Dr Ingrid Pollet
@ingridpollet.bsky.social
#seabirds ecologist studying bycatch, plastic, migration, pollution.
soft spot for Leach's storm-petrel. Editor for Seabird.
soft spot for Leach's storm-petrel. Editor for Seabird.
Most mentioned species is (by far) the Common murre. My beloved Leach's storm-petrel is also on the list of the over-mentioned species.
October 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Most mentioned species is (by far) the Common murre. My beloved Leach's storm-petrel is also on the list of the over-mentioned species.
Here is my postcard!
September 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Here is my postcard!
That exciting moment when the lattice has been knocked down during the night (image 1), you know you will get an adult (image 2). #SeabirdSeptember #seabirds All birds handled with appropriate scientific permits.
September 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
That exciting moment when the lattice has been knocked down during the night (image 1), you know you will get an adult (image 2). #SeabirdSeptember #seabirds All birds handled with appropriate scientific permits.
An adorable Providence petrel for #SuperSeabirdSunday. Bird was observed at its colony a few months ago on Lord Howe Island with the team from @adriftlab.bsky.social. #seabirds #Pterodroma
September 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
An adorable Providence petrel for #SuperSeabirdSunday. Bird was observed at its colony a few months ago on Lord Howe Island with the team from @adriftlab.bsky.social. #seabirds #Pterodroma
Last time I saw one of those, it had been in the stomach of a Sable (flesh-footed) shearwater. Plastic sachets should also be banned.
#PlasticPollution #Seabirds
#PlasticPollution #Seabirds
August 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Last time I saw one of those, it had been in the stomach of a Sable (flesh-footed) shearwater. Plastic sachets should also be banned.
#PlasticPollution #Seabirds
#PlasticPollution #Seabirds
Despite the screaming into the void from earlier this week, I got one paper accepted and one paper submitted this week, plus some good progress on another one… and some fun time in a via ferrata in the Austrian Wilderkaiser !
August 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Despite the screaming into the void from earlier this week, I got one paper accepted and one paper submitted this week, plus some good progress on another one… and some fun time in a via ferrata in the Austrian Wilderkaiser !
Sometimes (read: today) I feel like my words are just like that: screaming into the void with no one to hear or to care.
Photo credit: Alina Rutherford. Bird handled with all required permit.
Photo credit: Alina Rutherford. Bird handled with all required permit.
August 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sometimes (read: today) I feel like my words are just like that: screaming into the void with no one to hear or to care.
Photo credit: Alina Rutherford. Bird handled with all required permit.
Photo credit: Alina Rutherford. Bird handled with all required permit.
Lufthansa’s cranes everywhere, I must have landed in Germany !
July 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Lufthansa’s cranes everywhere, I must have landed in Germany !
And my favorite characters from Halifax airport ! I can relate to both of them.
July 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And my favorite characters from Halifax airport ! I can relate to both of them.
Bye bye New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Not everything planned was accomplished, but it was a good field trip anyway ! See you next year.
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Bye bye New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Not everything planned was accomplished, but it was a good field trip anyway ! See you next year.
On Kent Island, NB right now. As part of our #bioacoustics study of Leach’s storm-petrel with @dmennill.bsky.social , funded by Wildlife Trust Fund of NB, it is important to replace batteries and memory card of the recorders. Mission accomplished! #seabirds
July 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
On Kent Island, NB right now. As part of our #bioacoustics study of Leach’s storm-petrel with @dmennill.bsky.social , funded by Wildlife Trust Fund of NB, it is important to replace batteries and memory card of the recorders. Mission accomplished! #seabirds
Off to see storm-petrels, meet a new student, and visit old friends. Maybe not in that order.
July 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Off to see storm-petrels, meet a new student, and visit old friends. Maybe not in that order.
Average survival rate over the 1955-2023 period was φ = 0.84 ± 0.01, but certainly suboptimal and below the average in recent years.
June 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Average survival rate over the 1955-2023 period was φ = 0.84 ± 0.01, but certainly suboptimal and below the average in recent years.
June 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
All this plastic is making my head spin. I don’t think one can grasp the amount of our own produced junk you can find in sable shearwaters. All the pieces here (60g - 778 pieces) were in one (1!!!) chick. That’s roughly 20% of its body weight. @adriftlab.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
All this plastic is making my head spin. I don’t think one can grasp the amount of our own produced junk you can find in sable shearwaters. All the pieces here (60g - 778 pieces) were in one (1!!!) chick. That’s roughly 20% of its body weight. @adriftlab.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social
Let the journey begins!
April 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Let the journey begins!
A desk so clean can only mean two things: field work with @thelabandfield.bsky.social and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social , followed by vacation!
April 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A desk so clean can only mean two things: field work with @thelabandfield.bsky.social and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social , followed by vacation!
I love this part of the Zurich-Geneva train when you approach Lausanne. I think I have pictures in all seasons. The lake, the steep vineyard, the feeling I’m almost home.
April 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I love this part of the Zurich-Geneva train when you approach Lausanne. I think I have pictures in all seasons. The lake, the steep vineyard, the feeling I’m almost home.
Spoiler: Here are the winter core ranges. Maps that did not make it to the paper.
April 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spoiler: Here are the winter core ranges. Maps that did not make it to the paper.
It's finally out.
The migration of Long-tailed ducks from 3 Russian breeding sites.
Is the observed decline in the Baltic because ducks are staying further north? Read to find out!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#OpenAccess
The migration of Long-tailed ducks from 3 Russian breeding sites.
Is the observed decline in the Baltic because ducks are staying further north? Read to find out!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#OpenAccess
April 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's finally out.
The migration of Long-tailed ducks from 3 Russian breeding sites.
Is the observed decline in the Baltic because ducks are staying further north? Read to find out!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#OpenAccess
The migration of Long-tailed ducks from 3 Russian breeding sites.
Is the observed decline in the Baltic because ducks are staying further north? Read to find out!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
#OpenAccess