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...but you can call me Liz!
Hi all, I work for Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust as a senior bird keeper and the person running the red-billed chough reintroduction in Jersey. I also sit on the BIAZA Reintroduction Advisory Group.

Twitter: @Corry_Liz
Email: elizabeth.corry@durrell.org
Web: www.birdsontheedge.org
www.durrell.org

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Hey,

I am interested in migratory behaviour, movement ecology, carry-over effects and avian responses to environmental change. Finished my PhD 1.5 years ago studying those subjects on whimbrel and I am just starting a postdoc at the South Iceland Research Centre, where I will investigate how trophic interactions may alleviate environmental change effects in the sub-Arctic breeding waders.

Twitter: @Camilo_Carneiro
Email: camilofcarneiro@gmail.com

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Hi everyone. I am an ecologist at the University of East Anglia, and my research focuses on the ecology and conservation of migratory bird systems.

I served as President of BOU (2011-2015) and I am currently Chair of Board of the British Trust for Ornithology.

Twitter: @jengill3
Email: j.gill@uea.ac.uk

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Hello!

I’m a final year PhD student at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science. My PhD research has involved developing new census methods for burrow-nesting seabirds and GPS tracking European storm-petrels to investigate foraging habitat selection.

I’m on the look out for my next position and am particularly interested in applied science, monitoring, spatial ecology, seabirds and R stats!

Twitter: @Zoe_Deakin
Email: deakinz@cardiff.ac.uk

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Hi everyone! I'm a part-time PhD student studying the population recovery of the European Osprey in Britain, with Bournemouth University and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation.

I am also Project Manager for the Poole Harbour Osprey Translocation Project here in Dorset, UK.

Twitter: @BrittanyMaxted
Email: bmaxted@bournemouth.ac.uk or osprey@birdsofpooleharbour.oc.uk

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Hi All, I'm a 3rd year PhD student at Cardiff University (UK) studying the breeding biology and ecology of two species of seabirds (Monteiro's storm-petrel and Madeiran storm-petrel) that breed on the same islet in the Azores, but at different times of year.

Looking forward to hearing all the talks!

Twitter: @HannahHereward
@CUStormies
Email:
HerewardHFR@cardiff.ac.uk

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Hi all, I am a first year PhD student at the University of York working with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

My PhD aims to look at the conservation of critically endangered ibis species (giant and white-shouldered) in Cambodia at a landscape level.

I am looking forward to hearing about all the interesting projects!

Email: lcm566@york.ac.uk

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Hi everyone, I had the enjoyable task of chairing the Scientific Committee for this conference. Hope you enjoy the programme that Nancy, Amanda, Geoff and myself put together.

Twitter: @davidjtdouglas
Email: david.douglas@rspb.org.uk

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Hi! I'm a spatial ecology research associate at UKCEH in Oxfordshire.

I work on a number of projects requiring spatial or fieldwork inputs, often relating to sustainable agriculture. Here, I am sharing research findings on modelling farmland and woodland bird responses to scenarios of change in land use/land cover, which feeds into an expanded online scenario exploration tool we built.

I'm looking forward to all the presentations this year and "meeting" you on various platforms!

Twitter: @emily_upcott
Email: emiupc@ceh.ac.uk

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hello - I'm here for the last time as vice president.

I hope all enjoy this conference - this time I'm spared running up and down the conference hall with a microphone for questioners, but if anyone wants a word, I'll be here for most sessions.

Twitter: @NeilBucknell
Email: nebulastreatley@btinternet.com;

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Hi all,
I am a PhD student at the University of Tartu, Estonia. I work with the breeding wader community on Estonian coastal grasslands, trying to understand what limits their populations.

During this meeting I will be supporting Steve and Ryan with the technical part of the event. I wish you all a successful conference!

Twitter: @TriinKaasiku
Email: triin.kaasiku@ut.ee

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Hello everyone,
I'm a MSc. student in Landscape Ecology at the University of Oldenburg, Germany.

I recently finished my Bachelor Thesis, where I evaluated the dike relocation (in this case a combination of flood protection and nature restoration) of a protected area in northwest Germany located along a tidal influenced river in regards of its effects on breeding and migratory birds.
My main interestes are conservation and ecology (with a soft spot for waders and seabirds).

Looking forward to all the talks!

Twitter: @JBtinthahouse
E-Mail: josefine.bethke@uni-oldenburg.de

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Hi everyone! I’m a final year PhD student at the University of Sheffield and RSPB, and part of the Working for Waders project within the South West Peak Landscape Partnership Scheme.

My research has focused on upland waders (curlew, snipe, and lapwing) in the south west of the Peak District National Park, studying various aspects of wader conservation (to hear about one of my PhD chapters, check out my pre-recorded talk in Session 5, 15:30 UTC on Thursday 1st April) and dabbling in some social science research with farmers (a new and exciting area for me).

I’m looking forward to learning about all of your research!

Email: lakelly1@sheffield.ac.uk
Twitter: @LeahAKelly
Find out about the other projects in the SWPLPS here: https://www.southwestpeak.co.uk/ @SouthWestPeak

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Hello! I’m at the end of a PhD project where I’ve studied migration and dispersal in Cyprus wheatears – my viva is in a few weeks! I used geolocators to compare juvenile and adult migrations, and used colour-ring resighting to examine post-fledging dispersal and first breeding territory selection. I’m looking forward to hearing about everyone's research!

I’m on twitter: @robbpatchett

and my email is: robertbpatchett@gmail.com

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Hello! I'm a final year PhD student (3 months to go..!) at the University of Reading working on ecosystem functioning in birds.

Look out for pre-recorded talk in session 4 (1700 on Wed 31st) on using functional diversity metrics to measure community dynamics of UK birds.

Looking forward to listening to everyone's research and network with other conservationists and fellow ECRs!

Twitter: @LisbethHordley
Email: l.hordley@pgr.reading.ac.uk

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Medha Pandey (she/her) - Conference Attendee 

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Medha Pandey (she/her) - Conference Attendee 

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Hi all! I'm a 3rd year Ph.D. student at Fordham University, NY, USA. My current project focuses on the role of birds in the maintenance and dispersal of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. I'm interested in animal behavior, wildlife conservation, and human dimensions and human-wildlife interactions. I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's presentations!

Email: mpandey1@fordham.edu
Twitter: @NicheCurious
Instagram: @Cobrinha.Coral

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Hi all! I am a member of the BOU’s Equality and Diversity working group, and am currently #theBOUblog Editor (maternity cover). I have previously worked with reintroduced hihi populations in New Zealand, and on various farmland bird projects in the UK. I currently live in Denmark and work at Aarhus University. If you have a recent paper you’d like to blog about, get in touch!

Email: leilawalker@hotmail.com

Twitter: @leilakwalker

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Hello! I'm a third year PhD student at the University of East Anglia and I am using a combination of spatial, genetic, demographic, and environmental data, in order to investigate the drivers of ocean movement patterns in Round Island petrels. My PhD is the first to be funded by the BOU's John and Pat Warham Studentship.

Email: kirsty.franklin@uea.ac.uk
Twitter: @kirstyyfranklin  #RoundIslandPetrels

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Matthias Vögeli - Swiss Ornithological Institute

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Matthias Vögeli - Swiss Ornithological Institute

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Hi all! I'm a research associate at the Swiss Ornithological Institute (www.vogelwarte.ch) and am particularly interested in applied ecology and conservation.
Email: matthias.voegeli@vogelwarte.ch

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Sophie Bennett (she/her) - poster presentation

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Sophie Bennett (she/her) - poster presentation

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Hi everyone! I'm a third year PhD student at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) working on seabird population ecology & behaviour.

At BOU2021 I'm presenting a poster testing whether populations can consistently occupy the highest quality breeding sites, and so maximise associated fitness measures like breeding success, as they change in both size and trend trajectory using almost 40 years of breeding data from a population of common guillemots.

Check out my twitter presentation at 16:55 UTC on 30th March (Thursday).

Email: sobenn@ceh.ac.uk
Twitter: @bennett_sophie

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Hi all! I’m a 3rd year PhD student at the University of Southampton (UK), in collaboration with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (UK) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (USA). I use population modelling (specifically Matrix Population Models and Bayesian methods) to explore life history patterns and inform conservation, with the common eider and black-browed albatross as study species. I’m particularly excited to network with other population ecologists and/or conservation biologists, as well as fellow ECRs!

Email: a.nicol-harper@soton.ac.uk
Twitter: @alexnicolharper #TheNotSoCommonEider

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Mabula Ground Hornbill Project

Hi all,
I run the Southern Ground-hornbill conservation project in South Africa. This includes reintroductions, artificial nests, extensive education campaigns, custodianship, citizen science, conflict management, threat mitigation and conservation planning. Looking forward to learning from you all.

www.ground-hornbill.org.za
Email: project@ground-hornbill.org.za

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Nina O'Hanlon - BOU Engagement Committee Member & Social Media Support Officer

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Nina O'Hanlon - BOU Engagement Committee Member & Social Media Support Officer

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Hi everyone! I'm a Research Ecologist at BTO Scotland, and am particularly interested in seabird ecology and conservation. Alongside Monika Reiss, I'm involved in helping run the Twitter side of #BOU2021.
Follow me on Twitter: @Nina_OHanlon
Or email me at nina.ohanlon@bto.org

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Ana Payo Payo- BOU 2021 Meetings committee. 

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Ana Payo Payo- BOU 2021 Meetings committee. 

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Hola! I'm a research fellow at the School  of Biological Sciences, Universtiy of Aberdeen. I'm interested in how wild populations respond to environmental stochasticity particularly in the face of climate change. I also work in human wildlife conflict. My background is in demography and science communication!
Email: ana.payo-payo@abdn.ac.uk
Twitter: @anapayopayo

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Amanda Trask - BOU2021 Scientific Programme co-organiser & member of BOU meetings committee.

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Amanda Trask - BOU2021 Scientific Programme co-organiser & member of BOU meetings committee.

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Hi all! I’m a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. My research interests include the demographics and genetics of small, threatened populations and in the use of conservation translocations in species recovery planning. I am currently working on recovery planning for an extinct in the wild species, the sihek or Guam kingfisher - keep an eye out for my poster on the sihek!

Email: Amanda.trask@ioz.ac.uk
Twitter: @amandaetrask

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Ailidh Barnes - BOU Engagement Committee Member

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Ailidh Barnes - BOU Engagement Committee Member

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Hello!
I'm a Research Ecologist at the BTO, working on various projects such as the effectiveness of Protected Areas, the importance of habitat recording and insect decline.  I recently finished my PhD at Bournemouth University on the effects of landscape change on bird diversity, conservation priority and rarity which I will be presenting as a virtual poster!

Follow me on Twitter: @AilidhBarnes

Email: ailidh.barnes@bto.org

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Lynda Donaldson - BOU Engagement Committee member

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Lynda Donaldson - BOU Engagement Committee member

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Hi everyone!

I’m a Principal Research Officer in the Conservation Evidence team at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). I work mainly on species recovery projects with a focus on translocation science. I’ll be talking about headstarting for the conservation of wader populations in session 1.

Follow me on Twitter: @donaldsonlynda1

Email: Lynda.Donaldson@wwt.org.uk

https://www.wwt.org.uk/

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Steve Dudley - BOU2021 Co-organiser and BOU Chief Operations Officer

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Steve Dudley - BOU2021 Co-organiser and BOU Chief Operations Officer

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Hi! I've run the BOU since 1997 and have my fingers in all our lovely pies. Conferences are a key work area for me as I'm responsible for developing and delivering each event working with our great Meetings Committee, the Scientific Programme Committee of each event, my BOU colleague, Angela Langford and BOU Conference Support Officer, Ryan Burrell. I'm also responsible for all BOU comms including social media, and with our Social Media Support Officer, Nina O'Hanlon and Twitter volunteer, Monika Reiss, run the Twitter conference elements of each BOU event. And I love birding! And dragonflies.
stevedudley@bou.org.uk
Twitter @stevedudley_

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Hi there, I am the relatively new CEO of British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), having previously led International Conservation Science at RSPB. I would be very interested to hear ideas about how we can make The BOU (and indeed BTO!) more diverse and inclusive such that all our activities are open to anyone and everyone. Follow me on Twitter @juliet_vickery  or email me: Juliet.Vickery@bto.org

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Ryan Burrell - BOU Conference Support Officer

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Ryan Burrell - BOU Conference Support Officer

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Some of you may know me already from IWSG20 or BOUsci20 but for those that do not, hello! :-). When I am not assisting with conferences, I'm a PhD student at Bournemouth University. The focus of my research is the indirect and direct impacts of avian predators on breeding waders. Take a look at some of mine and my colleagues work here: https://www.gwct.org.uk/wadersforreal/

Find me on Slack, drop me an email ryan.burrell@bath.edu or find me on twitter @RyanABurrell

I hope you all have an excellent conference!

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Graham Appleton - BOU Treasurer & member of Council

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Graham Appleton - BOU Treasurer & member of Council

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I retired from the post of Director of Communications at the BTO some years ago and now fill my head with thoughts of shorebirds. I write up recent research in my blog series WaderTales, working with wader biologists from around the world.
wadertales.wordpress.com/about.
My Twitter name is @GrahamFAppleton and my email address is grahamfappleton@gmail.com

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Cat Morrison - Ibis associate editor and member of BOU meetings committee. 

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Cat Morrison - Ibis associate editor and member of BOU meetings committee. 

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Hello, I am a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia. My primary research interests lie in understanding the demographic and environmental processes influencing the population dynamics of birds. My email address is c.morrison@uea.ac.uk and you can find me on twitter @CatMorrison18

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Tom Finch - member of BOU Engagement Committee

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Tom Finch - member of BOU Engagement Committee

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I'm a Senior Conservation Scientist at the RSPB, interested in 'macro' approaches to resolving trade-offs between agriculture, biodiversity, climate, etc. Look out for my pre-recorded talk in Session 6 (1630 UTC on Thursday 1st). Follow me on Twitter @tomfinch89, or email me: tom.finch@rspb.org.uk