Glasgow Tawny Owl Project
GTOP explores how anthropogenic landscapes affect owl ecology and behaviour 🦉 University of Glasgow 🏴
Giuseppe Orlando, PhD student➡️ gla.ac.uk/pgrs/giuseppeorlando/
Project website➡️ sites.google.com/view/glasgowtawnyow…
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl Project#BiologyLetters in @science.org | Roadkill reimagined: a review of innovative scientific use and value of animals killed by vehicular traffic: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
- The new owl season has already started in Glasgow! We’ve found owls in our boxes – and even chicks! Tawnies breed in deciduous woodlands, but they can also be found in urban parks, and they can start breeding early in the year! @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social @dmdominoni.bsky.social #owls #ecology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectI’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology! Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success. 📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
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- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectA PhD chapter that I'm very proud of is finally out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social!🦉 Using nestbox cameras from 4 countries, we explored interactive effects of habitat quality &weather on provisioning &prey composition 🪱🪲🐀in Little Owls -a rapidly declining farmland raptor. #RaptorResearch #Ornithology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectFantastic PhD opportunity available! “Leveraging citizen science data to reveal latent mechanisms regulating bird population dynamics in urbanised landscapes”. Part of the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program in Ecological Data Science: ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html. More below.
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectAs researchers, we often frame human-nature relationships as positive, but we have overlooked the opposite: biophobia. In our systematic review, we outline the phenomenon of growing numbers of people feeling fear, aversion or disgust toward nature: doi.org/10.1002/fee....
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectOur researchers reveal that light pollution disrupts nocturnal insects & spiders' movements.🏙️🕷️ Dr Rochelle Meah & Prof Nicholas Roberts highlight two key effects: 1️⃣ Masked day-to-night transitions. 🌙🕷️ 2️⃣ Blinded polarized light for navigation.☀️🦋 Read➡️: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl Project🌿 New paper out in npj Urban Sustainability doi.org/10.1038/s429... 🐦 Urban bird diversity is strongly shaped by fine-scale habitat structure. Grass cover, small water bodies and intermediate vegetation complexity enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services, also for future scenarios! #urbanbirds
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectYour daily Avian Hybrids story! The genomics of being an owl avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/t... #ornithology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectYoung Peregrine euthanised after suffering gunshot injuries in Leicestershire. Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/24/p...
- Great experience attending #BES2025 this week and presenting my poster. Very grateful to see my latest findings featured by @britishecologicalsociety.org. More updates on this work and on our owl project coming in 2026 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #RaptorResearch
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectTo test how noise and light pollution are affecting tawny owls, researchers from the @glasgow.ac.uk fitted GPS trackers with built-in light detectors to 20 owls in both urban and forest landscapes around Glasgow and used remote sound recorders to collect noise data.
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectTuve la oportunidad de presentar los primeros resultados de mi PhD sobre modelos para la identificación de aves y los factores que afectan la diversidad aviar en Cali @OrnitologiaCol and also in Edinburgh @britishecologicalsociety.org Stay tune for more information about this research! 🐦⬛
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectTawny owls normally rely on sound to hunt, but new research being presented today at #BES2025 finds that owls in Glasgow are adapting to noisy roads by using street lights to hunt. www.britishecologicalsociety.org/tawny-owls-a...
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectThis one is finally out! We found that local conspecific density does affect vocal individuality in a non-learning species🦉. For more details, check out our new paper 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ornithology #bioacoustics #prattle
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectLooking forward to #BES2025 this week! If you're interested in restoration, complexity and ecoacoustics you should definitely check out my talk on Thursday 🌳🌲🌳🐦🐦⬛
- If you're at #BES2025 and interested in owls and how noise & light pollution affect their foraging behaviour, come to check out my owl poster 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #ornithology #RaptorResearch
- Assembling a new batch of #tawnyowl nestboxes for our project! Looking forward to putting them up and welcoming more owls this coming season 🦉 @e-carlon-m3.bsky.social #owls #RaptorResearch #ecology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectInterested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪 The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition! We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys. Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84 #PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectCalling all early-career ornithologists! The abstract submission for EOU Fledglings 2026 is now open! #ornithology
- 🎉 Abstract submission is open for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland (27–29 March 2026)! 📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026 More info: eounion.org/fledglings #EOU26 #Ornithology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectIf you work in this area (road safety, lighting specialists, ecologists) then please join our Knowledge Network (information below)
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectJohnston et al (2025) Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism 💡🧪🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natclimate.nature.com (H/T @zarahpattison.bsky.social)
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectInterested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help! Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
- If you are interested in helping us to mitigate the impacts of light pollution #ALAN on biodiversity, and work on street lighting mitigation and road safety, consider joining our Knowledge Network: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectAvocetta journal is now also on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/avoc... Follow us for news regarding our articles and other ornithological news! 🦜
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl Project🚨New paper out Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉 doi.org/10.1016/j.is... @unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectDecoding Owl Calls: Refining Occupancy Inference From Passive Acoustic Monitoring | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectFirst paper from our tawny owl project finally out! Great European-wide collaboration, thanks to all participants who have kindly contributed their data. We found that noise negatively affects occupancy and breeding success, while the effects of light pollution depended on the distance to roads.
- Our new European-scale study shows that noise impairs owl occupancy and reproduction. Light pollution also impairs both traits, but its effect on reproduction changes based on road proximity, decreasing closer to roads @dmdominoni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #RaptorResearch
- Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @dmdominoni.bsky.social #owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectThe dark side of bright lights, with reference to some of our #ALAN work here @sciencesncl.bsky.social india.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl Project#EOU2025 You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution. PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls... PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
- The GTOP is at the EOU Conference at Bangor University showing the current research on how tawny owls cope with anthropogenic environments 🦉💡🔊🛣️ #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social #owls #ornithology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectInteresting plenary by Davide Dominoni on urban birds and the challenges they face! #EOU2025 #ornithology
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- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectThe long-term pattern of change in Tawny Owl female characteristics in a local population indicates a rapid shift in body size, but not in body mass | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶
- Busy days with Tawny Owl chicks around Glasgow! 🦉 On average, Tawny Owls lay 2-3 eggs and incubation lasts 28-30 days. Chicks will then fledge around 35-38 days old. #tawnyowls #strixaluco #ornithology
- Reposted by Glasgow Tawny Owl ProjectHow did the owl cross the road? Movement patterns and behaviour of a threatened apex predator www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #RaptorResearch 🪶 #ornithology
