWells1 @Jon_Heath_ @rachel_lennard Hi John. Were there three rings on the right leg (YRY)? If so, there will also be three on the left leg (?RW or RW?), and this is one for @PetePotts7. Many thanks!

Above post for @JenGill3 and @Jon_Heath_ and @rachel_lennard Black-t-Godwit Fortrey’s Hall. Left leg; Red above Yellow. Right Leg: top Yellow, middle Red (orange?), lower Yellow.

@mattthesparrow Hi Matt. Worth checking out this brilliant blog by Steve Dudley on how to use Bluesky effectively: bou.org.uk/blog-dudley-bl…

A lot of people seem to be going across to Bluesky. I have gone onto it but I have experienced very little interaction on there, and I note several others have experienced the same. At the moment it doesn't really seem worth going on there🤔.

Can remote sound recorders help with surveys of breeding waders? Blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/cou… Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ib… #ornithology #waders #shorebirds

No. What happens in Doñana DOES NOT STAY in Doñana. After more than two years of work, we’ve published an article demonstrating that the poor condition of Doñana negatively affects waterbirds across the ENTIRE continent! Thread below! 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

Our new findings: Unique mating strategies of #ruff sandpiper #morphs don't translate into #sperm polymorphism. frontiersin.org/journals/ecolo… #ornithology #Evolution

As the COP29 climate meeting is reaching its end, it should not come as a surprise that yet another COP is failing. The current draft is a complete disaster. But even if our expectations are close to non-existent, we must never ever find ourselves reacting to these continuous betrayals with anything but rage. The people in power are yet again about to agree to a death sentence to the countless people whose lives have been or will be ruined by the climate crisis. The current text is full of false solutions and empty promises. The money from the Global North countries needed to pay back their climate debt is still nowhere to be seen. The host country - Azerbaijan - is a repressive and authoritarian petro-state that has committed ethnic cleansing and genocidal acts towards Armenians. Civil society present at COP29 are being silenced, yet continue fighting and pushing negotiators towards the bare minimum. All this while oppression, inequalities, wars and genocides all over the world continue to intensify. Those in power are worsening the destabilisation and destruction of our life supporting ecosystems. We are on track to experience the hottest year ever recorded, with the global greenhouse gases reaching an all time high just last year. It is clear that our current systems are not working in our favour. The COP processes aren’t just failing us, they are part of a larger system built on injustice and designed to sacrifice current and future generations for the opportunity of a few to keep making unimaginable profits and continue to exploit planet and people. With every negotiation, with every speech made by a world leader and with every agreement they sign, it becomes clear that it is up to us as a global collective to take the action we so desperately need and show where the leadership truly lies. They are not going to do it for us, as this COP29 yet again proves. #COP29 #PayUp #ClimateJusticeNow

Absolutely bonkers. Meanwhile, synthetic fibres made from oil shed huge quantities of microplastic from washing machines into the ocean. Are we utterly incapable of joining dots?

⚠️ Advance warning that from 5pm Friday 22nd to 5pm Monday 25th November, BTO’s website and apps for surveys will be offline for essential updates. This includes @BirdTrack, @BBS_birds, @BTO_GBW and @WeBS_UK. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful bit.ly/3Z74GsG

Very sad news from @BirdLife_News today ➡️ birdlife.org/news/2024/11/1…

Útdauður spói. /// More extinction.

Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own. Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest?... 1/

As per IUCN guidelines the Slender-billed Curlew is now no longer seen in the wild. Another species is gone, yet not much is done at #COP29 and #COP16. #ClimateEmergency

The desperately sad news that the Slender-billed Curlew is now globally extinct: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Over where the sky is 💙, the #ornithology starter pack is here: go.bsky.app/CB8biDW If you don't know where to start with🦋 check it out as it contains relevant accounts to follow & is curated by @IBIS_journal Obvs X won't display the link image so here's a snip instead 🙃

#seabird Conservation Scientist job - closing date Wednesday 20th November! Conservation Scientist (Fixed-Term) | RSPBhttps://app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Careers/CareersPage.aspx?e=LMo8nnTwYNYHXFKtp7zmhcSa43-xHCGT9Rv7S3FyO21adutHqUJBvtsVTxz_HTlDgJX1nqCl29I

#biodiversity declines of 20-30% on sp that inhabit multiple continents go mostly unnoticed. But if market value of int. companies drop 2-3% it becomes global news. However economic markets only exists due to healthy #ecosystems. #conservation #ornithology publico.pt/2024/11/16/azu…

I'll keep checking in here (especially for godwit sightings) but you'll find me mostly over on the very lovely blue sky now @jengill.bsky.social