The Seabird Group
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Promoting the study & conservation of seabirds via conferences, grant provision, newsletters & our open access, free-to-publish journal 🐧🕊️🌊
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Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology
✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree
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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 ⬇️
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...
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
Avian Ecologist
Salary - £31,942 - £33,898 Depending on experience Hybrid working (50/50) Location: Edinburgh Closing date: 16th January 2026 We are looking for an enthusiastic Avian Ecologist to join our team in Edi...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ❄️
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ❄️
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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Different species are hiding in our second Christmas quiz! Let us know who they are in the comments. Answers and our final quiz tomorrow!
Yesterday's answers are: A - Fulmar, B - Razorbill, C - Cormorant, D - Common Gull #birds #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Yesterday's answers are: A - Fulmar, B - Razorbill, C - Cormorant, D - Common Gull #birds #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Different species are hiding in our second Christmas quiz! Let us know who they are in the comments. Answers and our final quiz tomorrow!
Yesterday's answers are: A - Fulmar, B - Razorbill, C - Cormorant, D - Common Gull #birds #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Yesterday's answers are: A - Fulmar, B - Razorbill, C - Cormorant, D - Common Gull #birds #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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🌊 Share your seabird research at #WSC4! Submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations by 15 Jan 2026. Travel awards available for students & early-career researchers. Connect globally & shape seabird science! 🐦✈️
🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8cjmsk
#SeabirdScience #MarineConservation #WSC4
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#SeabirdScience #MarineConservation #WSC4
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🌊 Share your seabird research at #WSC4! Submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations by 15 Jan 2026. Travel awards available for students & early-career researchers. Connect globally & shape seabird science! 🐦✈️
🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8cjmsk
#SeabirdScience #MarineConservation #WSC4
🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8cjmsk
#SeabirdScience #MarineConservation #WSC4
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BirdWatch Ireland is hiring a Marine Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to help secure a better future for Ireland's seabirds. Deadline 5pm Jan 7th 2026 for applications and cover letter. Full details including job description is here
birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved... (pic Brenda Sheridan)
birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved... (pic Brenda Sheridan)
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
BirdWatch Ireland is hiring a Marine Advocacy and Campaigns Officer to help secure a better future for Ireland's seabirds. Deadline 5pm Jan 7th 2026 for applications and cover letter. Full details including job description is here
birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved... (pic Brenda Sheridan)
birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved... (pic Brenda Sheridan)
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Fantastic to see this outcome of Francis’ internship at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk being out now
Increased foraging effort in poor-food years is related to nutritional state (fat metabolism) in Peruvian Boobies
#seabirds #ornithology
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Increased foraging effort in poor-food years is related to nutritional state (fat metabolism) in Peruvian Boobies
#seabirds #ornithology
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fantastic to see this outcome of Francis’ internship at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk being out now
Increased foraging effort in poor-food years is related to nutritional state (fat metabolism) in Peruvian Boobies
#seabirds #ornithology
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Increased foraging effort in poor-food years is related to nutritional state (fat metabolism) in Peruvian Boobies
#seabirds #ornithology
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Apologies for the sad photo, but we need your help. Right now, #seabirds are washing up on beaches in SE Australia (particularly around #Newcastle)
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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A mass of sooty shearwaters coming into their nests on Kidney Island as dusk falls, in the Falklands #kidneyisland #seabirds #birds #shearwaters #sootyshearwater #falklandislands #kidneyisland #nature #wildlife #southatlantic
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A mass of sooty shearwaters coming into their nests on Kidney Island as dusk falls, in the Falklands #kidneyisland #seabirds #birds #shearwaters #sootyshearwater #falklandislands #kidneyisland #nature #wildlife #southatlantic
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Great to see our #NTSSeabirds and marine life well represented at #EdinburghZoo 's #GiantLanterns exhibition last night 🙂
Thanks to #StKildaClub for the invitation to speak at their annual reunion.
@n-t-s.bsky.social
@edinburghzoo.bsky.social
Thanks to #StKildaClub for the invitation to speak at their annual reunion.
@n-t-s.bsky.social
@edinburghzoo.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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What a 2025 it has been for the Seabird Tracking Database, some highlights in the image! 📈
See our latest blog post for even more details➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
A massive thank you to the 363 seabird researchers who have contributed their data over the last 21 years 🐧🌊🌏
See our latest blog post for even more details➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
A massive thank you to the 363 seabird researchers who have contributed their data over the last 21 years 🐧🌊🌏
December 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What a 2025 it has been for the Seabird Tracking Database, some highlights in the image! 📈
See our latest blog post for even more details➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
A massive thank you to the 363 seabird researchers who have contributed their data over the last 21 years 🐧🌊🌏
See our latest blog post for even more details➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...
A massive thank you to the 363 seabird researchers who have contributed their data over the last 21 years 🐧🌊🌏
A huge thank you to our panel today on Seabird Careers - @robthomasbirds.bsky.social, Helen Wade, @jaycee161.bsky.social & @seabirdshearer.bsky.social 👏 Many insights, interesting backstories, tips on applying for jobs & more!
The session was recorded & will be available to watch if you missed it 🍿
The session was recorded & will be available to watch if you missed it 🍿
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A huge thank you to our panel today on Seabird Careers - @robthomasbirds.bsky.social, Helen Wade, @jaycee161.bsky.social & @seabirdshearer.bsky.social 👏 Many insights, interesting backstories, tips on applying for jobs & more!
The session was recorded & will be available to watch if you missed it 🍿
The session was recorded & will be available to watch if you missed it 🍿
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🚨We need your help🚨 #Shearwaters are washing up on beaches, particularly around #Tathra. Some #seabirds are still alive. Please do not touch the #birds. Instead, take photos & submit your observations to our new portal ➡️ adriftlab.org/beached-bird... (also, please share this) #ornithology #OzBirds
Report beached birds, beach-washed birds, seabird mass mortalities
Report beached birds, seabirds, and mutton birds. Help us gather data on seabird mass mortality events as a citizen scientist.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🚨We need your help🚨 #Shearwaters are washing up on beaches, particularly around #Tathra. Some #seabirds are still alive. Please do not touch the #birds. Instead, take photos & submit your observations to our new portal ➡️ adriftlab.org/beached-bird... (also, please share this) #ornithology #OzBirds
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Can GPS tracking reveal how #seabirds make use of tidal mixing fronts when foraging? 🧪
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...
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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
Fine-scale behavioural responses to mixing fronts are linked to variation in geographic space use in a medium ranging seabird - Marine Biology
Marine predators forage in dynamic, heterogeneous environments, where resources are unevenly distributed. Consequently, predators often concentrate foraging activity in areas where oceanographic proce...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Can GPS tracking reveal how #seabirds make use of tidal mixing fronts when foraging? 🧪
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
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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The first drone census of the St Kilda gannet colony is now published in Scottish Birds!
We counted 59,205 AOS in 2023 - similar to previous years. The overall impact of #HPAI appears less than at some other colonies, with notable declines in flatter areas 🧮
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
We counted 59,205 AOS in 2023 - similar to previous years. The overall impact of #HPAI appears less than at some other colonies, with notable declines in flatter areas 🧮
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
(PDF) The first drone census of the Gannet colony on St Kilda, 2023
PDF | An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (hereafter drone) survey of Gannets at St Kilda was carried out in June 2023. The survey was the first census at St... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The first drone census of the St Kilda gannet colony is now published in Scottish Birds!
We counted 59,205 AOS in 2023 - similar to previous years. The overall impact of #HPAI appears less than at some other colonies, with notable declines in flatter areas 🧮
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
We counted 59,205 AOS in 2023 - similar to previous years. The overall impact of #HPAI appears less than at some other colonies, with notable declines in flatter areas 🧮
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
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Seasonal field staff needed for @rspbscience.bsky.social projects in 2026 - advert live, closing date 11 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of the #seabird roles 🌊🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of the #seabird roles 🌊🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant - Seasonal Recruitment 2026 | RSPB
We are delighted to bring the details of our seasonal Research Assistants and Senior Research Assistants vacancies on a variety of projects within Great Britain in 2026.Full details of the roles curre...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Seasonal field staff needed for @rspbscience.bsky.social projects in 2026 - advert live, closing date 11 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of the #seabird roles 🌊🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of the #seabird roles 🌊🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
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Inspector Gannet making sure this stoat trap is set and baited to protect the colony from invasive ferrets, weasels, and stoats.
#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation
#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Inspector Gannet making sure this stoat trap is set and baited to protect the colony from invasive ferrets, weasels, and stoats.
#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation
#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation
We can now announce our panel of #Seabird Career experts for this Friday's online panel session 📣
👩🔬 Laura Shearer @seabirdshearer.bsky.social
👩🔬 Helen Wade
👩🔬 Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social
👨🔬 Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Sign up here by Weds to attend! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
👩🔬 Laura Shearer @seabirdshearer.bsky.social
👩🔬 Helen Wade
👩🔬 Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social
👨🔬 Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Sign up here by Weds to attend! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We can now announce our panel of #Seabird Career experts for this Friday's online panel session 📣
👩🔬 Laura Shearer @seabirdshearer.bsky.social
👩🔬 Helen Wade
👩🔬 Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social
👨🔬 Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Sign up here by Weds to attend! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
👩🔬 Laura Shearer @seabirdshearer.bsky.social
👩🔬 Helen Wade
👩🔬 Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social
👨🔬 Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Sign up here by Weds to attend! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Day 7 of #artadventcalendar
I can relate to terns. They will fly thousands of miles to enjoy summer. I do the same.
Painting of a common tern flying.
Mixed media on canvas
#painting #superseabirdsunday #seabird
I can relate to terns. They will fly thousands of miles to enjoy summer. I do the same.
Painting of a common tern flying.
Mixed media on canvas
#painting #superseabirdsunday #seabird
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Day 7 of #artadventcalendar
I can relate to terns. They will fly thousands of miles to enjoy summer. I do the same.
Painting of a common tern flying.
Mixed media on canvas
#painting #superseabirdsunday #seabird
I can relate to terns. They will fly thousands of miles to enjoy summer. I do the same.
Painting of a common tern flying.
Mixed media on canvas
#painting #superseabirdsunday #seabird
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#SuperSeabirdSunday Yearning for a bit of blue sky. Common Terns on the #Northumberland coast, taken with my phone David @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#SuperSeabirdSunday Yearning for a bit of blue sky. Common Terns on the #Northumberland coast, taken with my phone David @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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A pair of ring-billed gulls were 'kissing' along the shores of a local river. It was very adorable.
#SeaBirds #BirdOfTheDay #Manitoba #BirdPhotograhy #Birds
#SeaBirds #BirdOfTheDay #Manitoba #BirdPhotograhy #Birds
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A pair of ring-billed gulls were 'kissing' along the shores of a local river. It was very adorable.
#SeaBirds #BirdOfTheDay #Manitoba #BirdPhotograhy #Birds
#SeaBirds #BirdOfTheDay #Manitoba #BirdPhotograhy #Birds
Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
![Two people wearing coloured coats, sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea. They are using binoculars to watch birds in the distance. [Photo: Danni Thompson]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wvb4iczed4vztwh6wsn5fsb2/bafkreic7uzxotmlxo2s2bq2q7zmod45jchkupz3ohzmspzmz3ro7zc72w4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
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As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
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On the move! An Isle of May Kittiwake has just been recovered from Peamiut, Greenland, some 1,710 miles away as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
On the move! An Isle of May Kittiwake has just been recovered from Peamiut, Greenland, some 1,710 miles away as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
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Doing research on #Arctic #seabirds? Consider submitting an abstract to the session 'Safeguarding seabird populations in a rapidly changing Arctic' at www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca... in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 26-29 May 2026
Uarctic Congress 2026
www.uarcticcongress.fo
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Doing research on #Arctic #seabirds? Consider submitting an abstract to the session 'Safeguarding seabird populations in a rapidly changing Arctic' at www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca... in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 26-29 May 2026