#StormGoretti: time to batten down the hatches in the #SouthWest, with a red weather warning for #Cornwall and the #IslesOfScilly. Our autonomous data buoys are starting to feel the effects of the storm, with our L4 buoy (about 6 miles south of Plymouth) seeing strong, near-gale winds of 33mph.

Galápagos sea lions seem to be regularly suckling from their mothers way above the usual weaning age (up to age 16!) when they are already reproductively active themselves 😲 Some new findings that mess with what we know & pose more questions than they answer www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

A huge thank you to our panel today on Seabird Careers - @robthomasbirds.bsky.social, Helen Wade, @jaycee161.bsky.social & @seabirdshearer.bsky.social 👏 Many insights, interesting backstories, tips on applying for jobs & more! The session was recorded & will be available to watch if you missed it 🍿

Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼 📆 Fri 12 December 🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK) 📍 Online Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀

Another day, another #auk. The Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) is born black+fluffy, with several years before developing its bright red feet fully. These are associated with sexual maturity @2-4 y/o 👣 Black guillies are widespread in the N.hemisphere and are arguably the best #seabird 😉 #Auktober

The first paper from our #kittiwake/ oil platform work has been published! 🕊️🗼 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 2387 AONs were recorded on 14 (28%) assets. Could equate to 16,382 across pictured assets 🔺 or 7% of UK/ Ireland population, but not currently incl. in #seabird census!

The loveliest person to have the pleasure of working with. Will miss you Amy 🥰 #Seabirds #TheSeabirdGroup

The Seabird Group@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is the last issue from our fabulous Editor @islandamy21.bsky.social 😢❤️ We're really sad to see her go, so we hope you'll join us in giving her a huge thanks for all the news and #seabird stories she has brought to us over the last few years 👏👏👏👏👏

Exciting news!! The World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social 4th World #Seabird Conference is now open for registration! 🕊️🌏 🏢Hobart, Tasmania. 📅7-11 Sept 2026 Click the link for all the info 🤓 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir... #WSC4

Find yourself a man who looks after you like this frigatebird looks after its stick

Adrift Lab (Marine Science)@adriftlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Happy bird requires stick 💚 #frigatebird #seabird #OenoAtoll

#SeabirdSeptember Another season complete with the offshore kittiwake colony I've known for 3 years now. Productivity and survival looking good, but we'll wait for the camera data to tell us more. Love to see them thriving and notice the same birds turn up on the same ledges year on year 🥰

An immaculate, pre-breeding Roseate #tern for #SuperSeabirdSunday #TeamTern

As autumn begins & seabird season ends for another year, we've been reminiscing about the summer! We'd love to share images of #seabird fieldwork throughout September to celebrate our diverse seabird species ✨🪶 If you have one you'd like to share pls include a description & use #SeabirdSeptember! 🐦

The next in our series of ECR talks is coming up on Fri 5th September - this time on Peer Review 👀📃 The panel will be our own @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @ingridpollet.bsky.social, @tashgillies.bsky.social & Dr. Richard Sherley ✒️✨ Time: 9.30 am (BST). Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Early career researcher who'd love a mentor? Or mid-career (onwards) looking to give back AS a mentor? Sign up below for the new round of Guillemates 🥰🐧 Mentees👉 forms.gle/cdktNREkhUDb... Mentors👉 forms.gle/uwA9X9giUPnA... Such a great learning (or supporting!) opportunity 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 Pls share! #seabirds

New Conservation project to protect nesting seabirds on the Great Saltee Island, Wexford - @npwsireland.bsky.social #NatureConservation #Seabirds www.npws.ie/news/new-con...

The outcomes of my study back in 2017 recommended wardens were appointed to help protect the breeding gannets on Great Saltee... and 8 years later they're in place 🥳 www.npws.ie/news/new-con... #betterlatethannever #seabirds #Ireland Well done @npwsireland.bsky.social

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Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · last yr.

Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating. Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future. To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b... 🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊

Couldn't let #WorldSeabirdDay go past without a nod from us and the best UK #seabird there is! Here's to another year where we will advocate and fight for our beautiful, wonderful #seabirds ❤️❤️❤️ What's your favourite seabird?? [Photo: Debs Allbrook]

Fully devastating footage 💔

spencer roberts 🦈@unpopularscience.bsky.social · last yr.

I will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪

Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout (dla205@exeter.ac.uk) 🐦💍💛 (Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑) #Seabirds #IrishSea

Really interesting chat on #seabird #research careers from @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social this morning 🕊️🐥🐧 Thanks everyone on the panel for your time, some food for thought 🙏✨

The Seabird Group@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · last yr.

We had an excellent discussion this morning on #seabird careers (skills, advice, hurdles) for our 2nd ECR talk. 🐧 A huge thanks to our panel: Ana Carneiro, Maria Dias, David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social & Jon Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social! 🙏 rep @jacquiglencross.bsky.social for facilitating!

This is terrifying..

Dr Alex Bond@thelabandfield.bsky.social · last yr.

Most worryingly, we found evidence of neurodegeneration in <90-day-old seabird chicks with high levels of ingested plastic - protein expression signatures akin to what we see in human patients with dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (3/5)

New #OA paper in the #seabird journal (@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social)! We GPS-tracked Black-legged #Kittiwakes breeding on an offshore platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In short, we show that they have a short foraging range compared to coastal... 1/6 www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37

Worrying..

Nat Duffus@natduffus.bsky.social · last yr.

Wrote this opinion piece with some fellow zoologists about the use of so-called 'welfare' penguins across Oxfordshire. We argue that penguins are ill-suited to such a role (sorry penguins 🐧) and that there are better ways to reap the benefits of contact with nature! 🌱 cherwell.org/2025/03/05/u...

This makes fascinating reading. I've always felt uncomfortable with these encounters (despite finding orcas the most fascinating animal on the planet) and though I love close, incredible wildlife encounters, it's just never really sat right.. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Snorkelling with orcas (killer whales) in Skjervøy, Northern Norway: Ambivalent encounters in a crowded tourism space - Sadie E Hale, 2025

The opportunity to snorkel with orcas (killer whales) near the Norwegian Arctic town of Skjervøy is unparalleled globally, due to the absence of regulations pro...

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Please join us in welcoming our new lovely members to Seabird ExComm 🐧🤝. A big thank you to all those who participated in voting, and we look forward to our next chapter with the new team! ⭐ Alice Edney ⭐ Eryn Shinnie ⭐ Debs Allbrook ⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies ⭐ Ingrid Pollet

To all our fab Executive Committee members who have reached their end of term in their current roles, we wish you all the very best in your future endeavours and thank you for all your hard work for seabirds 🕊️🙏 ⭐ Ian Cleasby ⭐ Ruth Dunn ⭐ Kirsty Franklin ⭐ Lila Buckingham ⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies