Dr Ingrid Pollet
@ingridpollet.bsky.social
#seabirds ecologist studying bycatch, plastic, migration, pollution. soft spot for Leach's storm-petrel. Editor for Seabird.
Exposure to #plastic is increasing rapidly, but few consequences have been described in detail. Does this mean we’re worrying about nothing? Nope! Our #NewPaper highlights the bio-mechanical consequences of #PlasticIngestion on the stomach. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Signs that I’m old based on what people told me this week at the #WSC4 conference: - you’ve been an inspiration for my MSc ( the guy is now a post-doc). - thanks for being a pioneer in this technique.
"Is plastic pollution getting worse?" It's the question we get asked more than any other. After 15 years of data from Lord Howe Island, we finally have a straight answer. 🧵 🔗 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Good people, good science has strike again. Stomach contraction varies with plastic load in Sable shearwaters. Thanks @adriftlab.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @alixdejersey.bsky.social and Jack! doi.org/10.1016/j.ha... #Seabirds
Redirecting
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My favorite part was when they reminded us that scientist wellbeing is important and that it takes good people to do good science. They also mentioned it’s hard to do our jobs and deal with ecogrief and suggested we should talk about it more. 🧪 #WSC4
Marine Ornithology 54(2) is underway! #Seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_...
Momentarily moving away from #seabirds (second time this month). authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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My first cyanotype project after thinking about it for months. Trying to make the best of all this sun! Which one do you prefer ??? #cyanotype #cyanoprint
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our 16th meeting in Brno, Czech Republic! #EOU2027 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz Stay tuned for more updates! #ornithology 🦅
THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!
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🚨 New paper alert!🚨 Using biogeochemical markers, we showed that offshore stranded juvenile Leach's storm-petrels are different from inshore stranded juveniles and nestlings. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @thelabandfield.bsky.social
Biogeochemical markers in juvenile Leach's storm-petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) stranded offshore are distinct from inshore stranded juveniles and nestlings
Pelagic seabirds are one of the most threatened bird groups globally. Attraction to, and disorientation by, artificial light at night (ALAN) is a key …
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Thank you to @penguinacho.bsky.social, Ellie Leech & Andie McQuillan for a brilliant 'Being queer in seabird science' panel discussion this morning! ❤️🏳️🌈💭 There's still time to fill out our EDI survey so we can work to make The Seabird Group more inclusive for all. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Seabird Group Diversity and Inclusion questionnaire
The Seabird Group is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion within the seabirding community. Summary statistics on these data will be used to monitor our progress on increasing diver...
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An unusual storm-petrel was collected off Newfoundland and Labrador, and we (including @thelabandfield.bsky.social ) wrote a paper about it! #seabird
The Seabird Group@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔔Another new Seabird 38 paper is available online!🔔 Pollet et al. (2026) discuss an unusual storm-petrel collected offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. 🤔 doi.org/10.61350/sbj... #seabirds #ornithology
Another great #seabirds paper by amazing @liamtaylor.bsky.social !
Liam U. Taylor@liamtaylor.bsky.social · 2mo agonow on the cover @esajournals.bsky.social Front. Ecol. Env. with @ejgnam2.bsky.social beautiful photo from world's coolest site by Francesco Ventura Young seabirds are mysterious - but we need to keep learning about them! They matter for biology, and for conservation! doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Taylor et al. Prebreeding populations and the importance of life history for conserving imperiled seabirds esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology #seabirds
Prebreeding populations and the importance of life history for conserving imperiled seabirds
Seabird conservation often focuses on nestlings and breeding adults. Yet imperiled seabird populations also contain prebreeders, including juveniles and subadults, that wait several years before bree...
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Momentarily moving away from #seabirds. Butterflies can also fly! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are increasingly pressured by climate change. Here the authors compile global evidence of range shifts in butterflies and call for more co-ordinated efforts in documenting such trends across c...
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Congratulations to Laurianne on completing the first field season of her graduate studies! She’s studying the bioacoustics of Leach’s Storm-Petrels with Dr. Ingrid Pollet and me, as part of a big collaborative petrel team led by Dr. Patty Jones. @ingridpollet.bsky.social @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
🎨🐦 Calling all creative seabird enthusiasts! 🐦🎨 We’re launching 'Creative Seabird Pursuits', a newsletter feature celebrating seabird-inspired art, photography, writing, sculpture, cooking & more! Send your work to newsletter@seabirdgroup.org.uk (subject line 'Creative Seabirds') to be featured!
You know what they say: if you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes ! 18 minutes between those two pictures.
Arrived at Shag Harbour tonight. On my way to Bon Portage Island in a few days. It’s hard to imagine that in the morning I won’t be able to chat with Captain Lee, the island caretaker for many many years as he passed away last fall.
Off to Kent Island via Grand Manan. Time to do some field work with new student Laurianne Bazinet (co-supervised with @dmennill.bsky.social ) on Leach’s storm-petrels. #seabirds
can anyone point me to good work on behavior, timing, and coordination of egg-laying at nests and burrows in #Seabirds ?
For our new study of acoustic communication in Leach's Storm-petrels, Laurianne and I deployed Song Meters at the entrances of birds nests to sample their vocal behaviour during incubation. A collaboration with Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social, Patty Jones, and an A+ group of colleagues.
We focus on the benefits to #seabirds of keeping #islands free of invasive non-native mammalian predators but removing invasive predators from islands or ideally using #biosecurity to prevent them reaching islands in the 1st place benefits the entire #ecosystem www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Lord Howe Island got rid of its rats and mice – now its ‘wonderful’ insect life is back
Invasive vermin decimated the island’s native flora and fauna – but its unique cockroaches and beetles are thriving once again
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Today is #WorldOceanDay ! 🌊 Seabirds navigate vast, predictable marine flyways – superhighways in the sky – across the open ocean, linking nations, ecosystems and hemispheres.🌏 Six marine flyways are used by more than 150 migratory seabird species.🗺️📍 Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
