Ecologist and seabird biologist, now happily retired
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Out now in @meps-ir.bsky.social www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
+Thanks to my coauthors who put a lot of effort into collecting the videos!
#seabirds #ornithology #animalbehaviour
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A half century of monitoring reveals contrasting survival responses of Icelandic seabirds to climate and fisheries pressures | onlinelibrary.wiley....
Sarah E. Gutowsky et al | #ornithology 🪶
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#NEbirding
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My 2nd PhD paper is out in @animalecology.bsky.social ky.social !
Using a unique 25-year #biologging and population monitoring🐧 dataset , we uncover how environmental changes 🧊 scale up from individual to population responses.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#move
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...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme
Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
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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
Reposted by Keith C. Hamer, Chris R. Shepherd, Stuart White
Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit.
#RaptorResearch 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/21/1...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#EndOffshoreDrilling
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/marine-...
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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buff.ly/ETYsi3y
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The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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New research shows a bird’s use of ocean fronts may relate to its regular foraging areas
Read on for more
Or read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
@ellingbry.bsky.social
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🐟 Cod populations are in such a dire state, scientists specified a ZERO catch limit for North Sea cod was needed to prevent total collapse of the struggling population 🔽 1/
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Once again, details have only come to light through scrutiny of a spreadsheet - where's the publicity from the Police? This is supposed to be a national wildlife crime priority!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/h...
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#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
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No mention of roadmaps for transitioning away from fossil fuels or curbing deforestation.
Bitterly disappointing.
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Study included less than half (45%) of estates rearing & releasing non-native gamebirds. MSPs need to interpret results cautiously & appropriately.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
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go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/20/s...
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If you have evidence of the hunt or hounds accessing YWT land, please send to info@ywt.org.uk
Read our full statement below.
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👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@bc-suffolk.bsky.social
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Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables?
Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Reposted by Peter Thorne, Keith C. Hamer, Jane K. Hill , and 1 more Peter Thorne, Keith C. Hamer, Jane K. Hill, Andreas De Block
Many call for diamond open access. A new organisation with many partners, @ojcollective.bsky.social , is launching in January.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
@cscherber.bsky.social