Dr Steve Portugal, The University of Oxford

We have 5 new MSc students joining us in September. Next up is Lucy Meddings. Lucy is going to be studying the social life of pigeons.

We have 5 new MSc students joining us in September. Next up is Lucy Moore. Lucy is going to be studying social structure and cognition in pigeons.

We have 5 new MSc students joining us in September. Next up is Alex Lamond. Alex is going to be studying avian visual fields.

We have 5 new MSc students joining us in September. First up is Tom, who is going to be studying UV signalling in coral reef fish.

Congrats to Jasper, Rana and Ursh for graduating with your MSc’s!

Our new paper is out today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. This paper is all about eggshell surface topography, pigmentation and its heterogeneity. Wonderful visuals as always by first author Marie Attard.

We have a new paper coming in Journal of Experimental Biology, called “Influence of behavioural and morphological group composition on pigeon flocking dynamics“. Congrats first author Dan Sankey, who has now published all 5 of his PhD data chapters.

Very happy our paper has been accepted in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. All about surface texture heterogeneity in maculated bird eggshells. More to follow. Thanks and congratulations to co-authors Marie (Attard) and James (Bowen).

I have a new article out in Birdwatch magazine, all about bird eggs!

We’re very grateful to SEB, COB and ASAB for making it possible for PhD students Robin, Hana and Jamie to attend various conferences and lab visits over the last six months! It’s made the world of difference! Congratulations Jamie and Robin for your recent prize success at the Postgraduate Symposium.