Paolo Salvador
@paolosalva.bsky.social
PhD Student #KlaipėdaUniversity 🌊 | Diving #seabirds (Great Cormorant) and marine processes in #coastal environment | Enthusiast birdwatcher and birdringer 🐦🪶
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My first step into #seabird research out in @bci-journal.bsky.social! We explore seabird #bycatch risk in a coastal area of the Adriatic Sea (NE Italy) and propose a mitigation framework—one of the few studies in the #Mediterranean context! 🌊 Article open access doi.org/10.1017/S0959270925000012
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
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The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
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Introducing BIRDBASE, which aims to be the world's most comprehensive avian trait ecology database. Article links to open access paper, & data in Excel spreadsheet. phys.org/news/2025-09... #science #environment #ecology #eco #biology #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #openaccess #datascience
BIRDBASE dataset tracks ecological traits for 11,589 species of birds
Çağan Şekercioğlu was an ambitious, but perhaps naive graduate student when, 26 years ago, he embarked on a simple data-compilation project that would soon evolve into a massive career-defining achiev...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Introducing BIRDBASE, which aims to be the world's most comprehensive avian trait ecology database. Article links to open access paper, & data in Excel spreadsheet. phys.org/news/2025-09... #science #environment #ecology #eco #biology #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #openaccess #datascience
#ICESASC25 was a game-changer! Stepping outside of my usual research into the world of #fisheries has been valuable. Understanding where #GreatCormorants fish is a priority to manage interactions with human activities. New connections and prospectives!
@icesmarine.bsky.social
@icesmarine.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#ICESASC25 was a game-changer! Stepping outside of my usual research into the world of #fisheries has been valuable. Understanding where #GreatCormorants fish is a priority to manage interactions with human activities. New connections and prospectives!
@icesmarine.bsky.social
@icesmarine.bsky.social
#GreatCormorant chicks have unmistakable gannet-like features - revealing why they belong to #Suliformes order 🐦Loving these memories and discoveries from our last successful (and noisy) #ringing season!
#SeabirdSeptember #ornithology
#SeabirdSeptember #ornithology
September 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#GreatCormorant chicks have unmistakable gannet-like features - revealing why they belong to #Suliformes order 🐦Loving these memories and discoveries from our last successful (and noisy) #ringing season!
#SeabirdSeptember #ornithology
#SeabirdSeptember #ornithology
Back from an incredible #EOU2025 in @bangoruniversity.bsky.social ! Presented my work on the spatial behaviour of #GreatCormorant🐦 - it was fantastic to discuss with such an engaged audience and meet new and old friends. The trips around North Wales were the perfect cherry on top! #ornithology
August 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Back from an incredible #EOU2025 in @bangoruniversity.bsky.social ! Presented my work on the spatial behaviour of #GreatCormorant🐦 - it was fantastic to discuss with such an engaged audience and meet new and old friends. The trips around North Wales were the perfect cherry on top! #ornithology
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Time to bathe!💦
Many birds have water-repellent plumage. Using their beaks, birds apply oil secreted from their glands.
Cormorant feathers don’t have this oily coating. This reduction in buoyancy allows them to dive underwater to catch prey.🐟
Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
Many birds have water-repellent plumage. Using their beaks, birds apply oil secreted from their glands.
Cormorant feathers don’t have this oily coating. This reduction in buoyancy allows them to dive underwater to catch prey.🐟
Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
August 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Time to bathe!💦
Many birds have water-repellent plumage. Using their beaks, birds apply oil secreted from their glands.
Cormorant feathers don’t have this oily coating. This reduction in buoyancy allows them to dive underwater to catch prey.🐟
Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
Many birds have water-repellent plumage. Using their beaks, birds apply oil secreted from their glands.
Cormorant feathers don’t have this oily coating. This reduction in buoyancy allows them to dive underwater to catch prey.🐟
Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
Reposted by Paolo Salvador
Argentine researchers studied niche partitioning among four cormorant species coexisting in a Patagonian marine inlet, using a multidimensional approach that included diet, isotopic niches, foraging areas, and breeding timing. bit.ly/3GSThWM
May 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Argentine researchers studied niche partitioning among four cormorant species coexisting in a Patagonian marine inlet, using a multidimensional approach that included diet, isotopic niches, foraging areas, and breeding timing. bit.ly/3GSThWM
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Our #CormorantCams are up and running to explore how our breeding Cormorants are doing on Sheep Island and Strangford Lough!
Few sites in the UK and Ireland are consistently monitored for Cormorant productivity, so we’re excited to see what our nest cameras capture! 🌊📸
Find out more ⬇️ #ornithology
Few sites in the UK and Ireland are consistently monitored for Cormorant productivity, so we’re excited to see what our nest cameras capture! 🌊📸
Find out more ⬇️ #ornithology
April 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our #CormorantCams are up and running to explore how our breeding Cormorants are doing on Sheep Island and Strangford Lough!
Few sites in the UK and Ireland are consistently monitored for Cormorant productivity, so we’re excited to see what our nest cameras capture! 🌊📸
Find out more ⬇️ #ornithology
Few sites in the UK and Ireland are consistently monitored for Cormorant productivity, so we’re excited to see what our nest cameras capture! 🌊📸
Find out more ⬇️ #ornithology
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A recent study has confirmed that wintering seabirds in the northern Adriatic Sea are regularly perishing due to the activities of small-scale fisheries:
Small-scale fisheries threaten seabirds in the Mediterranean
A recent study has confirmed that wintering seabirds in the northern Adriatic Sea are regularly perishing due to the activities of small-scale fisheries. Conducted between 2021 and 2023, the research has provided valuable new knowledge on the influence of sea depth on bycatch rates. The study, publi...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A recent study has confirmed that wintering seabirds in the northern Adriatic Sea are regularly perishing due to the activities of small-scale fisheries:
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New research has shown how viewing nature can help people feel less pain:
Observing nature reduces pain, study shows
New research has shown how viewing nature can help people feel less pain. The neuroimaging study, led by a team from the University of Exeter, found that people looking at natural scenes experienced less pain than those viewing a city. During the research, 49 people were given minor electric shocks...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
New research has shown how viewing nature can help people feel less pain:
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Early in the breeding season Cormorants are often seen on their nest "wing flapping" and this clip ends with "sky pointing".
Great close views from a hide at Rye Harbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#superseabirdsunday
#cormorant
Great close views from a hide at Rye Harbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#superseabirdsunday
#cormorant
March 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Early in the breeding season Cormorants are often seen on their nest "wing flapping" and this clip ends with "sky pointing".
Great close views from a hide at Rye Harbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#superseabirdsunday
#cormorant
Great close views from a hide at Rye Harbour @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#superseabirdsunday
#cormorant
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Diving into Danger: How Small-Scale Fisheries Threaten Mediterranean Seabirds
#ornithology #birds #birding #seabirds www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/D...
#ornithology #birds #birding #seabirds www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/D...
Diving into Danger: How Small-Scale Fisheries Threaten Mediterranean Seabirds
Small-scale fisheries are often perceived as more sustainable than industrial operations, but new research has shown they can still pose significant conservation challenges with a number of bird speci...
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Diving into Danger: How Small-Scale Fisheries Threaten Mediterranean Seabirds
#ornithology #birds #birding #seabirds www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/D...
#ornithology #birds #birding #seabirds www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/D...
Last month at @sosbangor.bsky.social was so inspiring. I had the opportunity to elaborate and present my first preliminary #PhD results. Thanks to the great supervision of @marikimient.bsky.social, all professors and students interested in my research on #GreatCormorant. See you soon!
March 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Last month at @sosbangor.bsky.social was so inspiring. I had the opportunity to elaborate and present my first preliminary #PhD results. Thanks to the great supervision of @marikimient.bsky.social, all professors and students interested in my research on #GreatCormorant. See you soon!
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Big tip for ECR and #PhD students in #ecology: take lots of photos of everything you do in the field/lab. Get others to take photos of you. Lots. Create an image library. You'll be thankful for the rest of your career for their value in communicating your #science, like in this brilliant thread 👇
Closing by acknowledging a herculean effort by @nilomr.bsky.social to collect & analyse these data, fabulous help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social at all stages, from Loanne & Antoine in the field and Sara Keen for inspiration
March 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Interaction between small-scale fisheries and wintering seabirds in a Mediterranean Sea coastal area | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | @bci-journal.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
February 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Interaction between small-scale fisheries and wintering seabirds in a Mediterranean Sea coastal area | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | @bci-journal.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
My first step into #seabird research out in @bci-journal.bsky.social! We explore seabird #bycatch risk in a coastal area of the Adriatic Sea (NE Italy) and propose a mitigation framework—one of the few studies in the #Mediterranean context! 🌊 Article open access doi.org/10.1017/S0959270925000012
February 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My first step into #seabird research out in @bci-journal.bsky.social! We explore seabird #bycatch risk in a coastal area of the Adriatic Sea (NE Italy) and propose a mitigation framework—one of the few studies in the #Mediterranean context! 🌊 Article open access doi.org/10.1017/S0959270925000012
I finished my first PhD internship at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social diving deeper into the fascinating world of #GreatCormorant foraging behaviour. This opportunity opened up so many perspectives. Grateful to all researchers and students for this inspiring opportunity - hope to be back soon!
February 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I finished my first PhD internship at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social diving deeper into the fascinating world of #GreatCormorant foraging behaviour. This opportunity opened up so many perspectives. Grateful to all researchers and students for this inspiring opportunity - hope to be back soon!