Using advanced modelling, we can now better measure the lethal and non-lethal effects of #offshore #wind power plants on #seabirds - read more here: seapop.no/en/2026/02/n...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
The model is reproducible and adaptable and will reduce uncertainty for marine spatial planning, supporting sustainable offshore development
This work was part of the MARCIS project and we are very grateful to our funders & collaborators for their support
www.nina.no/english/Sust...
We developed a framework to predict seabird-wind farm interactions and impacts during the non-breeding season
We demonstrated the model by simulating impacts on two Norwegian populations:
⚡displacement effects: common guillemots (Sklinna)
💥collisions: black-legged kittiwakes (Ålesund)
✨New paper!✨
An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on #seabirds
doi.org/10.1002/2688...
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@seatrackscience.bsky.social
@signecd.bsky.social
@masden.bsky.social
A puffin stands on a rock in the rain. Photo: Jacqui Glencross.
Seabird Group Training Grants are open 🐧⛺🌃
We offer up to £250 to help with travel, accommodation or food during #seabird fieldwork or training!
We are encouraging applicants from BAME backgrounds, but all are welcome to apply 📋
For all the info ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grant
Deadline: 28 Feb
A graphical abstract depicting the paper title, author list, and brief description of the paper. One images displays an adult common gullemot with one logger on each leg, next to a chick. The second image displays a close-up of a common guillemot's legs with both loggers shown. The text reads: An improved method to derive behavioural budgets and energetics from geolocator data in Common Guillemots Uria aalge Lila Buckingham, Maria Bogdanova, Francis Daunt, Robert Furness, Sophie Bennett, Ruth Dunn, David Jardine, Mark Newell, Ewan Weston & Jonathan Green We deployed two devices (time-depth recorder & geolocator) on 39 Common Guillemots for one non-breeding season. We allocated time to behaviours using 1) both devices (see Buckingham et al. 2023) and 2) only geolocators, following previous methods. We compared the behavioural budgets. We could not extract foraging behaviour (diving) when only using geolocator data. We devised an improved method for estimating behaviours and energetics in Common Guillemots using geolocator data. We also provide guidance for studies of other diving seabirds that rest at sea. Photos by Andrew Carter Seabird 37 (2025) Early Release
Do you use geolocators to estimate foraging time, behaviour, or energetics in diving seabirds? See our new paper for insights from a study of Common Guillemots.
doi.org/10.61350/sbj...
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@ejcritchley.bsky.social
Pictures of all incoming members of The Seabird Group ExComm.
Please join us in welcoming our new lovely members to Seabird ExComm 🐧🤝. A big thank you to all those who participated in voting, and we look forward to our next chapter with the new team!
⭐ Alice Edney
⭐ Eryn Shinnie
⭐ Debs Allbrook
⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies
⭐ Ingrid Pollet
A picture of all outgoing members of the Seabird ExComm.
To all our fab Executive Committee members who have reached their end of term in their current roles, we wish you all the very best in your future endeavours and thank you for all your hard work for seabirds 🕊️🙏
⭐ Ian Cleasby
⭐ Ruth Dunn
⭐ Kirsty Franklin
⭐ Lila Buckingham
⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies
As ecologists we celebrate diversity, both of the natural world and of the people in this field.
This Transgender Awareness Week, @rowankuminski.bsky.social co-chair of EDGE Network shares 5 small steps you can make to support transgender ecologists
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/five-steps-t...
coming down to the wires on #LGBTQSTEMDay to share a little starter pack of QPOC EEB scientists!!
help grow this community and nominate your fave QPOC EEBer! CCmment/DM if you'd like to be added, I would love to connect :)
go.bsky.app/S5fpXWm
Photo credit: Elin VJ/NPI
Photo credit: Elin VJ/NPI
Happy #PolarPrideDay from the Arctic! 🏳️🌈 🐻❄️🐧 We're celebrating at @NorskPolar and @Framcentre - fantastic seeing enthusiasm and support once again! #PolarPride2024 #DiversityinPolarScience
Maybe too late but @rowankuminski.bsky.social ✨
It's Trans Awareness Week! I worked with the Integrative and Comparative Biology blog to write a piece about my experiences being trans in marine biology.
Give it a read!
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/t...
November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #QueerinSTEM
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
#WomenInSTEM alert! Hi, I am a wildlife biologist interested in #ornithology and all our feathered friends, but my favourite child is #seabirds! I will be following/posting/interacting with seabird research in particular, but I will also share my past research on Illegal Wildlife Trade! 🌍🪶🧪
Lila (white person, black jumper, blue hat) stands in front of the grassy coastline and sea, with islands and a lighthouse in the background catching the sun
Happy #LGBTStemDay & #PolarPride! Here's a pic of me enjoying the Midnight Sun during my first trip to Røst this summer 🌞 #SeabirdPride 🐧
Oh! Well thanks 😅 Still learning Bluesky!
Helloo, could you add me please? Thanks!
I couldn’t find a starter pack for POCs working in STEM, so I started one myself - my network here is still small and I didn’t want to assume how people identify, so please reply or DM me if you want to be added!
go.bsky.app/BJkKQVR
I'd love to join! Thank you 😊
Hi! Could you add me please? Thanks 😊
A reminder that the wonderful @prideinstem.bsky.social has created two starter packs of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM:
part 1: go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf
part 2: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ
“An individual-based model to quantify the non-breeding season impact of wind farms on seabirds."
@lilabuckingham.bsky.social develops a model to predict the non-breeding season impacts of offshore windfarms on #seabirds, assessing collision risk and displacement effects.
#CoimbraSeabirds
‼️ Call for abstracts open
#BOUasm24 Birds and net zero
24 Oct 2024 | York, UK & Zoom & X (Twitter)
bou.org.uk/event/birds-...
Deadline: 30 June 2024 (0900 BST)
#ornithology
These training grants provide 💰 for individuals to use towards travel, accommodation & subsistence in order to undertake unpaid #seabird -focused fieldwork or volunteering. 🌊
For more info see seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants 🔗
The next round of training grants will be advertised in 2025!
We're pleased to announce the 3️⃣ successful applicants of our 2024 training grants 🥳
Gwennan is heading to Skokholm Island, Jelaine is visiting Isle of May Bird Observatory, and Jonathan is going to Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory!
We hope they have wonderful #seabird -filled experiences!
Screenshot of The Seabird Group’s Bluesky profile.
It’s really great to @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social join us over here in the Bluesky! Looking forward to some great #seabirds posts and #ornithology from this pioneering society.
#birds #birding #ukbirding
Image reads: Journal of Experimental Biology, A framework to unlock marine bird energetics. A myriad of BMR multipliers -> An easy-to-follow framework -> Exciting new energetic insights. We compiled BMR multipliers for you to combine with your data, using our framework to calculate the energy expenditure of any bird. In the background is a figure illustrating the different marine bird families, their ecological guilds, and whether BMR multiplier data are available. There's also an illustration of a great auk eating a fish.
#NewPaper providing a framework that YOU can use to estimate the amount of energy that any population of marine bird (e.g. #seabirds, ducks, & divers) uses day-to-day.
It was a pleasure to co-lead this with my PhD pal Jamie Duckworth 🐦
Out now in JEB: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
We’re hiring a post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on #seabird demography and population dynamics
3 yrs - closes 01/02/24
Hybrid working options available
jobs.glos.ac.uk/wrl/pages/va...
#ornithology
