University Lecture - Godwit Conservation
Professor Jennifer Gill
Non-members are very welcome at this FREE event, which is suitable for anyone interested in wild birds or conservation - you don't have to be an expert.
Jennifer Gill is Professor of Applied Ecology at the University of East Anglia. Her research spans bird population responses to environmental change, conservation management for breeding birds and migration ecology. Much of her research involves collaborations with citizen scientists and tracking individual birds on migratory journeys to understand how migratory routes form and change.
Reversing the fortunes of declining populations often requires conservation actions, but how do we know where and when we should target these actions to be most effective? Through analyses of Constant Effort Scheme ringing data, field studies of breeding curlew and long-term tracking of individual black-tailed godwits we explore these questions, and the power of citizen science data to inform conservation targeting.
We will be meeting in person in Room 109 in the Palmer Building as usual, but you can also join remotely via Zoom if you prefer. Please click here to join the meeting. You can join from 7.15 pm and the meeting will start at 7.30 pm. You will be muted when you join; please stay muted except when you have been asked to unmute, for recent sightings, questions, etc.
