Birds, science, politics. Reader Man Met Uni, Associate Cornell Lab of #Ornithology, Chair BOURC, Trustee @bou.org.uk SC @ras-network.bsky.social. Usually found in the #PeakDistrict or #Amazonia, he/him. Views own.https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mk6pab2tys2dNot now Super El Niño [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6pab2tys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mk4es37ivs2rGood to see some push-back https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04389-422 Apr 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4es37ivs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mk3qhk47zc2dThis exciting tome has just landed on my desk; happy to have made a minor contribution to this epic avifauna #Ornithology #UKBirding [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3qhk47zc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mjyyisv6dc2aNew paper on the pattern, process and implications of trans-Atlantic vagrancy for ecology and evolutionary biology, written with @pauldufour80.bsky.social and Andrew Farnsworth read free at: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1mzPI3QW8SDs8F #Ornithology #Ecology #UKBirding 🪶🦋🌱🌎🌍🧪21 Apr 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyyisv6dc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mjyeccvdik2d [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyeccvdik2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mjuppaazzk25If biocide usage and non-native plants mean that your garden is bereft of colourful Lepidoptera then capitalism has your back @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - seen at a garden centre today #ExtremeCivilisation19 Apr 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuppaazzk25https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderlees.bsky.social/post/3mjmd3djjb22lOur new paper on the cover of PNAS, led by Anderson Bueno and Chase Mendenhall, shows that that terrestrial matrices and higher nearby tree cover reduce bird extirpations and boost species richness in forest remnants #ornithology https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2521783123 🪶🌍16 Apr 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmd3djjb22l