Dr Tammy Davies
@tammyedavies.bsky.social
Conservation scientist & fan of interdisciplinary methods | Marine Science Coordinator @BirdLifeMarine.bsky.social | #TeamHB9 | #ImportantAreas #MPAs #ABNJ | She/her
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Dr Tammy Davies
@tammyedavies.bsky.social
· Feb 17
🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways applying a novel approach onto #seabird #tracking data: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪
See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
It’s World Albatross Day! 🗺️
Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊
From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏
Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...
Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊
From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏
Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...
World Albatross Day: The Life and Challenges of an Albatross
Albatrosses are impressive, long-lived birds that cover huge distances across oceans! From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.
www.birdlife.org
June 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It’s World Albatross Day! 🗺️
Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊
From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏
Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...
Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊
From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏
Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
🎉 We’re on the verge of a historic breakthrough at #UNOC3.
49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification
highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/h...
49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification
highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/h...
June 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🎉 We’re on the verge of a historic breakthrough at #UNOC3.
49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification
highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/h...
49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification
highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/h...
Attending #UNOC3? Come and say hi 👋 to the @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Global Team at the following events:
#SaveOurOcean #SDG14 #BirdLifeScience #MarineFlyways
@birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifemarine.bsky.social
#SaveOurOcean #SDG14 #BirdLifeScience #MarineFlyways
@birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifemarine.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Attending #UNOC3? Come and say hi 👋 to the @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Global Team at the following events:
#SaveOurOcean #SDG14 #BirdLifeScience #MarineFlyways
@birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifemarine.bsky.social
#SaveOurOcean #SDG14 #BirdLifeScience #MarineFlyways
@birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifemarine.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
Today is #WorldOceansDay! 🌊
Most seabirds spend the majority of their lives at sea covering huge areas.🗺️
Our Seabird Tracking Database reveals where seabirds spend their time, enabling more targeted conservation actions.📍
Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
Most seabirds spend the majority of their lives at sea covering huge areas.🗺️
Our Seabird Tracking Database reveals where seabirds spend their time, enabling more targeted conservation actions.📍
Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
June 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today is #WorldOceansDay! 🌊
Most seabirds spend the majority of their lives at sea covering huge areas.🗺️
Our Seabird Tracking Database reveals where seabirds spend their time, enabling more targeted conservation actions.📍
Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
Most seabirds spend the majority of their lives at sea covering huge areas.🗺️
Our Seabird Tracking Database reveals where seabirds spend their time, enabling more targeted conservation actions.📍
Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
June 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
💡New read! “Scaling up Ocean Conservation using Key Biodiversity Areas” 👉 bit.ly/43JB1XQ
#30x30 #UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean
#30x30 #UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean
June 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
💡New read! “Scaling up Ocean Conservation using Key Biodiversity Areas” 👉 bit.ly/43JB1XQ
#30x30 #UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean
#30x30 #UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean
📚 I'm 9 months in to a 12-month leadership development program #HomewardBound that aims to elevate women in #STEMM to lead with influence and impact.
🙏 I'm fundraising to join the once-in-a-lifetime experiential component in Tanzania this November.
👀 Please take a look: gofund.me/f24e7942
#🧪
🙏 I'm fundraising to join the once-in-a-lifetime experiential component in Tanzania this November.
👀 Please take a look: gofund.me/f24e7942
#🧪
Donate to Tammy’s transformative leadership journey to Tanzania, organized by Tammy Davies
Hi! I’m Tammy! Driven by an admiration for the wonder of the natura… Tammy Davies needs your support for Tammy’s transformative leadership journey to Tanzania
gofund.me
May 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📚 I'm 9 months in to a 12-month leadership development program #HomewardBound that aims to elevate women in #STEMM to lead with influence and impact.
🙏 I'm fundraising to join the once-in-a-lifetime experiential component in Tanzania this November.
👀 Please take a look: gofund.me/f24e7942
#🧪
🙏 I'm fundraising to join the once-in-a-lifetime experiential component in Tanzania this November.
👀 Please take a look: gofund.me/f24e7942
#🧪
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
Stoked to be able to share my first postdoc paper: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, published today in Nature Communications! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean - Nature Communications
Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. This study identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, highlighting the need for internatio...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Stoked to be able to share my first postdoc paper: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, published today in Nature Communications! 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👀 a search is underway for the Kacau ni Gau or Fiji Petrel! Good luck to the team for a successful expedition: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/05...
Search underway for Fiji Petrel
We’re always game for a good round of hide and seek. So we’ve teamed up with National Geographic’s Pristine Seas and our Partner in Fiji, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti, to try to find one of the rarest…
www.birdlife.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
👀 a search is underway for the Kacau ni Gau or Fiji Petrel! Good luck to the team for a successful expedition: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/05...
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘀😎
Last year, the EU challenged the UK’s decision to close sandeel fishing in English and Scottish waters of the North Sea.
Sandeels are small, but they’re a key food source for #Puffins, Kittiwakes, and many other seabirds.
Last year, the EU challenged the UK’s decision to close sandeel fishing in English and Scottish waters of the North Sea.
Sandeels are small, but they’re a key food source for #Puffins, Kittiwakes, and many other seabirds.
May 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘀😎
Last year, the EU challenged the UK’s decision to close sandeel fishing in English and Scottish waters of the North Sea.
Sandeels are small, but they’re a key food source for #Puffins, Kittiwakes, and many other seabirds.
Last year, the EU challenged the UK’s decision to close sandeel fishing in English and Scottish waters of the North Sea.
Sandeels are small, but they’re a key food source for #Puffins, Kittiwakes, and many other seabirds.
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
🐧Happy World Penguin Day!
These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎
Did you know that...?
🧵👇
#WorldPenguinDay
These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎
Did you know that...?
🧵👇
#WorldPenguinDay
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🐧Happy World Penguin Day!
These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎
Did you know that...?
🧵👇
#WorldPenguinDay
These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎
Did you know that...?
🧵👇
#WorldPenguinDay
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
After 2 years' development, today we have launched @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social new DataZone! For information on each of the world's 11,000 bird species, 13,000 important sites for their conservation and profiles for 250 countries/territories and 16 global flyways, see datazone.birdlife.org
BirdLife DataZone | BirdLife DataZone
BirdLife International is a world-leader in conservation science. The BirdLife DataZone provides decision-makers and conservation practitioners with biodiversity data, knowledge and tools.
datazone.birdlife.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
After 2 years' development, today we have launched @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social new DataZone! For information on each of the world's 11,000 bird species, 13,000 important sites for their conservation and profiles for 250 countries/territories and 16 global flyways, see datazone.birdlife.org
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders:
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Tracking Ascension Island's seabirds across borders - Seabird Tracking Database
Protected areas are a vital tool for safeguarding marine wildlife, but seabirds and other marine species often travel beyond these havens.
www.seabirdtracking.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders:
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Always a great read! 🧪
☑️This issue includes an article on 20years of the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database, as well as updates from our @imma-network.bsky.social and @iucnshark.bsky.social friends
☑️This issue includes an article on 20years of the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database, as well as updates from our @imma-network.bsky.social and @iucnshark.bsky.social friends
After a temporary break from publication last year, the GOBI newsletter is back - packed with news from around the GOBI community and beyond. Happy reading!
gobi.org/the-gobi-new...
gobi.org/the-gobi-new...
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Always a great read! 🧪
☑️This issue includes an article on 20years of the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database, as well as updates from our @imma-network.bsky.social and @iucnshark.bsky.social friends
☑️This issue includes an article on 20years of the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database, as well as updates from our @imma-network.bsky.social and @iucnshark.bsky.social friends
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
A good Friday afternoon read 📙 on how @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database has changed the face of marine conservation! MPAs, bycatch, policy and more 🕊️📈 #Seabird #SeabirdTracking
1/10 How have 20 years of tracking data shaped #marine #conservation? 🌍This article by @tammyedavies.bsky.social
& colleagues explores the #BirdLife #Seabird Tracking Database’s journey from data collection to policy impact🐧 A must-read 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
& colleagues explores the #BirdLife #Seabird Tracking Database’s journey from data collection to policy impact🐧 A must-read 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A good Friday afternoon read 📙 on how @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database has changed the face of marine conservation! MPAs, bycatch, policy and more 🕊️📈 #Seabird #SeabirdTracking
Excited to participate in the MoveBON strategy workshop (led by @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @wildlabs.bsky.social)
Looking forward to sharing the work we do at @birdlifemarine.bsky.social with the #SeabirdTrackingDatabase to support knowledge brokering at the science-policy interface 🧪🐧
Looking forward to sharing the work we do at @birdlifemarine.bsky.social with the #SeabirdTrackingDatabase to support knowledge brokering at the science-policy interface 🧪🐧
March 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Excited to participate in the MoveBON strategy workshop (led by @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @wildlabs.bsky.social)
Looking forward to sharing the work we do at @birdlifemarine.bsky.social with the #SeabirdTrackingDatabase to support knowledge brokering at the science-policy interface 🧪🐧
Looking forward to sharing the work we do at @birdlifemarine.bsky.social with the #SeabirdTrackingDatabase to support knowledge brokering at the science-policy interface 🧪🐧
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
Great news for the Critically Endangered African Penguin! 🐧
South Africa has agreed to establish no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies, a huge victory thanks to the relentless efforts of our National Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social 🌍💙
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
South Africa has agreed to establish no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies, a huge victory thanks to the relentless efforts of our National Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social 🌍💙
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa
Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Great news for the Critically Endangered African Penguin! 🐧
South Africa has agreed to establish no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies, a huge victory thanks to the relentless efforts of our National Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social 🌍💙
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
South Africa has agreed to establish no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies, a huge victory thanks to the relentless efforts of our National Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social 🌍💙
Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
For first post on @bsky.app seems fitting to share our blue sky and #marine flyways 🌊 paper out yesterday. A global collaboration of researchers led by @birdlifemarine.bsky.social sharing #tracking data to describe common #seabird #migration routes over the #ocean.
🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004
🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project
🧵1/5
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004
🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project
🧵1/5
February 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For first post on @bsky.app seems fitting to share our blue sky and #marine flyways 🌊 paper out yesterday. A global collaboration of researchers led by @birdlifemarine.bsky.social sharing #tracking data to describe common #seabird #migration routes over the #ocean.
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
Tracking data from 48 long-distance pelagic #seabird species, shared by >100 collaborators, were analysed to reveal the consistent & repeatable #migratory routes, including a circumpolar navigation of the Southern Ocean & transhemispheric ‘figures of 8’ in the Pacific & Atlantic oceans
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February 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Tracking data from 48 long-distance pelagic #seabird species, shared by >100 collaborators, were analysed to reveal the consistent & repeatable #migratory routes, including a circumpolar navigation of the Southern Ocean & transhemispheric ‘figures of 8’ in the Pacific & Atlantic oceans
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🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways applying a novel approach onto #seabird #tracking data: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪
See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
February 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways applying a novel approach onto #seabird #tracking data: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪
See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
NEW PAPER - we think we've discovered an open-ocean nursery for endangered shortfin #mako #sharks in the SE Pacific Ocean..... only trouble is, it's in a Global Fishing Hotspot - likely exacerbating popn declines already occurring @thembauk.bsky.social
OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW PAPER - we think we've discovered an open-ocean nursery for endangered shortfin #mako #sharks in the SE Pacific Ocean..... only trouble is, it's in a Global Fishing Hotspot - likely exacerbating popn declines already occurring @thembauk.bsky.social
OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
🗺️ Is your country a High Seas champion? Tell us where you are in the world and we will tell you if your country has signed and/or ratified the Treaty already 👇
Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker to know more.
➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker to know more.
➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
January 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🗺️ Is your country a High Seas champion? Tell us where you are in the world and we will tell you if your country has signed and/or ratified the Treaty already 👇
Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker to know more.
➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker to know more.
➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
20 yrs ago I started comparing the 3 lists of threatened birds BirdLife had published and working out overall trends. The Red List Index resulted from the ensuing collaboration & is now used by the world's governments & UN. Our new paper reviews the history royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Measuring trends in extinction risk: a review of two decades of development and application of the Red List Index | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Red List Index (RLI) is an indicator of the average extinction risk of groups
of species and reflects trends in this through time. It is calculated from the number
of species in each category on t...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
20 yrs ago I started comparing the 3 lists of threatened birds BirdLife had published and working out overall trends. The Red List Index resulted from the ensuing collaboration & is now used by the world's governments & UN. Our new paper reviews the history royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies
Just published - led by @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social we conducted a systematic lit review to identify the top barriers and enablers for knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy
(..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
(..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
January 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just published - led by @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social we conducted a systematic lit review to identify the top barriers and enablers for knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy
(..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
(..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Timely review of the links between AI and conservation by @csandbrook.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪
Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Conservation Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Conservation AI—the deliberate application of artificial intelligence technology to achieve conservation goals—has great potential to boost productivity, make existing conservation actions more effic....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Timely review of the links between AI and conservation by @csandbrook.bsky.social
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪