Celebrating 20yrs Rat free this year! One of the biggest successes on the island is the seabirds, but for Manx Shearwaters it has been phenomenal. One of our box birds from today, the fact we have 15,000 and they breed successfully was unthinkable 30yrs ago!

Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪

How do fulmars respond to drones: #seabirds 🌍🧪

Dr Sjúrður Hammer@sjurdur.bsky.social · last mo.

Drones, AI, thermal imaging and 3D modelling is proving a real game changer for monitoring cliff nesting seabirds Circumventing Blind Angles and Disturbance: Evaluating UAS for Monitoring Cliff-Nesting Seabirds www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/10... @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social

The first case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia has been confirmed. What does this mean? theconversation.com/the-first-ca...

The first case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia has been confirmed. What does this mean?

This is not the moment to call defeat. There is a chance we can stop this infectious virus, this time at least.

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Sound up! #StormPetrels just past midnight at #Mousa Broch, #Shetland. A truly special experience. Invasive predators are a big risk to colonies so kudos to @rspbscotland.bsky.social #Shetland & @biosecuritylife.bsky.social teams for the recent rat incursion response. #seabirds #superseabirdsunday

Finally published, is the outcome of surveys and HPAI detections in skua species in 2024/25. Detections as far south as Marguarite Bay. 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"It is never too late to start a long term monitoring survey, but it is always too early to stop it" I have start a ringing programme on European storm-petrels in 1997 and ring my 30,000 birds this week 😀 #seabirds

#SeabirdSaturday European storm-petrel

Lesser black-backed gulls avoid offshore wind farms - but not because they are attracted by the fishing boats outside of those windfarms New article on #seabirds #ornithology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @robvanbemmelen.bsky.social, @judyshamounb.bsky.social

Offshore wind farm avoidance by a discard‐feeding seabird is independent of local fishing activity

Fishing is not allowed within wind farms; therefore, discard-feeding seabirds may appear to avoid wind farm areas. We found that most Lesser Black-backed Gulls avoided the wind farm area, but not eac....

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Piro et al. Tracking of adult males and females across a migratory divide: migration strategies of a western baltic common tern (Sterna hirundo) population link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology #seabirds

Tracking of adult males and females across a migratory divide: migration strategies of a western baltic common tern (Sterna hirundo) population - Movement Ecology

Background European Common Terns’ migration routes along the eastern Atlantic flyway and wintering areas in western and southern Africa were identified in ringing studies. Recent tracking studies reve...

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New article out on #plastics in #fulmars. Thanks to my wonderful Master student & great colleagues in Norway & Iceland, as well as fishers in both countries, we now sit with a lot more knowledge about plastics in #seabirds in the North Atlantic. www.nina.no/english/Abou...

Eight out of ten northern fulmars have plastic in their stomachs

Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Photo: Nina Dehnhard/NINA. The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is a seabird found across the North Atlantic and Arctic marine regions, including along the N...

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In our #NewPaper, we developed a minimally invasive test to detect the hidden harm from plastic ingestion in live #seabirds. By looking at proteins in the blood, we identified a biological signature of plastic-associated damage doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Colony managers know it The literature ignores it! Many seabirds are young - juvenile, immature, subadult, prebreeder - and we know v little about them! Here's our paper on why you should care about young seabirds for conservation! W/ @ejgnam2.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/fee....

A fascinating story, with some gorgeous artwork, too. #Seabirds

How 'Seabird Sue' Blends Art and Science to Attract Birds Back to Lost Habitat

For the past decade, Sue Schubel has been making detailed decoys of terns, puffins and other seabirds to entice real ones to restored or new homes

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Variation in food availability affects the population age structure of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica in the Faroe Islands vist.ly/42u2s #JuvenileFishIndex #SeaBirds

🚨 In press: Seasonal variation in trophic niche and resource use in Great Black-backed Gulls by Langlois-Lopez et al. #seabirds #TeamGull #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...

As a #seabird #biologist, I know all to well how difficult it can be to deploy tracking devices that last long enough on the #bird! This new study uses 3D-printed clamp systems to deploy tracking devices on #seabirds. Read the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A novel non-permanent attachment method for bird-borne tracking devices using 3D-printed clamps - Journal of Ornithology

Collecting GPS positions on bird movements requires secure and efficient attachment methods that maintain animal welfare. For seabirds, one of the most threatened bird groups globally, non-permanent a...

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SEAPOP.bsky.social@seapop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Tracking #seabirds has become increasingly important to collect data about their space use - but how to attach the #loggers? Colleagues from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social have developed a clamp system, which helps to keep loggers in place for several weeks to months. seapop.no/en/2026/03/n...

Massive wreck of #puffins #seabirds in France, Spain and Portugal after successive storms (same period as the 2014 event) All age classes founded: 1st winter, immature and adults

New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that #ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

Ocean warming threatens seabirds in the North Atlantic

Climate change is causing ocean warming, acidification and loss of sea ice. This, in turn, is leading to shifting biogeographic distribution and in some cases species extinction.

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Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project? We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣 🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology

#biologging #research is booming - but do #loggers actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication seapop.no/en/2025/11/l... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social #seabirds

Loggers attached to birds can affect foraging behaviour

Loggers have become a central part of research on seabirds and other groups of animals over the past 20 years. In seabird research, loggers provide very useful documentation of diving behaviour…

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Importantly, birds that remained with the same partner tended to lay eggs earlier, which is strongly tied to how many chicks they rear 🐣. See our news story: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... Read the full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #seabirds #ClimateChange 🧪

Seabirds are more likely to ‘divorce’ in bad weather

Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a new study involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

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🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨 Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣 Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology doi.org/10.1093/ices...

Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring

Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu

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Older #stormies are close to fledge in Brittany, Western France, youngest are fluffy, and a few adults are still brooding their chick or incubating their egg #seabirds #stormpetrels

Using an automated recognition system to monitor endangered seabird breeding colonies 🌍 #Seabirds #AI #RecognitionSystems #Ecology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Integrating AI into ecology for fully automated monitoring of endangered seabird breeding colonies

The rapid pace of human-related development and environmental instability has placed significant pressure on global ecosystems, threatening the existe…

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🍽️🐦 Proteomic studies reveals that #Seabirds with plastic in their stomachs had signs of neurodegenerative disease, kidney and liver disease as well as damage to the lining of the stomach ☠️While not always lethal, microplastics will undoubtedly have long-term effects on populations.

Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration

Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.

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To protect wildlife as offshore wind grows, we need the best ecological data. Monash University researchers created a practical guide to seabird flight—how high, how fast & when they fly. 📄 Journal of Applied Ecology: bit.ly/4eXfqQw #Seabirds #ClimateAndNature

1st jumps of the oldest young guillemots at cap Frehel, Brittany

Hatching time for gulls in Brittany #TeamGull

NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to inspect connectivity of #seabirds and other marine megafauna in the #oceans: buff.ly/C2ZBHwD Tool is here: buff.ly/Mh64gTo