Shoney Wind / Nathalie
@shoneywind.bsky.social
Environmental professional working in offshore wind in UK. Designer of Shoney Wind's kittiwake artificial nesting and supplementary feeding tower called 'Kittiwakery'.
So ill be posting the good and bad news from Kittiwakery ANS 2025 season over the next few weeks...
First, we have been over-run with corvids in 2025 inc jackdaws, carrion crows and magpies..
see exhibit no 1 - if you look very carefully you can see 4 jackdaws inside and outside Kittiwakery...
First, we have been over-run with corvids in 2025 inc jackdaws, carrion crows and magpies..
see exhibit no 1 - if you look very carefully you can see 4 jackdaws inside and outside Kittiwakery...
August 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So ill be posting the good and bad news from Kittiwakery ANS 2025 season over the next few weeks...
First, we have been over-run with corvids in 2025 inc jackdaws, carrion crows and magpies..
see exhibit no 1 - if you look very carefully you can see 4 jackdaws inside and outside Kittiwakery...
First, we have been over-run with corvids in 2025 inc jackdaws, carrion crows and magpies..
see exhibit no 1 - if you look very carefully you can see 4 jackdaws inside and outside Kittiwakery...
So a wee reminder of the videos from 2024 on the Kittiwakery ANS.. we will be posting 2025 videos soon.
The key 2024 videos are here: www.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
The key 2024 videos are here: www.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
Shoney Wind Kittiwakery
The Kittiwakery concept was first conceived in 2019 by NJ Stevenson of Shoney Wind (SWL), following research into kittiwake thermoregulation, and a global review of successful and failed artificial n...
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August 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So a wee reminder of the videos from 2024 on the Kittiwakery ANS.. we will be posting 2025 videos soon.
The key 2024 videos are here: www.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
The key 2024 videos are here: www.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
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Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout (dla205@exeter.ac.uk) 🐦💍💛
(Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑)
#Seabirds #IrishSea
(Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑)
#Seabirds #IrishSea
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Anthropomorphized comments. #UrbanKittiwake #seabirds #kittiwake #kittiwakehotels #RissaTridactyla
www.shoneywind.com/kittiwakery-...
www.shoneywind.com/kittiwakery-...
April 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Anthropomorphized comments. #UrbanKittiwake #seabirds #kittiwake #kittiwakehotels #RissaTridactyla
www.shoneywind.com/kittiwakery-...
www.shoneywind.com/kittiwakery-...
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🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨
Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.
Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025
#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.
Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025
#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
February 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨
Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.
Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025
#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.
Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025
#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
Amuses me no end!
March 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Amuses me no end!
Good opportunity for someone
🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨
Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.
Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025
#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.
Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025
#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
March 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Good opportunity for someone
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Identifying urban hotspots of potential bird and pedestrian encounters through corridor overlap | link.springer.com/ar... | Urban Ecosystems | #ornithology 🪶
February 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Identifying urban hotspots of potential bird and pedestrian encounters through corridor overlap | link.springer.com/ar... | Urban Ecosystems | #ornithology 🪶
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The UK Government has rejected a request for the emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide to crops in 2025:
UK Government rejects 'emergency' use of neonicotinoids
The UK Government has rejected an emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide for 2025. The neonicotinoid thiamethoxam has been banned in the UK since 2018, but had been approved for use on British sugar beet crops annually from 2021 to 2024 under the previous Conservative government. The W...
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February 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The UK Government has rejected a request for the emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide to crops in 2025:
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Looking for a #bird related volunteer opportunity to kick off 2025? Help us count our #fulmar survey photos to update our population estimates! Email me if you're interested.
#seabirds
#conservation
#arctic
#seabirds
#conservation
#arctic
January 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Looking for a #bird related volunteer opportunity to kick off 2025? Help us count our #fulmar survey photos to update our population estimates! Email me if you're interested.
#seabirds
#conservation
#arctic
#seabirds
#conservation
#arctic
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Deadline for these exciting seasonal roles with RSPB is fast approaching! Go, go, go 🏃
#ornithology #seabirds #ukbirding #birdingScotland #BirdingWales
#ornithology #seabirds #ukbirding #birdingScotland #BirdingWales
Seasonal field staff needed for @rspb.bsky.social projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities across the UK!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant - Seasonal Recruitment 2025 | RSPB
We are delighted to bring the details of our seasonal Research Assistants and Senior Research Assistants vacancies on a variety of projects within Great Britain in 2025.
Full details of the roles curr...
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January 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Deadline for these exciting seasonal roles with RSPB is fast approaching! Go, go, go 🏃
#ornithology #seabirds #ukbirding #birdingScotland #BirdingWales
#ornithology #seabirds #ukbirding #birdingScotland #BirdingWales
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Seabirds need your help. Check out the Seabird Action plan consultation which was recently released by the Scottish Government and more importantly they want your feedback on the subject. Check out the blog for the details: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Seabirds need your help. Check out the Seabird Action plan consultation which was recently released by the Scottish Government and more importantly they want your feedback on the subject. Check out the blog for the details: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
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December 1, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Decades of artificial nests towards African penguin conservation—Have they made a difference? | besjournals.onlineli... | Ecological Solutions and Evidence | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
December 4, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Decades of artificial nests towards African penguin conservation—Have they made a difference? | besjournals.onlineli... | Ecological Solutions and Evidence | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.
Go on girl. 😍
Go on girl. 😍
December 4, 2024 at 11:49 AM
We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74.
Go on girl. 😍
Go on girl. 😍
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Breaking news!
November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
December 2, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Breaking news!
November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
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Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
November 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
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Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
November 29, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
No5
#seabirds #kittiwake
So you can go here to view example playlists by face or behaviour, so far, ive only added 48 videos that takes about 8 mins to view them all. You can click on different playlists by behaviour, or click on SSE v NNW face etc... up to you
m.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
#seabirds #kittiwake
So you can go here to view example playlists by face or behaviour, so far, ive only added 48 videos that takes about 8 mins to view them all. You can click on different playlists by behaviour, or click on SSE v NNW face etc... up to you
m.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
December 2, 2024 at 10:36 PM
No5
#seabirds #kittiwake
So you can go here to view example playlists by face or behaviour, so far, ive only added 48 videos that takes about 8 mins to view them all. You can click on different playlists by behaviour, or click on SSE v NNW face etc... up to you
m.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
#seabirds #kittiwake
So you can go here to view example playlists by face or behaviour, so far, ive only added 48 videos that takes about 8 mins to view them all. You can click on different playlists by behaviour, or click on SSE v NNW face etc... up to you
m.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
No4
#seabirds #kittiwake
To give you an idea of how many days it took to go through ‘real’ motion detections.. between us, it was 26 days. We had estimated 37 videos per hoir and it actually translated to 14 videos p/h .. again a serious underestimate of effort.. CPUEK might be a new metric..
#seabirds #kittiwake
To give you an idea of how many days it took to go through ‘real’ motion detections.. between us, it was 26 days. We had estimated 37 videos per hoir and it actually translated to 14 videos p/h .. again a serious underestimate of effort.. CPUEK might be a new metric..
December 2, 2024 at 10:33 PM
No4
#seabirds #kittiwake
To give you an idea of how many days it took to go through ‘real’ motion detections.. between us, it was 26 days. We had estimated 37 videos per hoir and it actually translated to 14 videos p/h .. again a serious underestimate of effort.. CPUEK might be a new metric..
#seabirds #kittiwake
To give you an idea of how many days it took to go through ‘real’ motion detections.. between us, it was 26 days. We had estimated 37 videos per hoir and it actually translated to 14 videos p/h .. again a serious underestimate of effort.. CPUEK might be a new metric..
No3
#seabirds #kittiwake
From our rapid subsampling of videos half way through the season, SWL had estimated 40% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in them. Erm. No. 70% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in, so we underestimated the task ahead of us...
#seabirds #kittiwake
From our rapid subsampling of videos half way through the season, SWL had estimated 40% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in them. Erm. No. 70% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in, so we underestimated the task ahead of us...
December 2, 2024 at 10:27 PM
No3
#seabirds #kittiwake
From our rapid subsampling of videos half way through the season, SWL had estimated 40% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in them. Erm. No. 70% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in, so we underestimated the task ahead of us...
#seabirds #kittiwake
From our rapid subsampling of videos half way through the season, SWL had estimated 40% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in them. Erm. No. 70% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in, so we underestimated the task ahead of us...
No2
#seabirds #kittiwake
Of the 1268 false motion detections, most were either a) vessels on the Tyne b) feathers on fake-fluffy chicks waving in the wind or c) flies. Thank goodness we didnt have more cameras in place! More to follow..
#seabirds #kittiwake
Of the 1268 false motion detections, most were either a) vessels on the Tyne b) feathers on fake-fluffy chicks waving in the wind or c) flies. Thank goodness we didnt have more cameras in place! More to follow..
December 2, 2024 at 10:25 PM
No2
#seabirds #kittiwake
Of the 1268 false motion detections, most were either a) vessels on the Tyne b) feathers on fake-fluffy chicks waving in the wind or c) flies. Thank goodness we didnt have more cameras in place! More to follow..
#seabirds #kittiwake
Of the 1268 false motion detections, most were either a) vessels on the Tyne b) feathers on fake-fluffy chicks waving in the wind or c) flies. Thank goodness we didnt have more cameras in place! More to follow..
#seabirds
No1.
Kittiwakery camera/videos update:
So Biodiverse Consulting installed 2 cameras on 2 ledges of 20 possible ledges on the Shoney Wind Ltd & FLI Structures Kittiwakery on the NNW and SSE faces...... So 4236 motion detection videos later.. of those, 2968 videos had kittiwake.
No1.
Kittiwakery camera/videos update:
So Biodiverse Consulting installed 2 cameras on 2 ledges of 20 possible ledges on the Shoney Wind Ltd & FLI Structures Kittiwakery on the NNW and SSE faces...... So 4236 motion detection videos later.. of those, 2968 videos had kittiwake.
December 2, 2024 at 10:22 PM
#seabirds
No1.
Kittiwakery camera/videos update:
So Biodiverse Consulting installed 2 cameras on 2 ledges of 20 possible ledges on the Shoney Wind Ltd & FLI Structures Kittiwakery on the NNW and SSE faces...... So 4236 motion detection videos later.. of those, 2968 videos had kittiwake.
No1.
Kittiwakery camera/videos update:
So Biodiverse Consulting installed 2 cameras on 2 ledges of 20 possible ledges on the Shoney Wind Ltd & FLI Structures Kittiwakery on the NNW and SSE faces...... So 4236 motion detection videos later.. of those, 2968 videos had kittiwake.
Kittiwake warden job in Dunbar.. will be a really interesting job. please share.
myjobscotland.gov.uk/404495
myjobscotland.gov.uk/404495
Kittiwake Warden - Dunbar Area - EAL10750 | East Lothian Council | myjobscotland
View details and apply for this parks & countryside (property / land) role in Dunbar with East Lothian Council on myjobscotland
myjobscotland.gov.uk
November 29, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Kittiwake warden job in Dunbar.. will be a really interesting job. please share.
myjobscotland.gov.uk/404495
myjobscotland.gov.uk/404495
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Hello #seabirds PhD students in the UK and Ireland. We are a supportive cross-university group of ECRs. Online get togethers on the last Friday of every month on Teams. Contact email below 👇 Develop collabs; share data, methods, problems, code; guest speakers... come say hi! Please share - thanks!
November 22, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Hello #seabirds PhD students in the UK and Ireland. We are a supportive cross-university group of ECRs. Online get togethers on the last Friday of every month on Teams. Contact email below 👇 Develop collabs; share data, methods, problems, code; guest speakers... come say hi! Please share - thanks!