This month's blog post showcases shipping traffic at the Baltic Sea. The step-by-step guide to replicate the map in #QGIS is here: www.miriam-lerma.com/blog/2026-08...

This month's blog post focuses on mapping the Baltic Sea’s maritime borders and country boundaries in #QGIS. The step-by-step here: www.miriam-lerma.com/blog

#ornithology #seabirds www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dispersive migration of breeding Juan Fernández Petrels Pterodroma externa across the eastern Pacific Ocean and overlap with tropical tuna fisheries

Tropical seabirds often forage facultatively in association with tuna and may be affected by industrial fisheries both directly through bycatch, and indirectly through reduced prey availability fol...

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In this month's blog post, I’ll share how to select specific features from a layer and how to add an inset map in #QGIS. All this, using the Baltic Sea and Natural Protected Areas at Sea as an example.

Orcas in Doggerbank 🤩

Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. @bund.net · 3mo ago

#GoodNews zum #WorldOceanDay 🎉🌊 1️⃣ Forscher*innen des @bfn-de.bsky.social haben im Schutzgebiet #Doggerbank mehrere Orcas, Gelbschnabeltaucher und sogar eine Meeresschildkröte beobachtet. Sichtungen wie diese zeigen, wie wichtig die Doggerbank als Lebensraum für die Meeresvielfalt ist. 1/5

In this month’s post, I’ll share how to add offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, including their names, to a map using #QGIS. The tutorial covers adding a vector layer and labeling each polygon. See step-by-step here: www.miriam-lerma.com/blog/2026-05...

🌿Apply now! 🌿🦒🐘🦓🌍 We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN This year our workshop will take place in Africa @mpalarc.bsky.social . Learn cutting-edge methods in animal movement analysis. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you at #Mpala 🇰🇪

🌊 Doktorand:in (m/f/d) “Blasentang Wiederansiedlung” 🌊 Doctoral researcher (m/f/d) in Fish Movement Ecology 🔗 www.geomar.de/karriere-cam...

In this blog post, we’ll be adding a #raster layer of #bathymetry data in #QGIS. Step by step here: www.miriam-lerma.com/blog/2026-04...

Join me & @olliepadget.bsky.social at @livuninews.bsky.social! #postdoc #seabird movement & navigation in response to environmental cues @ukri.org. Developing new loggers w/ micro-engineers & computer scientists @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. Job tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5 Press release tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5

Thousands of seabirds dying on western Europe’s coasts Puffins, guillemots and razorbills are being washed up dead or dying on Europe’s Atlantic coast in what scientists call a ‘wreck’ www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma... 🦑 🧪 🌍️

Thousands of seabirds dying on western Europe’s coasts

Puffins, guillemots and razorbills are being washed up dead or dying on Europe’s Atlantic coast in what scientists call a ‘wreck’

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📢 #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

In this months' blog post, we’ll explore how to add vector layers and legend in a map with QGIS. step by step here: www.miriam-lerma.com/blog/2026-03...

🚨 new research! 🪽 "environmentally induced stress affects fitness of bold and shy alike: A long-term study of personality and feather corticosterone in Arctic-breeding kittiwakes" 🔍️ read it here: buff.ly/Zj9b7z0

Scavenging Turnstone? It can be a sign of desperation. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/w... 🎂🔟 p.s. Also recorded eating human corpse! #ornithology

In this month's blog post, we’ll explore how to add annotations such as coordinates, north arrow, scale bar and text into a map using QGIS. #QGIS #step-by-step

Have you heard about the Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)? 🟡 One of the world’s rarest gulls, found only in the Gulf of California. With an estimated population of ~20,000 individuals, they breed in small, scattered colonies. 📡 We’ve just uncovered the first insights into their movement ecology!

German Ornithological Society@dornitholges.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Open access First report on habitat use and trip parameters of Yellow-footed Gulls Larus livens during the breeding and post-breeding period link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Open access First report on habitat use and trip parameters of Yellow-footed Gulls Larus livens during the breeding and post-breeding period link.springer.com/article/10.1...

First report on habitat use and trip parameters of Yellow-footed Gulls Larus livens during the breeding and post-breeding period - Journal of Ornithology

Biologging has allowed collecting unprecedented detailed information about the biology and behavior of many species. GPS tracking technology has significantly advanced our understanding of gull ecolog...

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In 2026, I’ll be creating content to help people get started with QGIS. I’ll be demonstrating everything while upgrading my own system from QGIS 3.28 to 3.44 In this month’s post, I’ll walk through an example of how to create your first QGIS project. #QGIS #BalticSea

East or west? Tracking work from 2017-2020 by BTO staff provided the first evidence of Scottish breeding Arctic Skuas wintering off South America! Other individuals wintered along the western and southern African coast. #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Estudiando gaviotas cocineras urbanas (Coquimbo) y silvestres (Damas), encontramos que las gaviotas urbanas muestran comportamiento sinantrópico y baja movilidad todo el año, mientras que las silvestres ajustaron sus movimientos. 10.1002/ece3.72974 #ornithology #seabirds #gulls #FaunaUrbana #Chile

📣 Pacific Seabird Group plenary speakers announced! Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from three internationally recognised leaders in seabird ecology and conservation. ⏰ Registration closes 23 January 2026 👉 Register now: psg.wildapricot.org/event-626370...

Last post of 2025! 🎉 In this month’s blog, we're diving into contour lines. Using bathymetric data as an example, I’ll show how to create contour lines with R packages like terra and sf, and how to use shadowtext to label the depths for better visualization. #DataVisualization #Rmaps

In this month's blog post, we’ll explore maritime protected areas (MPAs), walking through the process of downloading the data and visualizing it. #Rstats #GeospatialAnalysis #DataVisualization #Rmaps

In this blog post, we’ll explore maritime borders, including territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), by walking through the process of downloading the data and visualizing it. #Rstats #GeospatialAnalysis #DataVisualization #Rmaps

What to eat when far from home? A vagrant seabird selects novel but analogous prey | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

This month’s blog dives into underwater cables in the German North Sea. Using EMODnet data and R, I mapped telecom & power cables, exploring, cleaning, and visualizing the data to reveal these hidden seafloor infrastructures. #Rstats #GeospatialAnalysis #DataVisualization #cables #Rmaps

Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish. Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study. 📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2

In this post, we'll explore oil and gas infrastructure in the German North Sea. Using EMODnet geospatial data to map offshore installations and pipelines, as well as focusing on a site near the ecologically sensitive Borkum Reef, revealing why recent projects there have sparked environmental concern

Decision relating to the #BritishList Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus has been added to Category E bou.org.uk/british-l... The British List stands at 640 species #ornithology