A Black storm-petrel flying over the water. Photo by Gllen Tepke. Macaulay Library ML 261331651
🚨New paper alert 🚨: First GPS tracking of a Black storm-petrel Hydrobates melania By Jorge Cristerna et al.
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...
Extremely happy that my Master's thesis is published!
Thank you @mariemrouyer.bsky.social and @ana-sl-rodrigues.bsky.social for your guidance, as well as thanks to all the co-authors!
Migrated to Bluesky as I'm excited to share our new paper on collective route memories in homing pigeons: rdcu.be/e73Qk
We found flocks remembered old routes better than pigeons flying alone, likely because different birds remembered different parts of the route!
26 kinds of gadfly petrels are being proposed for listing under CMS at #CMSCOP15.
These birds are already threatened or near threatened, they move across 64 countries & territories and face serious pressures both on land and at sea.
Read the proposal in EN, SP or FR: www.cms.int/document/302...
Large white bird with dark eye markings and curved red bill sits on the ground in dappled shade with the downy head and breast of its chick emerging from under its left wing. Ted-tailed tropicbird.
This parent and hatchling Red-tailed tropicbird for my #SuperSeabirdSunday offering. With as many as 10 nesting within metres of the Park’s Hut on Phillip Island, off Norfolk last week- it was always advisable to have the phone handy
🔈 KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED
#BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom
➡️ Robert J. Fletcher (Uni of Cambridge)
➡️ Stephen Pringle (Uni of Kent)
➡️ Jane Reid (NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen)
➡️ Paul Woodcock (JNCC)
Join us! Submit your abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi...
#ornithology 🪶
A European storm petrel nesting among rocks in Mousa, Shetland.
The RSPB is looking for surveyors to census the UK’s largest Storm Petrel colony on Mousa, Shetland.
We need 2-4 volunteers who are comfortable working and camping in a remote location with limited facilities, to help complete playback surveys during mid-July 2026. 🪺🏝️🏕️
🌊 Share your seabird research at #WSC4! Submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations by 15 Jan 2026. Travel awards available for students & early-career researchers. Connect globally & shape seabird science! 🐦✈️
🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8cjmsk
#SeabirdScience #MarineConservation #WSC4
An incredible opportunity to work with the @rspb.bsky.social and Storm petrels as part of your Master's degree! 🕊️
#research #seabirds
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8
Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species?
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Why does a pigeon-sized bird purposely throw itself into hurricane-force winds?
With the help of lightweight GPS trackers, WHOI biologist Francesco Ventura has unlocked the Desertas petrel’s secret to success: cyclones!
📲 Find out what surprised researchers the most from BBC: go.whoi.edu/Petrel
To celebrate 30 years of AEWA, we created a video showing the migration tracks of waterbirds GPS-tagged in Italy.
Caring for waterbirds. Connecting countries.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
video by @fdepa1.bsky.social, Silvia Giardina and me
A petrel breeding diversity hotspot: Raivavae Island (Austral Islands, French Polynesia), with a need for conservation action | http://marineornitho | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
Tracking data and teamwork once again show their value for wildlife conservation.
Our study led by Timothée Poupartand and Thibaut Bettignies reveals mismatches between the Natura2000 marine network and seabird distributions, urging for better protected areas off France
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Excited to share this paper on shearwater diets in the Mediterranean! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks to a great team, Lucie Michel and co-authors including @fdepa1.bsky.social @jgcecere.bsky.social , part-funding by @dornitholges.bsky.social,
@hannahpepe.bsky.social for the post graphics!
Because of the massive increase in #IngestedPlastic this year (number, mass and size of particles) were finding intact items inside our baby #seabirds. This means we’re able to get information on brands…including THIS! ⬇️ #SoyFish #PollutionIsADesignChoice #shearwaters
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
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🚨 New paper alert 🚨
🪶 Evolutionarily distinct lineages of a migratory bird of prey show divergent responses to climate change 🪶
👉 rdcu.be/ehvAA
#LesserKestrel #ornithology #ClimateChange #Conservation
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Obituary in IBIS
Mike Harris (1939 - 2023)
doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
One of the world's best known, most loved and most outstanding seabird biologists
#ornithology
Four hundred three pieces of plastic removed from sable shearwater A. carneipes 90-day-old chick. On the left are five plastic items (0.073 g) removed during lavage, and on the right are the 398 items (41.812 g) that remained inside the stomach after lavage. The 398 items could not be removed during lavage as the large volume of plastic created a blockage. Instead, these items were recorded during necropsy after the bird was deceased. Pumice (128 pieces, 6.819 g) and squid beaks (not counted) also ingested by the bird are displayed in the petri dishes
Most worryingly, we found evidence of neurodegeneration in <90-day-old seabird chicks with high levels of ingested plastic - protein expression signatures akin to what we see in human patients with dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (3/5)
Hi, very interested in joining! Is there still place?
Hi! Is there still place? Working on marine systems!
!PhD opportunity! We are recruiting a student to use biotelemetry and modelling to understand bycatch in Europe's most endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater. If you are interested come to our online Q&A session on 12th Dec. See advert below!
Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
At the 2024 Movecolab.it meeting @ecotos.bsky.social presented his PhD project on #plastic ingestion in Mediterranean shearwaters.
Plastic has been found in 16 out of the 18 Scopoli's shearwaters (dead for bycatch) checked last week.
Great collaboration with Susanne Kuehn and Jan van Franeker
💥💥💥
A Trinidade petrel flying over Round Island, Mauritius, with a geolocator clearly visible on it's left (lower) leg.
An exciting PhD opportunity to investigate the migration strategies of a fascinating tropical #seabird with a unique long-term geolocator dataset and great supervisory team! 🤩
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🔗
#ornithology #seabirds #RoundIslandPetrels
Not new but still an amazing one!👏
Tracking the non-breeding range of Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, a Critically Endangered seabird of the South Pacific Ocean | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | Bird Conservation International | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
As I just joined Bluesky, let me introduce myself! I’m an #ecologist currently based in #Italy, deeply fascinated by how #seabirds manage to thrive in the challenging marine environment.
I have a passion for working in tropical ecosystems and yes, I have a soft spot for #storm #petrels!
