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Mónica
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Marine Scientist specialized in Seabirds | MSc in Oceanography and Marine Management | MSc Student in Biodiversity
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Oh hi there, this Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross chick wants you to have a wonderful day.

#WorldAlbatrossDay
June 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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We witnessed an exhilarating apex predator event yesterday as the 64s Orcas cruised through Bressay Sound here in Shetland. We've recorded them attacking birds many times in the last 25 years but the skill to hunt this drake Common Eider was incredible.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK
May 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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76 Kittiwakes back on the Gateshead Saltmeadows tower this lunchtime. Read 17 colour rings. All 17 birds back on the same face, shelf and area of shelf as they were in 2024. #Kittiwakes #SuperSeabirdSunday
March 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Són dies de migració…
Grups d’uns 50 corbs marins, en direcció nord 😜
March 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Ahir vaig veure el primer ballester (Tachymarptis melba) de la temporada 👏🏻👏🏻
March 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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It's #FunFactFriday & #DolphinAwarenessMonth!
While it is no surprise that the Melon-headed Whale was named for the shape of it's head, it's not due to the similarity of a melon, rather it’s shape is like that of the “melon” (which is a colloquial French word for derby or bowler hat!
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March 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Encara ser un dels #cetacis menys abundants al #Mediterrani, a les nostres sortides a la costa del Garraf és possible albirar caps d’olla negre, #Globicephala melas 🐬

De fet, durant els nostres primers 10 anys a l’Associació Cetàcea mai vam albirar cap individu d’aquesta espècie. 😱👇
March 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Meet Mediterranean Gull PELH: ringed in Poland in 2020 and seen in Southend-on-Sea each year since (with a trip to Czechia in 2022). Subsequent capture on 18 Jan revealed a tracking device (no further details yet) and by 26 Feb it had progressed well with its pre-breeding moult. #EssexBirding 🧪🌍
March 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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TEXTURES I COLORS🐬🐋

Els cetacis són fascinants per la seva intel·ligència...però també ho són per altres motius com la diversitat de colors, formes i textures que presenten en la seva pell. Aquestes marques ens ajuden a identificar qui són, espècie però també fins i tot individu en alguns casos! 😍
March 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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We are glad to announce our 7th Joint webinar on fisheries #bycatch, by Ross Wanless (University of Barcelona- REDUCE), this Friday 14 March at 12:00 CET.
We are tackling bycatch together with @CIBBRiNA and @MarineBEACON_EU !!!
#ETPmarinemegafauna, #ETPBycatchReduction, #MarineETPBycatch
March 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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We’re happy to announce that REDUCE is already in Blue Sky and running! As we´re new in this platform we´ll presenting our mission and who we are. Welcome onboard! (again)
March 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Aquest #8demarç no tenim res a celebrar, però sí molt a reivindicar.

Per trobar pioneres de la ciència marina no cal remuntar-se a més de 100 anys. El camí de les dones al món de la #ciència és relativament recent, no per falta de talent, sinó per la prohibició d'embarcar-hi a les dones.
March 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Looking back at temperatures averaged over the last 3 months - find your location...

🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average

Dataset (NOAAGlobalTempv6) described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
February 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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European Shags are starting to consider the breeding season as birds are showing their summer crests and pair bonding. Generally they are one of the first seabirds to start nesting in the calendar year #seabirds
February 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🔬🐬 Ens complau compartir aquest estudi liderat per Michela Bellingeri, amb la participació de 43 grups d’investigació del Mediterrani, entre ells Associació Cetàcea.

📄 L’article és d’accés obert aquí 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
February 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Avui 16 de febrer, celebrem el Dia Mundial de les Balenes, amb 5 recomanacions que exploren la seva bellesa, la seva cultura i la relació entre humans i cetacis. Des d'històries inspirades en fets reals fins a relats que desafien les tradicions. #WorldWhaleDay
February 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Happy #worldwhaleday. 🐳
We are celebrating the recovery of whales species in the waters around the island of South Georgia.
Photos collected under GSGSSI permit 2024_39.

#MarineConservation 🐙🧪
#marinemammals #nature
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Love is in the air… and at sea! 💕🌊

Yelkouan Shearwaters (Garnija) are seabirds that take ‘soulmates’ to the next level—95.5% of them return to the same partner every breeding season! 🥰 They also stick to the same nesting site year after year💙

#ValentinesDay #SeabirdSoulmates #YelkouanShearwater
February 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Did my first @skypeascientist.bsky.social talk this morning! Got to speak to a class about fulmars, seabird population dynamics, and why seabirds are such useful species to study environmental changes! 🐧🪶
February 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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New study: Researchers studied how "forever chemicals" (PFAS) are affecting Arctic wildlife, specifically polar bears and ringed seals.
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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To the best of my knowledge, we broke the 🚨 world longevity record 🚨 for Mediterranean Gull on Saturday, with this bird re-trapped at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Ringed at Folkestone, Kent, as an adult in February 2001, it’s now in at least its 28th calendar year, with no sightings since 2001! (🧵 1/2)
January 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Iniciem el nostre període a Bluesky, amb aquestes 3 bones notícies que ens va deixar el 2024. Segueix llegint per saber-ne més!
January 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Dicen que hoy es el blue monday, el día más triste del año, así que aquí os dejo un cactus con cara de ser un señor del XVII para animaros.
January 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM