An Egyptian Vulture in flight over mountains

Welcome, I'm

Tohar Tal

Tohar Tal
About me

I am an early-career ornithologist passionate about understanding the movement ecology of birds across the full annual cycle. My research integrates animal tracking, citizen-science data, computational methods, and ecological theory to study how behavioural, demographic, and environmental processes shape bird populations in a changing world. By linking individual movement behaviour with population-level patterns across spatial and temporal scales, I aim to advance our understanding of the mechanisms driving population dynamics.

Black-tailed Godwits
Sanderlings in flight
A Pallid Harrier in flight
Eurasian Spoonbills
A Honey Buzzard
A Broad-billed Sandpiper
A Western Subalpine Warbler
A mixed flock of waders in flight over the Portuguese coast
A flock of waders
A Kentish Plover
A European Stonechat
A Pallas's Gull
A Peregrine Falcon chasing a Sanderling
A Ptarmigan
Black-tailed Godwits
Sanderlings in flight
A Pallid Harrier in flight
Eurasian Spoonbills
A Honey Buzzard
A Broad-billed Sandpiper
A Western Subalpine Warbler
A mixed flock of waders in flight over the Portuguese coast
A flock of waders
A Kentish Plover
A European Stonechat
A Pallas's Gull
A Peregrine Falcon chasing a Sanderling
A Ptarmigan

For an overview of all my trips and photos, visit my Birding page.

Current Work

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Bird Ecologist

Waardenburg Ecology

Research and data analysis with a primary focus on offshore avian ecology and environmental impact assessments.

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Co-Chair of the Board

Batumi Raptor Count

Leading one of the world's largest volunteer-based migration monitoring projects, counting over one million raptors annually at a key corridor in the Republic of Georgia.

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Management Committee Member

EUFLYNET Cost Action

A European flyway research network for the effective conservation of migrant landbirds.

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Validator

Observation.org

A global citizen-science platform for collecting and sharing biodiversity data.