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

A great outcome from a workshop at our #seabird conference last year in Portugal, this review paper collab has been selected as Editor's choice at ICES Journal of Marine Science! 💪👏

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#seabirdmonitoring #newtechnology #remotecameras #acoustic #biotelemetry #UAVs 🛰️🌊

“The sound! The constant bombardment of noise drifting up the cliffs is just fantastic, and the isle feels amazingly quiet and bereft as the season ends and they head off out to sea again” Alex Penn, Fair Isle Warden

As we head towards the seabird breeding season, and @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social gathers its team together for 2025, Alex reflects on the joy of working on an #island surrounded by #seabirds. 🏝️🔭 The long-term data collected at places like this are invaluable to #seabirdmonitoring 📒🪶