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Freddie Mckendrick
@freddiemckendrick.bsky.social
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Behavioural ecologist. Dr of kittiwakes
Oddly interested in how, why and where animals move.
Currently based at Ottenby Fagelstation.
https://freddiemckendrickecology.carrd.co/
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dinathebiologist.bsky.social
It’s me! 🧬 www.mba.ac.uk/pioneering-s...
Pioneering study uses eDNA to reveal intertidal biodiversity across UK shores | Marine Biological Association
A groundbreaking study, part-funded by the Marine Biological Association (MBA), has demonstrated the power of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to assess
www.mba.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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joewynnbirds.bsky.social
One week left on this! Good opportunity for someone interested in #behaviour, #genomics and #migration to come work will some fun seabirds and some fun people 🧬🐣🛰️

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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joewynnbirds.bsky.social
🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!
September 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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bou.org.uk
🎉 Huge congratulations to Ollie Padget on receiving the 2025 BOU Early Professional Award at #EOU2025 last week 🎉

Richly deserved recognition for an outstanding initial contribution to #ornithology 🪶

Read the IBIS citation here: onlinelibrary.wiley....
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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lilabuckingham.bsky.social
Do you use geolocators to estimate foraging time, behaviour, or energetics in diving seabirds? See our new paper for insights from a study of Common Guillemots.

doi.org/10.61350/sbj...

@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
A graphical abstract depicting the paper title, author list, and brief description of the paper. One images displays an adult common gullemot with one logger on each leg, next to a chick. The second image displays a close-up of a common guillemot's legs with both loggers shown. The text reads: An improved method to derive behavioural budgets and energetics from geolocator data in Common Guillemots Uria aalge Lila Buckingham, Maria Bogdanova, Francis Daunt, Robert Furness, Sophie Bennett, Ruth Dunn, David Jardine, Mark Newell, Ewan Weston & Jonathan Green We deployed two devices (time-depth recorder & geolocator) on 39 Common Guillemots for one non-breeding season. We allocated time to behaviours using 1) both devices (see Buckingham et al. 2023) and 2) only geolocators, following previous methods. We compared the behavioural budgets. We could not extract foraging behaviour (diving) when only using geolocator data. We devised an improved method for estimating behaviours and energetics in Common Guillemots using geolocator data. We also provide guidance for studies of other diving seabirds that rest at sea. Photos by Andrew Carter Seabird 37 (2025) Early Release
August 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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samanthacpatrick.bsky.social
I am looking for a short video of multi (two or more) species of seabirds in a foraging interaction. The footage must be taken from above, ideally from a drone. The footage is for developing statistical techniques and would not be published. Can anyone help?
May 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
freddiemckendrick.bsky.social
Delayed shoutout to @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social for still letting me chat about my work even though I had to pull out attending in person last minute. Sad to have missed it as always is fun but see you at the next one @asab.org (if I have a job by then...)
Powerpoint slide from ASAB conference flash talk. Talk titled: Behavioural adaptation to a changing environment: Do you change or do you go. Schematic presented is adapted from Edelaar and Bolnick, 2019: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.02.001
April 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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commonternproject.bsky.social
These are 5 autumn migration routes travelled by the same common tern. He’s not the only one showing such flexibility, and it pays, because in our new paper, published by @royalsocietypublishing.org, we show that route flexibility is associated with minimized headwind exposure: tinyurl.com/4dawhwzj
April 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM