Laura Shearer
@seabirdshearer.bsky.social
Seabird Scientist and Coastal Reserves Manager on Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean
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Steeple Jason Island. Home to the largest Black-browed Albatross colony in the world. I spent a week in March sampling albatrosses, penguins, giant petrels, shags, and more as part of our work to understand the dynamics of HPAI in the Falklands seabird community
April 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Steeple Jason Island. Home to the largest Black-browed Albatross colony in the world. I spent a week in March sampling albatrosses, penguins, giant petrels, shags, and more as part of our work to understand the dynamics of HPAI in the Falklands seabird community
Red footed boobies do not currently nest on mainland Ascension but this season we have seen significantly more around the Letterbox NR... maybe in the next few years... 🤞
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
April 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Red footed boobies do not currently nest on mainland Ascension but this season we have seen significantly more around the Letterbox NR... maybe in the next few years... 🤞
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
One of my favourite things is getting others involved in our seabird research... here's a juvenile masked booby learning about drone surveys #education #seabirds
April 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
One of my favourite things is getting others involved in our seabird research... here's a juvenile masked booby learning about drone surveys #education #seabirds
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Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders:
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Tracking Ascension Island's seabirds across borders - Seabird Tracking Database
Protected areas are a vital tool for safeguarding marine wildlife, but seabirds and other marine species often travel beyond these havens.
www.seabirdtracking.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders:
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊
Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
Reposted by Laura Shearer
New pub: beautiful new ~35 myo skull of a flightless plotopterid bird (possibly Klallamornis) described from Washington state. Acid prepared! And big - 28 cm long! Same rock unit as some of the oldest known baleen whales on earth. Discovered by Jim Goedert. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New pub: beautiful new ~35 myo skull of a flightless plotopterid bird (possibly Klallamornis) described from Washington state. Acid prepared! And big - 28 cm long! Same rock unit as some of the oldest known baleen whales on earth. Discovered by Jim Goedert. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It's been a delight to monitor this brown noddy nest! When we checked it out yesterday, it had already fledged- they grow so quick! ☺️
April 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's been a delight to monitor this brown noddy nest! When we checked it out yesterday, it had already fledged- they grow so quick! ☺️