After a spring and summer of seabird fieldwork, data entry might not be at the top of your mind. So, if you need a complete refresher or just want to pick up some handy submission tips, watch our new video here! youtu.be/8Ai7XQLHi3I #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Caldwell et al. Linkages among foraging movements, prey provisioning, and reproduction in a central place foraging seabird link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology #seabirds

Linkages among foraging movements, prey provisioning, and reproduction in a central place foraging seabird - Movement Ecology

Background A seabird’s ability to efficiently find prey directly affects reproduction, and seabird population declines are frequently linked to forage fish depletion. Reduced forage fish availability ...

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You may hear that 'species x is moving north', particulalrly in discussions about climate change. A range may be 'moving north' but individuals rarely change where they breed or spend winter. Juveniles drive change, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g... 🎂7️⃣ #ornithology

Reviews of our Bayesian Workflow book from Bin Yu, David Spiegelhalter, Brad Efron, Christian Robert, Rohan Alexander, and Mine Doğucu! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/07/16/r...

📖 Published📖 Between-species contagion drives HPAI transmission and mass mortality in seabirds 🦠 'This study demonstrates that carcass data can provide epidemiological insights but also act as an early warning system for continent-wide patterns of spread'🕊️ 👇️ buff.ly/Zo6d8WH

The science on saltmarsh is strong but how do we unlock the finance needed to restore UK saltmarshes at scale? UKCEH, The Crown Estate and Athena Blue recently co-hosted a Saltmarsh Finance Day bringing together sectors to explore how to accelerate investment into UK saltmarsh restoration. 🎥▶️

Foraging hierarchies - lovely new evidence from @tonyauk.bsky.social: memory picks the general area, and social information helps refine and maintain it #seabirds

Christopher Pollock@tonyauk.bsky.social · 3w ago

New paper! We simulated foraging trips of Northern gannets at Bass Rock to decipher what information individuals use to keep returning to the same foraging patches. Memory was the strongest driver, but it wasn't the whole story. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1186/s404... 1/5

“Making Statistics Work: Information Theory and Bayesian Inference” statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/07/14/m...

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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Beautiful evening for birdgazing- thanks to @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social

Job opportunity #ornithology #citizenscience

BTO | British Trust for Ornithology@btobirds.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Job alert! Apply via www.bto.org/jobs Are you passionate about birds with an interest in data and admin? We're looking for someone to join our Surveys Team and support UK bird surveys. 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📍 Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid). 📝 £29,754 per annum. Closing date: Sunday 7 June

We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.

📰Published📰Wild large herbivores promote diverse and resilient ecosystems by reducing plant dominance🦏 buff.ly/jhdbXYs 🧪🌍️

Wild large herbivores promote diverse and resilient ecosystems by reducing plant dominance

Jonas Trepel, Elizabeth le Roux, Camille Magneville, Anika Oosthuizen, Debbie du Preez, Savannah Reichert, Jens-Christian Svenning, Robert Buitenwerf This is a plain language summary of a Functiona…

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JNCC has released a new report, developed through the Offshore Wind Strategic Monitoring and Research Forum, identifying where gaps in scientific knowledge are creating uncertainty in offshore wind wildlife impact assessments. bit.ly/4uCm4T2

✨New paper!✨ An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on #seabirds doi.org/10.1002/2688... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social @seatrackscience.bsky.social @signecd.bsky.social @masden.bsky.social

An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on seabirds

A novel individual-based model to predict the impacts of offshore wind farms on seabirds during the non-breeding season, using long-term tracking data from SEATRACK. We demonstrate the model by simul...

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environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/108715-... #seabirds

Project Officer - Protecting our Urban Kittiwakes

We are looking for a highly organised and motivated individual to support our work on urban kittiwakes. Working alongside the Senior Conservation Officer for Yorkshire and Humber, as well as key ...

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Please keep an eye out for seabirds washing up on beaches - these prolonged storms seem to be having an effect. Report dead birds to Defra/Daera and BTO in the UK, live ones to suitable wildlife rehabbers. #seabirds

BTO | British Trust for Ornithology@btobirds.bsky.social · 6mo ago

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️ 📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/... 📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/... 📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv... #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

We are advertising for a Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, closing date 31 March. If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you! And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...

Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Environmental Sciences Lecturer in Physical Oceano...

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We are receiving increased reports of dead auks, including Puffins, particularly in North East Scotland. It's quick and easy to report any dead or sick birds you find through the 'Deceased bird' function on the home page of the BirdTrack app Photo: Puffin by Richard Selman / BTO #ukbirding

UKCEH is excited to be part of #IPBES12 in Manchester, the first IPBES Plenary in the UK. This brings scientists, policymakers & business together to connect #biodiversity science with policy. Tonight we welcome IPBES Fellows and early career researchers to our Pathways to IPBES networking event.

Marine industries & #seabirds - how can they coexist? Marine spatial planning is the word. Using SEAPOP data, the MARCIS project just launched an MSP-tool for seabirds in the North Atlantic seapop.no/en/2026/01/t...

The MARCIS tool has been launched

This bulletin was first published by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research on January 15th, 2026 One hundred and fifty years ago, seabirds lived in a very different coastal environment from the…

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📢 We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years. 📆 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology

Ecology jobs!

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)@ukceh.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England! 4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September. Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk. Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪

Read more about the work in news from lead institute the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research www.nina.no/english/Abou...

Ocean warming threatens seabirds in the North Atlantic

A warmer North Atlantic Ocean increases the pressure on seabird populations, of which many are already in decline. A large-scale study of 26 populations of five species reveals that increasing tempera...

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Warming oceans are having widespread and often negative effects on migratory seabirds, new research involving UKCEH shows. The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧪1/

Demographic responses of North Atlantic seabirds to seasonal ocean warming | PNAS

Climate-driven ocean warming is profoundly reshaping marine ecosystems, with cascading effects on biodiversity and trophic interactions. For migrat...

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Isle of May avian ecologist #job #seabirds - come join our team, we’d love to chat if you have questions, please just get in touch ⬇️

UKCEHseabirds@ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @vogelwarte.bsky.social to unravel the demographic drivers of population change in Alpine #swifts in #Switzerland: buff.ly/crV1rT8

UKCEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers 2015–2021 (England) is now live! 🔹Annual maps of fertiliser use 🔹1km x 1km resolution + uncertainty estimates This builds on the 2010–2015 dataset, now with yearly maps instead of averages. Explore here: catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/0f... #AgZeroPlus 🧪

More than a year ago researchers from @hifmb.de and @icbm-uol.bsky.social started to write about different perspectives on marine biodiversity change from natural and social science perspectives. This morphed into a review paper that was published online today link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

Towards a broader perspective on marine biodiversity change - Marine Biodiversity

Biodiversity decline jeopardizes the foundation of natural ecosystems and human well-being, a concern that prompted major global agreements aiming to bend the curve towards a net positive biodiversity...

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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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