First two pages of the comic. Page one features a Kittiwake in the sky wondering where all the birds have gone. Page two shows how climate change impacts the diet of seabirds. One fish looks healthy, the other ones looks smaller and poorer quality.

Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S ☕📖

Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology

✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree

A White-fronted Goose flock on grass partially covered by snow. White wording over a grey background reads: New Study. The use of monitoring data from north-west Europe as indicators for the health of Arctic-breeding waterbird populations. www.bto.org.

Arctic ecosystems are changing faster than anywhere on the planet. 🌍 New BTO-led science shows how we can monitor the effects of this on Arctic-breeding birds via data collected on their UK wintering grounds. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/ArcticWaterb... #Ornithology

Agree, probably artefact, that was when it first landed so only a couple of seconds footage but was the best view from below.

Dark-eyed Junco in a private garden in Ely on July 9th, which was unfortunately not seen again thereafter. This is the first ever American passerine species recorded in Cambs! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding

What happens when 300+ scientists analyse the same data? Not the same answer! Lessons about staying open to alternate explanations, don't rush to judge, and potential for more than one "truth" in nature? 🤔 Grateful to contribute to this amazing initiative. Read it for free: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions of seabirds—and they haven’t bounced back Historic 2016 event may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem

Common Guillemots suffered catastrophic losses following a marine heat wave in 2015 and 2016, and may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem
www.science.org/content/arti...
#ornithology #seabirds

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Image of two Gannets alongside the wording: Seabird Monitoring Programme. Seabirds Population Trends and Causes of Change: 1986-2023. SMP logo top right of image. BTO, JNCC, and ‘in association with’ RSPB logo bottom right.

Out now!🔊 The SMP Report provides an overview of the status of the UK’s breeding #seabirds since 1986. It further highlights declines as shown by the recent Seabirds Count, a census of Britain & Ireland’s seabirds.

Read the report➡️ www.bto.org/smp-publications @rspb.bsky.social #Ornithology

Ps congrats also! ;)

Quite a balancing act. Great if you can keep at it though, skuas need you 😉

It's just part of me now! 😉 Hope all's well over here.

Bonjour Bluesky