Marine #HeatWave Kills #Seabirds Off #California. El Nino Could Kill More Julie Watson reports for @apnews.com apnews.com/article/seab...

A marine heat wave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off

Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters.

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Little auks are small Arctic #seabirds that need to find enough food to raise their chicks in a rapidly changing ocean. This #RSOS paper studied their feeding behaviour over seven breeding seasons in Svalbard using GPS tracking, ocean data, and diet samples: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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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Nonfiction science new releases for MAY*, 2026! Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? I am planning to read INVISIBLE RAINBOWS, and THE CREATURES GUIDE TO CARING! *BIRDS UP CLOSE was April 28 #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience

Roll up, roll up! Looking for a postdoc? Want somewhere that's academia adjacent? Interested in seabirds, plastics, and conservation? Come work with me and @adriftlab.bsky.social! If you want to help develop an application, get in touch! #ornithology #seabirds #PhDjobs #PostdocJobs

European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 4mo ago

Big opportunities for researchers 🌍 We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU. The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw

Our new article in @aunz.theconversation.com on why #seabirds are increasingly washing up on beaches in #Australia theconversation.com/more-shearwa...

More shearwaters are washing up dead on Australian beaches. It’s not due to ‘natural’ causes

When we see shearwaters washed up dead on beaches, we might think strong winds or a failed migration are to blame. That’s not the case – it’s hotter oceans

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Another hard year for the #birds & our team. In 2 weeks we removed 1.1 kg of #plastics from Australian #shearwater chicks (>8850 pieces). Balloons clips, clothes pegs, tiling spacers, strapping tape, drink lids, nurdles, toys, cutlery - the list goes on & on 😞 #SeabirdSaturday #PlasticPollution

Book review: Where the Earth meets the Sky. Book by @louiseblight.bsky.social, review by Rachel Buxton. #seabirds #penguins #Antarctica www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...

Please come along to our session on One Health in the Arctic virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75716/... #UArctic where I will give a presentation on "Traditional Hunting and Harvesting in the Faroe Islands: Cultural Heritage and Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants" #seabirds #cetaceans 🧪🌍

Canada still doesn’t have an official national bird. Bill S-221, now before the Senate, would recognize the Canada Jay. Found in every province and territory, resident through northern winters, food-storing, early-nesting, and wonderfully Canadian. www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en... 📷 Brett Forsyth

“A new programme to protect one the UK's most endangered #seabirds has been announced in Scarborough. “The 'Protecting Our Urban Kittiwakes' project is a joint venture between the RSPB and Northern Powergrid.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New project to protect endangered seabirds in Scarborough

Protecting our Urban Kittiwakes is a joint venture between the RSPB and Northern Powergrid.

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I thought that the #seabird world may appreciate my new office slippers. Custom-made wool felted slippers with black #guillemots, because there is never enough black #guillemot themed items out there but there should be! 😂❤️ So in love with these.

New @adriftlab.bsky.social paper in Conservation Biology: we estimate 629,000+ seabirds died during Australia's 2023/24 marine heatwave. Fewer than 5,000 were counted on beaches, less than 1% of total mortality conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵 📸: SIlke Stuckenbrock

🎺 Roll-up, roll-up! Another new paper has just been published in Seabird #38! 🎺 Hunter et al. (2026) explore the wintering-site fidelity of Brünnich's guillemots in Greenland. 👇 Read all about it here 👇 seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-2

The most exciting mail to arrive this week! As a result of the Pacific #Seabird Group charity auction, I was fortunate enough to take home Maria Mudd Ruth’s latest book on Pigeon #Guillemots, her book on Marbled #Murrelets, and an adorable trinket dish with those bright red #guillemot feet! ❤️

10 years ago today, I accepted my first #research job in an #entomology lab, focusing on #bee research. That summer, I knew I wanted a career in #science. Past Julia couldn’t have imagined where that opportunity would eventually lead her, but present Julia is so happy that she took that chance. 🥰❤️

🧵 1/3 @adriftlab.bsky.social has never had government funding. What we have had - for nearly two decades - is a small group of deeply committed people, long-term datasets, and a community who makes it possible. Our website now celebrates that out loud. 🔗 adriftlab.org

Marine Plastic & Seabird Research | Adrift Lab

Adrift Lab is a research group focused on seabirds and marine plastics research. Our mission is to use insights gathered from our long-term research to inform marine and waste policy, and to drive pos...

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NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #seabirds have increased tremendously over the past decades - and that #UAV monitoring can reveal the full extent of these colonies: buff.ly/ocefm59

Great news from the Convention on Migratory Species @cms.int Marine #flyways are recognized for #seabirds. 🌊 🪶 www.seabirdtracking.org/special/mari... >30% seabird species are threatened and >50% are declining. Great example of #science informing #policy. #sciencepolicy

BirdLife International@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Major breakthroughs for migratory birds at CMS COP15! ✨ In a landmark decision, governments formally recognised marine flyways for the first time. 🌊 Discover several other conservation wins from a productive week in our latest article. 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/03...

This research on how changes in #seaice can impact penguin distribution highlights the importance of #adaptivemanagement of #protectedareas. #climatechange #seabirds #conservation

Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This new paper by B. Wienecke explores how changes in local and regional fast ice conditions result in relocation of an Emperor Penguin colony beyond the nominated IBA boundary. #seabirds #OpenAccess #Antarctica www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_... 📷: Will McDonald

Great synthesis on threats to #seabirds in the #Atlantic. “Addressing invasive alien species on Tristan da Cunha & Gough and on the islands of the Canary Current are the interventions with the greatest potential to stimulate seabird population recovery across the Atlantic Ocean.“ Article below ⬇️

W. P. Mueller@wpmueller.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#ornithology #seabirds conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The 2025 Northern Ireland Seabird Report has now been published! Head to: www.bto.org/our-work/sci... to read about how Northern Ireland's breeding seabirds fared in 2025 #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @bto-ni.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Diving ecology of Procellaria #petrels highlights the need to combine bird-scaring lines, weighted branch lines, and night setting in pelagic longline #fisheries zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #seabirds #bycatch @wileyecology.bsky.social

We’re pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Seabird Monitoring Programme report, in partnership with JNCC, in association with the RSPB. Click here to read the report: www.bto.org/our-work/sci... Read on for key findings ⬇️ #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

🚨New paper & dataset - Assessment of land-based threats to #Atlantic pelagic #seabirds 🌊 🪶 , led by @ioannis-kalaitz.bsky.social Highlights the most impactful threats & regions. Supports the #conservation of 49 #migratory species & implementation of mitigation measures doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Assessment of land‐based threats to Atlantic pelagic seabirds

Highly mobile pelagic seabirds face numerous land-based threats during their breeding seasons, including invasive alien species, climate change, and diseases, which drive population declines. Using f...

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I have a bunch of great skuas frozen whole in freezers, that I need to take apart due to lack of storage. I will take samples tomorrow, but get in touch if you want random reference material of a North Atlantic top predator #seabirds 🧪🌍

📢 #Postdoc in #seabird #demography Capture-recapture, IPMs and PVA. Analyses underway - great stage to join the project. Hybrid/remote possible. Apply: bit.ly/3P3yAM1 Please share widely, informal email enquiries welcome @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social

🚨 #HotOffThePress in @cdnsciencepub.com "Black-legged #kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) readily consume #ArcticCod (Boreogadus saida) in the Canadian #Arctic: insights from #StomachContent and #StableIsotopeAnalyses" This is the last chapter of my #PhD to be published! A thread🧵of the main results:

My favourite part about #blizzards in the #north: lighting a candle, cuddling up with a blanket and a good book, and listening to the winds as they rock these buildings on stilts. Nature is beautiful.