Vance Mak
@vancemak.bsky.social
PhD Researcher @ExeterMarine, U of Exeter, Cornwall (UK).
Kittiwakes & Offshore Wind, animal movement data, ecological niche modelling, ocean and climate projection modelling, impact assessment analysis, and marine spatial planning!
Kittiwakes & Offshore Wind, animal movement data, ecological niche modelling, ocean and climate projection modelling, impact assessment analysis, and marine spatial planning!
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New paper alert! How can new technologies improve seabid population monitoring? Output from a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference in Coimbra last year.
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Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring
Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu
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September 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New paper alert! How can new technologies improve seabid population monitoring? Output from a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference in Coimbra last year.
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
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Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Get in touch if you want to know more
Get in touch if you want to know more
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Get in touch if you want to know more
Get in touch if you want to know more
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Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating.
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating.
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
🦑🧪🌍🐟🎣🦤🌊
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Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
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My first paper is out! 🥳🐠🐟
Fish are important benthic bioturbators too! Great new #ConvexSeascapeSurvey paper from our @exetermarine.bsky.social PhD student Mara Fischer. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A functional assessment of fish as bioturbators and their vulnerability to local extinction
The seabed is one of the key ecological interfaces on the planet, exerting a major influence on global biogeochemical cycles. Biological processes suc…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My first paper is out! 🥳🐠🐟
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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
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New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social
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On a wild goose chase!!
w/ @stubearhop.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social @lucywilliamson.bsky.social
@brentgoosechase.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social
w/ @stubearhop.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social @lucywilliamson.bsky.social
@brentgoosechase.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
On a wild goose chase!!
w/ @stubearhop.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social @lucywilliamson.bsky.social
@brentgoosechase.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social
w/ @stubearhop.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social @lucywilliamson.bsky.social
@brentgoosechase.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Faint aurora in North Donegal as we were setting nets this evening
February 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Faint aurora in North Donegal as we were setting nets this evening
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Join us using the QR code tomorrow for our first webinar of the year @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Join us using the QR code tomorrow for our first webinar of the year @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
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New paper! @jappliedecology.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)
January 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New paper! @jappliedecology.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)
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Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean!
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean!
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project
📍University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th
#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
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SEATRACK got a new website with better functionality and better access to documents: seatrack.net Click yourself through and learn more about the non-breeding distribution of north-Atlantic seabirds!
seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...
seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...
Home - SEATRACK
SEATRACKSeabird tracking The SEATRACK programme aims to map the non-breeding distribution of seabirds breeding throughout the North Atlantic and understand how changes in environmental conditions and ...
seatrack.net
December 13, 2024 at 9:35 AM
SEATRACK got a new website with better functionality and better access to documents: seatrack.net Click yourself through and learn more about the non-breeding distribution of north-Atlantic seabirds!
seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...
seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...
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Forgotten Forests: 03 (1/3)
I had the absolute pleasure to learn the 4000 year old practice of Cornish hedge building with the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (CREST)! Rows of stone packed in with soil, these structures can last for hundreds of years...
I had the absolute pleasure to learn the 4000 year old practice of Cornish hedge building with the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (CREST)! Rows of stone packed in with soil, these structures can last for hundreds of years...
December 10, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Forgotten Forests: 03 (1/3)
I had the absolute pleasure to learn the 4000 year old practice of Cornish hedge building with the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (CREST)! Rows of stone packed in with soil, these structures can last for hundreds of years...
I had the absolute pleasure to learn the 4000 year old practice of Cornish hedge building with the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (CREST)! Rows of stone packed in with soil, these structures can last for hundreds of years...
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Want to use a unique dataset to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of genomic diversity and its drivers in a wild bird population? Apply for this #NERC #PhD position @uniexecec.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🐦🌍🧪🧬 #ExeterCEC #Vlieland #NIOO-KNAW
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🐦🌍🧪🧬 #ExeterCEC #Vlieland #NIOO-KNAW
December 6, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Want to use a unique dataset to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of genomic diversity and its drivers in a wild bird population? Apply for this #NERC #PhD position @uniexecec.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🐦🌍🧪🧬 #ExeterCEC #Vlieland #NIOO-KNAW
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🐦🌍🧪🧬 #ExeterCEC #Vlieland #NIOO-KNAW
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PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 7:53 AM
PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
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New PhD project, based at ZSL, on the migration strategies of Trindade petrels from Round Island, Mauritius!
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
CR2025_18: Migration strategies and activity in a wide-ranging tropical seabird at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2025_18: Migration strategies and activity in a wide-ranging tropical seabird at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
New PhD project, based at ZSL, on the migration strategies of Trindade petrels from Round Island, Mauritius!
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris 🔗⬇️
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#seabirds 🪶
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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
So grateful to be given the opportunity to present some work from the first chapter of my PhD at the @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #coimbraseabirds conference today!!
@cathorswill.bsky.social @alicetrevail.bsky.social
@rsherley.bsky.social
@stubearhop.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
@cathorswill.bsky.social @alicetrevail.bsky.social
@rsherley.bsky.social
@stubearhop.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
September 3, 2024 at 9:44 PM
So grateful to be given the opportunity to present some work from the first chapter of my PhD at the @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #coimbraseabirds conference today!!
@cathorswill.bsky.social @alicetrevail.bsky.social
@rsherley.bsky.social
@stubearhop.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
@cathorswill.bsky.social @alicetrevail.bsky.social
@rsherley.bsky.social
@stubearhop.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social