Danni Thompson
@scottishseabird.bsky.social
PhD researcher - drivers of individual specialisation in foraging behaviour with #FalklandsShags 🐦 | seabirds | photography | crafting
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I study the diet & foraging behaviour of #FalklandsShags, specifically looking at what might drive some birds to be specialists in these traits. A wonderful & understudied species!
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Hello! We're now on #Bluesky! PhULMaR is a PhD lab group for those around the British and Irish Isles studying birds that use the #marine #environment. Currently headed by @bardseyben.bsky.social @dianepavat.bsky.social, we meet online on the last Friday of each month. Get in touch to join!
July 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Hello! We're now on #Bluesky! PhULMaR is a PhD lab group for those around the British and Irish Isles studying birds that use the #marine #environment. Currently headed by @bardseyben.bsky.social @dianepavat.bsky.social, we meet online on the last Friday of each month. Get in touch to join!
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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Out now:
A new predictive method: Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals. With @jasonmatth.bsky.social, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social and others.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A new predictive method: Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals. With @jasonmatth.bsky.social, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social and others.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Out now:
A new predictive method: Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals. With @jasonmatth.bsky.social, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social and others.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A new predictive method: Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals. With @jasonmatth.bsky.social, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social and others.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The science behind the #SciArt!
Lots of flowers have colours that can't be seen within the human visible spectrum. So I made a pin badge that changes colour to reveal a (visible) rainbow using the uv in sunlight! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...
Lots of flowers have colours that can't be seen within the human visible spectrum. So I made a pin badge that changes colour to reveal a (visible) rainbow using the uv in sunlight! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...
April 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The science behind the #SciArt!
Lots of flowers have colours that can't be seen within the human visible spectrum. So I made a pin badge that changes colour to reveal a (visible) rainbow using the uv in sunlight! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...
Lots of flowers have colours that can't be seen within the human visible spectrum. So I made a pin badge that changes colour to reveal a (visible) rainbow using the uv in sunlight! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...
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If you haven't yet watched our recent panel discussion on #seabird careers & would like to, give us a DM & we'll send you the link 🍿
If you'd like access to events like this in the future, remember you can join the Seabird Group for only £15/ year as a student! 🕊️🎟️
Pic: @scottishseabird.bsky.social
If you'd like access to events like this in the future, remember you can join the Seabird Group for only £15/ year as a student! 🕊️🎟️
Pic: @scottishseabird.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If you haven't yet watched our recent panel discussion on #seabird careers & would like to, give us a DM & we'll send you the link 🍿
If you'd like access to events like this in the future, remember you can join the Seabird Group for only £15/ year as a student! 🕊️🎟️
Pic: @scottishseabird.bsky.social
If you'd like access to events like this in the future, remember you can join the Seabird Group for only £15/ year as a student! 🕊️🎟️
Pic: @scottishseabird.bsky.social
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NEW BLOG in #ornithology shows why we need dedicated people on #islands to count #seabirds - we can't do it from space: buff.ly/fmntPtk The corresponding paper is here: buff.ly/0D2gi1F
April 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
NEW BLOG in #ornithology shows why we need dedicated people on #islands to count #seabirds - we can't do it from space: buff.ly/fmntPtk The corresponding paper is here: buff.ly/0D2gi1F
What a great few days at #BOU2025. Loads of interesting & inclusive science, & a really supportive & friendly bunch of people. A great place to give the first talk of my PhD on #FalklandsShags & delighted to have been highly commended for my Bluesky thread 👇🏼
📸: @vulturecat.bsky.social
📸: @vulturecat.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What a great few days at #BOU2025. Loads of interesting & inclusive science, & a really supportive & friendly bunch of people. A great place to give the first talk of my PhD on #FalklandsShags & delighted to have been highly commended for my Bluesky thread 👇🏼
📸: @vulturecat.bsky.social
📸: @vulturecat.bsky.social
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NEW JOB in #ornithology to study the diet of #seabirds in Norway: buff.ly/vOjoAfc . Application deadline 7 April 2025.
April 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
NEW JOB in #ornithology to study the diet of #seabirds in Norway: buff.ly/vOjoAfc . Application deadline 7 April 2025.
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Uncovering Alpine swift foraging behaviour using GPS tracking & DNA metabarcoding! For the first time we describe Alpine swift foraging movements and what factors impact foraging trips, short-term range area size, & the prey diversity fed to nestlings #BOU2025 #ornithology 1/7
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Uncovering Alpine swift foraging behaviour using GPS tracking & DNA metabarcoding! For the first time we describe Alpine swift foraging movements and what factors impact foraging trips, short-term range area size, & the prey diversity fed to nestlings #BOU2025 #ornithology 1/7
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April 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Please please please fill this out 🙏 we are trying to understand people’s perspectives of hosting scientific conferences on Bluesky 🦋 and everyone’s viewpoint is super helpful
#BOU2025 #ornithology 🪶
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#BOU2025 #ornithology 🪶
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1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting.
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
April 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting.
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
Really great first day & a half at #BOU2025. Lots of interesting & superbly presented science so far - looking forward to hearing more tomorrow & sharing some of my own work on #FalklandsShags.
April 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Really great first day & a half at #BOU2025. Lots of interesting & superbly presented science so far - looking forward to hearing more tomorrow & sharing some of my own work on #FalklandsShags.
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🔍Investigating drivers of wader chick survival on Orkney
Lapwing chicks face high mortality—our radiotracking study in 2024 explored survival rates, habitat effects & predation risks. What did we find? 🧵#BOU2025 #ornithology
🔍Investigating drivers of wader chick survival on Orkney
Lapwing chicks face high mortality—our radiotracking study in 2024 explored survival rates, habitat effects & predation risks. What did we find? 🧵#BOU2025 #ornithology
April 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🔍Investigating drivers of wader chick survival on Orkney
Lapwing chicks face high mortality—our radiotracking study in 2024 explored survival rates, habitat effects & predation risks. What did we find? 🧵#BOU2025 #ornithology
🔍Investigating drivers of wader chick survival on Orkney
Lapwing chicks face high mortality—our radiotracking study in 2024 explored survival rates, habitat effects & predation risks. What did we find? 🧵#BOU2025 #ornithology
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Two Senior Marine Ornithologist posts at the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government. Deadline for applications is 21/04/2025, 23:59 #seabirds #ornithology #renewables
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Senior Marine Ornithologist
Do you want to use your scientific and research expertise to play an important role in decisions made on the sustainable delivery of marine renewables and the marine environment?
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March 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Two Senior Marine Ornithologist posts at the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government. Deadline for applications is 21/04/2025, 23:59 #seabirds #ornithology #renewables
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Rose-ringed parakeet hanging around Larbert Loch nr Falkirk this week. Never seen one in the area before. #BirdingScotland
March 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Rose-ringed parakeet hanging around Larbert Loch nr Falkirk this week. Never seen one in the area before. #BirdingScotland
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We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....
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Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
European data on animals aloft now publicly available
Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...
go.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can.
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost:
go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
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New #OA paper in the #seabird journal (@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social)! We GPS-tracked Black-legged #Kittiwakes breeding on an offshore platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In short, we show that they have a short foraging range compared to coastal... 1/6
www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
March 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New #OA paper in the #seabird journal (@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social)! We GPS-tracked Black-legged #Kittiwakes breeding on an offshore platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In short, we show that they have a short foraging range compared to coastal... 1/6
www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
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Fieldwork is not always safe, inclusive or equitable for LGBTQ+ people – but they are not alone.
Researchers in the Faculty of Environment have created a toolkit to support fieldworkers to make sure they plan with and for LGBTQ+ colleagues.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Researchers in the Faculty of Environment have created a toolkit to support fieldworkers to make sure they plan with and for LGBTQ+ colleagues.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
New tools support LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork
A guide to planning safe, inclusive and equitable fieldwork for LGBTQ+ people has been launched by a research team.
environment.leeds.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fieldwork is not always safe, inclusive or equitable for LGBTQ+ people – but they are not alone.
Researchers in the Faculty of Environment have created a toolkit to support fieldworkers to make sure they plan with and for LGBTQ+ colleagues.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Researchers in the Faculty of Environment have created a toolkit to support fieldworkers to make sure they plan with and for LGBTQ+ colleagues.
environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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A reminder that the deadline for our Research Grants is the 28th of February - this Friday! 🕊️
Get your applications in this week if you haven’t done so, via seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants.
Get your applications in this week if you haven’t done so, via seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants.
February 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A reminder that the deadline for our Research Grants is the 28th of February - this Friday! 🕊️
Get your applications in this week if you haven’t done so, via seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants.
Get your applications in this week if you haven’t done so, via seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is really hard - we're a nation of pet and bird lovers, and no pet owner wants to leave their pet susceptible to ticks and fleas but they'll be heart-broken to learn this may be killing the birds in their garden...
#ornithology 🪶 #ukbirds
This is really hard - we're a nation of pet and bird lovers, and no pet owner wants to leave their pet susceptible to ticks and fleas but they'll be heart-broken to learn this may be killing the birds in their garden...
#ornithology 🪶 #ukbirds
January 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is really hard - we're a nation of pet and bird lovers, and no pet owner wants to leave their pet susceptible to ticks and fleas but they'll be heart-broken to learn this may be killing the birds in their garden...
#ornithology 🪶 #ukbirds
This is really hard - we're a nation of pet and bird lovers, and no pet owner wants to leave their pet susceptible to ticks and fleas but they'll be heart-broken to learn this may be killing the birds in their garden...
#ornithology 🪶 #ukbirds
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📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan.
Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
January 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan.
Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
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Recognise how #communities are central to #island restoration?
Keen to understand more about their socioeconomic and ecological motivations?
PhD opportunity through the @netgain.bsky.social focal award with @DrFlurina and @environ_kat and myself
tinyurl.com/3xzdxn7a
Keen to understand more about their socioeconomic and ecological motivations?
PhD opportunity through the @netgain.bsky.social focal award with @DrFlurina and @environ_kat and myself
tinyurl.com/3xzdxn7a
December 31, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Recognise how #communities are central to #island restoration?
Keen to understand more about their socioeconomic and ecological motivations?
PhD opportunity through the @netgain.bsky.social focal award with @DrFlurina and @environ_kat and myself
tinyurl.com/3xzdxn7a
Keen to understand more about their socioeconomic and ecological motivations?
PhD opportunity through the @netgain.bsky.social focal award with @DrFlurina and @environ_kat and myself
tinyurl.com/3xzdxn7a
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Check out Alex's @alexbrighten1.bsky.social first PhD paper! Looking at age and migratory patterns in alpine swifts, using stable isotope analysis:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Check out Alex's @alexbrighten1.bsky.social first PhD paper! Looking at age and migratory patterns in alpine swifts, using stable isotope analysis:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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New in #BirdStudy
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.
Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.
Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology
January 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
New in #BirdStudy
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.
Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.
Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology