𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔

Conceptual figure describing additive, antagonistic and synergistic interactions among non-native and native species

New VKM report reviewing theory and global case studies for 'Cumulative impacts from co-occurring non-native species'. Project led by Gaute Velle (NORCE) and Martin Malmstrøm (VKM), with Anders Bryn (NIBIO), Kyrre Kausrud (Vet Inst), Larry Kirkendall (UiB) and myself (NINA). @vkm.no cstu.io/af02a4

Oppdaga kvalross på kaia i Kristiansund: – Det er ikkje daglegdags Søndag har det blitt observert kvalross både i Kristiansund og på Tofterøy utanfor Bergen. Biolog seier det er sjeldan at dei kjem så langt sør.

NRK reporting on a walrus napping in the garden of a cabin near Bergen. www.nrk.no/mr/johan-mal...

Voices of the Flyways: Hólmfríður Arnardóttir Join Hólmfríður to find out what is being done to protect precious wetlands in Iceland and the birds that depend on them.

For migratory birds, the lowland wetlands of Iceland are critical habitats for breeding, resting and refuelling. ✨

Despite heavy drainage, our Partner Fuglavernd, BirdLife Iceland, is working tirelessly to protect and restore these sites.🦆

Learn more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2026/02...

The oldest known Two-banded Plover (Anarhynchus falklandicus), male 41X (D010111), photographed on 22 September 2022 while foraging at Playa Paraná, northern Chubut, Argentina (42.800° S, 64.936° W). Photo credit: Clément Berthelot. The image shows a ploved on a pebble substrate with a dark blurred background. The plover has a light red tag 41X on one leg

New Natural History Note in Austral Ecology:

Exceptional Longevity in a Neotropical Shorebird

A male Two-banded Plover (A. falklandicus) was resighted over nearly two decades at the same Patagonian beach.

🐦🪶🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1111/aec.... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

Foraging loon with crab

New paper in Ornis Norvegica comparing the trophic ecology of Common and Yellow-billed Loons on the coast of Norway. #seabirdscience @birdlifenorge.bsky.social boap.uib.no/index.php/or...

Atlantic Puffin at Hornøya, Norway

New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...

I eagerly await her return each year & this morning, there she was! 🥰 #Curlew CJ6 ringed as a chick in central #Finland in 2012, this is her 13th spring staging on the #AlstonWetland patch. 3-4 weeks fattening up on #Lancashire's finest earthworms then she'll be off once again. #waders #shorebirds

Du kan velge å ikke blande deg Et solid snølag dekker Sørlandet. Hvilke naturens hemmeligheter hviler under? Og hvordan behandler vi dem?

Veldig flott av en av mine mentorer @christiansteel.bsky.social
Flott du fortsetter formidlingen, Christian!
www.agderposten.no/meninger/n/6...

Kort stange

Hviting

Filetering

Klar for fiskegrateng

Søndagsturer etter hvitting på fjordisen ved Fosen

I've been trying to get this old Knot with faded flag read all season- finally brought it to book in the last of the light this eve as it pottered about in the godwit roost behind the Co-op. Turns out it is my old mucker LUP ringed as a 3CY+ in 2009. So now in at least its 20th year. #ornithology

What looks like a dark morph Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset this morning. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close.

Miljødirektoratet ønsker å forby mange fremmede arter Miljødirektoratet ønsker å forby en rekke planter. Men slapp av – du skal få beholde dem du har i hagen.

Dette er lovende. Ingen grunn til å spre et problem, selv om det kan se vakkert ut. Men den virkelig store trusselen mot naturmangfoldet vårt er den store nedbyggingen av naturens vår, og andre arealendringer. www.nrk.no/norge/miljod...

Hudsonian Whimbrel split from Eurasian Whimbrel on ABA checklist

Bør vi bygge i skogen for å få mer strøm?

Dagens foredrag ble etterfulgt av en politisk debatt under den nye NINA visjonen zero.no/arrangement/...

Oslo

Opera huset

Moren

Toppand flokk

Spasetur rundt Oslo sentrum etter dagens møter

Our latest paper on Golden Eagle research in Scotland, using DNA from moulted feathers to assess apparent survival in territorial adults. As ever, data collection from Scottish Raptor Study Group @scottishraptorsg.bsky.social was vital.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#RaptorResearch

Nordlys

Nordlys over Trondheim i går kveld.

A new article in Ecology and Evolution on apparent survival rates for two populations of Golden Eagles in Scotland. Shed feathers were collected at nest sites for genotyping and sexing. Mark-recapture models used to estimate demographic rates.🪶https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72912

From modern tools for ecological monitoring to smart ways to make sense of messy real-world data - including occupancy & N-mixture models - this presentation showed how quantitative ecology can help tackle the biodiversity crisis. A stimulating talk by Brett Sandercock @bksandercock.bsky.social

Rook with bill deformity.

Rook with bill deformity.

Rook with bill deformity.

Unusual long-billed Rook near the railway station at Debrecen, Hungary

Hortobágy Fishponds

Students from University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Birdwatchers

Przewalski's horses

Field excursion to Hortobágy after the PhD Conference on Evolution and Biodiversity at the University of Debrecen in Hungary.

Nå er asurmeis sett for aller første gang i Norge Da dagslyset kom, skjønte Sølvi Johannessen for alvor dimensjonene over det hun har oppdaget i hagen sin.

Fuglefesten herjer! Asurmeis i Trøndelag skaper uforglemmelige øyeblikk.

www.nrk.no/trondelag/na...

Quite the record!
www.artsobservasjoner.no/Image/3281465

COP15 is coming, but what does it mean for waders? Here is a quick guide to the meeting 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

De har sitt Syden i Vinter-Norge ⛱️
Fjæreplyttene fra tundraen i Russland ankommer norskekysten senhøstes for å tilbringe vinteren her.

Les om den morsomme fjæreplytten:
www.aftenposteninnsikt.no/viten/de-har...

Western Capercaillie

Eurasian Wigeon

Scottish Crossbill

Purple Sandpiper

Year list totals for 2025: 228 bird species on 443 checklists in 9 countries, including 203 species for Norway. Five new species included Stejneger’s Scoter, Scottish Crossbills, Gray-headed Woodpecker, Little Bunting and Red-throated Pipit. Looking forward to a fresh start on January 1! #eBird

eBird data for Dec-Feb from the last decade shows vultures wintering on the coasts but not in the Canadian prairies. ‘Buzzards’ might be used for Buteo hawks.

A Robin perches proudly on a snow-dusted wooden post, its bright orange-red breast glowing like a beacon of warmth against the frosty, pale winter backdrop. With its feathers fluffed against the cold and beak open in song, this little garden friend perfectly captures the timeless winter cheer of Robins on #NationalRobinDay.

Happy Winter Solstice - and Happy #NationalRobinDay!

What better bird to cheer up the shortest day? Reply with your favourite snaps of these beloved garden friends...

Let's fill our feeds with Robins. 😍

Thomas Felberg raser mot NRK: – De har kuppet hele redaksjonen Rockveteranen mener at hans arbeidsgiver NRK bryter sitt eget samfunnsoppdrag med den nye kanalen P3 Musikk.

En skandale at P13 ble lagt ned. NRK må snarest sørge for at kanalen gjenoppstår. Og det fort som f.

Norway has proposed Snowy Owl be added to Convention on Migratory Species Appendix II, at #CMSCOP15 (Brazil, March 2026), as a species of unfavourable conservation status requiring international agreement for its conservation. @cms.int Scientific Council will evaluate the proposal this week in Bonn.