Bernard Cadiou
@bernard-cadiou.bsky.social
Seabird monitoring programme in Brittany, France. #stormpetrel biology
And also cooking, juggling, drawing...
And also cooking, juggling, drawing...
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Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
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#biologging #research is booming - but do #loggers actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication seapop.no/en/2025/11/l...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social #seabirds
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social #seabirds
Loggers attached to birds can affect foraging behaviour
Loggers have become a central part of research on seabirds and other groups of animals over the past 20 years. In seabird research, loggers provide very useful documentation of diving behaviour…
seapop.no
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#biologging #research is booming - but do #loggers actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication seapop.no/en/2025/11/l...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social #seabirds
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social #seabirds
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Importantly, birds that remained with the same partner tended to lay eggs earlier, which is strongly tied to how many chicks they rear 🐣.
See our news story: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Read the full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#seabirds #ClimateChange 🧪
See our news story: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Read the full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#seabirds #ClimateChange 🧪
Seabirds are more likely to ‘divorce’ in bad weather
Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a new study involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
ceh.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Importantly, birds that remained with the same partner tended to lay eggs earlier, which is strongly tied to how many chicks they rear 🐣.
See our news story: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Read the full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#seabirds #ClimateChange 🧪
See our news story: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Read the full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#seabirds #ClimateChange 🧪
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🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨
Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣
Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣
Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring
Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨
Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣
Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣
Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Older #stormies are close to fledge in Brittany, Western France, youngest are fluffy, and a few adults are still brooding their chick or incubating their egg #seabirds #stormpetrels
August 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Older #stormies are close to fledge in Brittany, Western France, youngest are fluffy, and a few adults are still brooding their chick or incubating their egg #seabirds #stormpetrels
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Using an automated recognition system to monitor endangered seabird breeding colonies 🌍
#Seabirds #AI #RecognitionSystems #Ecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Seabirds #AI #RecognitionSystems #Ecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Integrating AI into ecology for fully automated monitoring of endangered seabird breeding colonies
The rapid pace of human-related development and environmental instability has placed significant pressure on global ecosystems, threatening the existe…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Using an automated recognition system to monitor endangered seabird breeding colonies 🌍
#Seabirds #AI #RecognitionSystems #Ecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Seabirds #AI #RecognitionSystems #Ecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🍽️🐦 Proteomic studies reveals that #Seabirds with plastic in their stomachs had signs of neurodegenerative disease, kidney and liver disease as well as damage to the lining of the stomach
☠️While not always lethal, microplastics will undoubtedly have long-term effects on populations.
☠️While not always lethal, microplastics will undoubtedly have long-term effects on populations.
Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration
Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.
www.science.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🍽️🐦 Proteomic studies reveals that #Seabirds with plastic in their stomachs had signs of neurodegenerative disease, kidney and liver disease as well as damage to the lining of the stomach
☠️While not always lethal, microplastics will undoubtedly have long-term effects on populations.
☠️While not always lethal, microplastics will undoubtedly have long-term effects on populations.
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To protect wildlife as offshore wind grows, we need the best ecological data. Monash University researchers created a practical guide to seabird flight—how high, how fast & when they fly.
📄 Journal of Applied Ecology: bit.ly/4eXfqQw
#Seabirds #ClimateAndNature
📄 Journal of Applied Ecology: bit.ly/4eXfqQw
#Seabirds #ClimateAndNature
July 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
To protect wildlife as offshore wind grows, we need the best ecological data. Monash University researchers created a practical guide to seabird flight—how high, how fast & when they fly.
📄 Journal of Applied Ecology: bit.ly/4eXfqQw
#Seabirds #ClimateAndNature
📄 Journal of Applied Ecology: bit.ly/4eXfqQw
#Seabirds #ClimateAndNature
1st jumps of the oldest young guillemots at cap Frehel, Brittany
June 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
1st jumps of the oldest young guillemots at cap Frehel, Brittany
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to inspect connectivity of #seabirds and other marine megafauna in the #oceans: buff.ly/C2ZBHwD Tool is here: buff.ly/Mh64gTo
May 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
NEW PAPER in #ornithology provides a tool to inspect connectivity of #seabirds and other marine megafauna in the #oceans: buff.ly/C2ZBHwD Tool is here: buff.ly/Mh64gTo
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EDEC SA works for #CaboVerde govern and changed Brava street & port lights from yellow to strong white LED. A few days later >150 Cape Verde, Leach and WF #StormPetrels & Boyd's #shearwaters collisioned and died. Despite #ProjectoVito warned DNA, 3d later lights are on m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
March 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
EDEC SA works for #CaboVerde govern and changed Brava street & port lights from yellow to strong white LED. A few days later >150 Cape Verde, Leach and WF #StormPetrels & Boyd's #shearwaters collisioned and died. Despite #ProjectoVito warned DNA, 3d later lights are on m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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History repeats itself
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
History repeats itself
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Albatross Chick Alert! 😍
The world's oldest known banded wild #bird, a Laysan Albatross affectionately known as Wisdom, is officially parent to another chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge!
@friendsofmidway.bsky.social
The world's oldest known banded wild #bird, a Laysan Albatross affectionately known as Wisdom, is officially parent to another chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge!
@friendsofmidway.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Albatross Chick Alert! 😍
The world's oldest known banded wild #bird, a Laysan Albatross affectionately known as Wisdom, is officially parent to another chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge!
@friendsofmidway.bsky.social
The world's oldest known banded wild #bird, a Laysan Albatross affectionately known as Wisdom, is officially parent to another chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge!
@friendsofmidway.bsky.social
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March 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Lockwood et al. What the Cat Dragged in: Quantifying Prey Return Rates of Pet Cats (Felis catus) With Outdoor Access in the UK onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #CitizenScience
What the Cat Dragged in: Quantifying Prey Return Rates of Pet Cats (Felis catus) With Outdoor Access in the UK
This study used predation survey techniques (citizen science) in order to quantify prey return rates across the UK, along with potential influencing factors. Although between 37 and 140 million prey ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Lockwood et al. What the Cat Dragged in: Quantifying Prey Return Rates of Pet Cats (Felis catus) With Outdoor Access in the UK onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #CitizenScience
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In France, gulls and gannets infected with different genotypes. In gannets, a single wave, but in gulls long and repeated outbreaks. Really interesting dive into the nitty gritty of the seabird outbreaks in Europe.
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
February 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
In France, gulls and gannets infected with different genotypes. In gannets, a single wave, but in gulls long and repeated outbreaks. Really interesting dive into the nitty gritty of the seabird outbreaks in Europe.
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
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5 years ago we learnt which Oystercatchers cross the Atlantic 🎂5️⃣
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/w...
Then we learnt about the role of fathers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o...
And discovered how migrancy/residency affects success:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/07/w...
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/w...
Then we learnt about the role of fathers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o...
And discovered how migrancy/residency affects success:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/07/w...
#ornithology
Which Icelandic Oystercatchers cross the Atlantic?
Most Icelandic Oystercatchers leave Iceland in the autumn, crossing the Atlantic and arriving in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Despite much shorter day-length and colder conditions, 30% spen…
wadertales.wordpress.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
5 years ago we learnt which Oystercatchers cross the Atlantic 🎂5️⃣
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/w...
Then we learnt about the role of fathers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o...
And discovered how migrancy/residency affects success:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/07/w...
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/w...
Then we learnt about the role of fathers:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/o...
And discovered how migrancy/residency affects success:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/08/07/w...
#ornithology
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Les Bretons en train de négocier avec @ignfrance.bsky.social 😆
Golfe de Bretagne
Golfe de Bretagne
February 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Les Bretons en train de négocier avec @ignfrance.bsky.social 😆
Golfe de Bretagne
Golfe de Bretagne
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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
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Avec l'accord de Marine Joumard, la fabuleuse illustratrice de "l'éthologie (presque) facile", j'ai eu envie de vous présenter les étapes de création de la couverture du livre. Et pour fuir les algos, je l'ai écrit sur MON BLOG (ET OUAIS): www.leniddepie.com/2025/02/07/u...
Une couverture (presque) facile - Le nid de pie
Lors de la création d'un livre, il faut toujours réfléchir très vite à sa couverture. Voici comment est née celle de "l'éthologie (presque) facile" en collaboration avec l'illustratrice Marine Joumard...
www.leniddepie.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Avec l'accord de Marine Joumard, la fabuleuse illustratrice de "l'éthologie (presque) facile", j'ai eu envie de vous présenter les étapes de création de la couverture du livre. Et pour fuir les algos, je l'ai écrit sur MON BLOG (ET OUAIS): www.leniddepie.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Je crois qu'il devient clair que nous, scientifiques, avons un rôle majeur à jouer pour former et informer les citoyens. Il faut plus de culture scientifique !
Incroyable.
Les sbires de Trump et Musk sont entrés de force au sein de l'agence météorologique nationale (NOAA), pour lui couper les vivres et bloquer l'information climatique.
Une atteinte gravissime aux sciences, à la démocratie, à l'avenir.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Les sbires de Trump et Musk sont entrés de force au sein de l'agence météorologique nationale (NOAA), pour lui couper les vivres et bloquer l'information climatique.
Une atteinte gravissime aux sciences, à la démocratie, à l'avenir.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Je crois qu'il devient clair que nous, scientifiques, avons un rôle majeur à jouer pour former et informer les citoyens. Il faut plus de culture scientifique !
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New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social on seabird wind use and foraging decisions!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We estimated wind selectivity in Manx shearwaters and explored how birds handle the trade-off between being wind efficient and targeting known foraging areas
@sosbangor.bsky.social
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The researchers “investigated how breeding timing affects migratory strategies in the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), a trans-hemispheric migratory seabird with large temporal variation in the onset of breeding.”
#Seabirds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Seabirds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Night flight facilitates late breeding catch-up in a long-distance migratory seabird - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Night flight facilitates late breeding catch-up in a long-distance migratory seabird
www.nature.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:06 PM
The researchers “investigated how breeding timing affects migratory strategies in the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), a trans-hemispheric migratory seabird with large temporal variation in the onset of breeding.”
#Seabirds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Seabirds
www.nature.com/articles/s41...