Environmental stress affects all kittiwakes – but not to the same degree Personality plays a role in how animals handle stress. The more active and risk-taking birds – referred to here as “bold” – are predicted to be more tolerant of disturbances and prioritize…

Bold and shy kittiwakes experience stress at different times - but all kittiwakes in the population experience environmental stress. Read more about our latest study here: seapop.no/en/2026/04/e...
#personality #seabirds #climate

Newly-developed attachment method for bird loggers Short-term tracking of birds often involves glue or tape attachments, which frequently detach prematurely, leading to data loss and potential harm to the birds.

Tracking #seabirds has become increasingly important to collect data about their space use - but how to attach the #loggers? Colleagues from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social have developed a clamp system, which helps to keep loggers in place for several weeks to months. seapop.no/en/2026/03/n...

New tool for predicting effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds The development of offshore wind is a key instrument in the shift toward renewable energy, but such interventions can also impact marine biodiversity. Seabirds are among the most threatened bird…

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

Drones and artificial intelligence bring new precision to seabird monitoring Traditional seabird surveys have long been time- and resource-intensive, often with a risk of disturbing birds during the breeding season. Drones have made it possible to collect large volumes of…

Drones and artificial intelligence - in SEAPOP we have started to #monitor #seabird #populations with drones. Pictures are analyzed using artificial intelligence. Here's the #method to get from drone pictures to numbers of birds per species: seapop.no/en/2026/01/d...

The MARCIS tool has been launched This bulletin was first published by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research on January 15th, 2026 One hundred and fifty years ago, seabirds lived in a very different coastal environment from the…

Marine industries & #seabirds - how can they coexist? Marine spatial planning is the word. Using SEAPOP data, the MARCIS project just launched an MSP-tool for seabirds in the North Atlantic seapop.no/en/2026/01/t...

Different migration patterns uncovered in black guillemots Coastal zones are rich in biodiversity but also vulnerable to human impacts such as fisheries, kelp harvesting, aquaculture and climate change. The black guillemot is a seabird that breeds along the…

How far do black guillemots migrate during winter? Do individuals revisit the same wintering areas in consecutive years? You find the answers to these and more questions in our latest publication #seabird #migration @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social seapop.no/en/2026/01/d...

Ocean warming threatens seabirds in the North Atlantic Climate change is causing ocean warming, acidification and loss of sea ice. This, in turn, is leading to shifting biogeographic distribution and in some cases species extinction.

New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that #ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic
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Loggers attached to birds can affect foraging behaviour Loggers have become a central part of research on seabirds and other groups of animals over the past 20 years. In seabird research, loggers provide very useful documentation of diving behaviour…

#biologging #research is booming - but do #loggers actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication seapop.no/en/2025/11/l...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social #seabirds

Havvind-webinar trakk mange interesserte Norske myndigheter har en målsetning om å kunne levere 30 gigawatt (GW) elektrisk strøm pr år fra vindkraftanlegg utenfor kysten vår innen 2040. At sjøfugl vil bli berørt av slike anlegg er utvilsomt…

How does the offshore wind development in Norway affect seabirds and how do SEAPOP and SEATRACK respond to knowledge needs? Have a look at the recordings of our webinar (in Norwegian language) seapop.no/2025/10/havv...

Diverging population trends in Brünnich’s guillemots on Svalbard linked to wintering strategies Long-term monitoring has documented sustained declines in Brünnich’s guillemot colonies in western and southern Svalbard, consistent with patterns seen across much of the Atlantic sector of the Arctic...

Going west or going east? Wintering strategies impact population trends in Brünnich’s guillemots from Svalbard - work by the Norwegian Polar Institute #seabirds seapop.no/en/2025/10/d...

Can new technologies improve seabird monitoring? Traditionally, seabird monitoring has largely involved direct visual observations of e.g. abundance and breeding success. Although often performed according to detailed national guidelines…

#Seabird monitoring used to happen with tally counters, binoculars and telescopes – but times are changing. #Drones and fixed #cameras have been implemented for monitoring in many national programs, also SEAPOP. Our latest publication sums up the advantages and challenges. seapop.no/en/2025/10/c...

New data products from SEAPOP SEAPOP has recently published new data products that provide information and overviews of three important parameters related to seabirds along the Norwegian coast and the adjacent marine areas: their…

SEAPOP launches new data products that show #seabird distribution, environmental value and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. Data can be downloaded free of charge in form of maps (raster or vector format) seapop.no/en/2025/08/n...

Report from the seabird monitoring in Norway in 2024 Similar to the last few years, surface-feeding seabirds generally had lower breeding success than diving species. Pelagic surface-feeders like black-legged kittiwakes had moderate to poor breeding…

Our annual key-site monitoring report is out, with information about breeding success, changes in population numbers etc. per monitored colony. seapop.no/en/2025/07/r...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social & Norsk Polarinstitutt

Our annual pamphlet with a summary of last year's breeding season and updates about survival and other news from the Norwegian colonies is out (in Norwegian only). A shorter version in English is coming soon. #seabirds seapop.no/2025/06/ny-a...

Counting kittiwakes in Rørvik with @bksandercock.bsky.social. #Fieldwork for @seapop.bsky.social has started. #seabird #research @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

Sea ice affects population dynamics in common eiders Sea ice is significant for the ecology of many arctic species. The Arctic is now heating up four times more quickly than any other place on earth, and we need to know the consequences the resulting…

Using 40 years of data from Svalbard, our latest study shows that early break-up of sea ice due to #globalwarming contributes to making some of the islands safer for common eider ducks to breed, as Arctic foxes cannot reach them. seapop.no/en/2025/04/s...

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 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...

Er høsting av tang og tare en trussel mot fuglelivet? Kommersiell høsting av viltvoksende tang og tare er en viktig næring langs norskekysten. Tang og tare er et uunnværlig råstoff i en rekke industrier, fra matproduksjon og dyrefôr til legemidler og bio...

New report about seaweed harvesting on possible effects on #seabirds and #shorebirds from @ninadehnhard.bsky.social & colleagues at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. GPS #tracking data from SEAPOP showed overlap in area use for some coastal seabird populations with areas that are trawled.

Birte Maaseide collecting a faeces sample from a shag chick in the colony at Sklinna, central Norway.

New article on #plastics in #faeces samples of shag chicks. 25 out of 36 samples contained microplastics > 100 µm; we found 17 particles per g dry mass and clear evidence for parental transfer of plastics.
#seabirds #pollution @seapop.bsky.social
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Vellykket SEAPOP-seminar avholdt i Asker SEAPOP holder seminar hvert andre år, og denne gangen ble det arrangert under tittelen «Stille kyst – status og trusler for norske sjøfugler». Etter en innledning ved koordinatorene Per Fauchald og…

Every other year, SEAPOP organizes a seminar and gives a run-through the topics we are working with. The presentations of this years' seminar (in Norwegian) are now accessible here: seapop.no/2024/10/vell...

Stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway’s seabirds When Rob Barrett set out to survey one of the country’s largest colonies in the 1970s there were too many birds to count. Now, his pictures and archive images show a species decline echoed around the ...

Stark viewing: before-and-after photographs showing dramatic change to Norway's coastlines as seabirds have vanished:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rob Barrett and Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard @seapop.bsky.social
Arcgis story map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0906...
#birding #ecology

Modelling tool reveals causes of decline in great black-backs Our seas are under growing pressure from multiple threats caused by human activities. For seabirds, the most important threats include climate change, pollution and overfishing. We need to understand…

New study investigates the impact of multiple #threats ( #pollutants and #climate) to #seabirds and investigates causes of decline in great black-backed #gulls seapop.no/en/2024/09/m...

The fieldseason on Sklinna was a success also this year. Lots of data collected, lots of loggers deployed. Want to know more? - read my blog post:
ninadehnhard.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/y...
@seapop.bsky.social #seabirds #biotracking #fieldwork

GPS #biotracking of #shags on Sklinna done for this season. We got 59 of 60 trackers back. GPS & dive loggers help us identify important foraging areas, critical for marine spatial planning. #seabirds #mpa @seapop.bsky.social

#Postdoc position in #seabirds spatial population dynamics at NINA Tromsø.

Apply by 1st September.

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#jobs

Velkommen til SEAPOP-seminar! Det er gledelig å kunne ønske velkommen til et nytt sjøfuglseminar på Holmen Fjordhotell i Asker. Det blir som vanlig god mat, sosialt samvær og, ikke minst, gode foredrag og diskusjoner om sjøfugl og...

Are you joining us in Asker 25-26 September to the SEAPOP Seminar? The title this year: Stille kyst - status og trusler for norske sjøfugl. The seminar will be in Norwegian. More info and link to registration: seapop.no/2024/06/velk...

Another encounter with #fishing nets that are killing #seabirds. We couldn't save the shag anymore, but the guillemot got to live. #fieldwork at Sklinna #Norway for @seapop.bsky.social

Kittiwake count in Rørvik. #Seabirds #fieldwork for NINA & @seapop.bsky.social. Looks like the #avianinfluenza outbreak last year had no major impact on this population #HPAI #H5N1

It seems that several hundred birds are affected, many of which are oiled to such a degree that they will not be able to survive.

Oljesøl dreper utrydningstruede sjøfugler i Finnmark – jakt på kilden til utslippet Tung, seig olje har rammet hundrevis av utrydningstruede sjøfugler i naturreservatet på Hornøya i Finnmark. Ingen vet hvor dødsfellen befinner seg i havet.

Several #seabird species, especially common guillemots and #puffins in the SEAPOP-colony Hornøya, are currently affected by an #oilspill. The source of the oil is unknown. Article in Norwegian - pictures speaking for themselves #pollution
www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...