UK Seabird Monitoring Programme

‘Adorable’, Fulmar chick still in the nest on the #Northumberlandcoast Be careful not to get too close, as you might just receive a shower you wouldn’t like. #seabirds @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social #nebirding

This Shag fledgling has all my Monday morning feels.

#isleofmay #birdingscotland #seabirds

Come and join our top Surveys team!!

A great opportunity for a career involved in #Seabird monitoring with @btobirds.bsky.social! 🕊️🐦🐣🦅

Hi Carol, this is a desk-based role coordinating the schemes participants of professional and skilled volunteer participants. You do get to think about seabirds all day and work with fantastic people, so it is still very rewarding.

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📢Job alert! We’re looking for the next Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser to join the BTO Surveys Team!🔭📈

ℹ️ For more information and to apply: www.bto.org/jobs
🗓️ Deadline for applications: 8th Sept 2025.

#seabirds #citizenscience
@btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social

“Terning a Deaf Ear” Roseate Tern and youngster on the Northumberland coast. #nebirding #birds #seabirds @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @ntbirdclub.bsky.social

“There is a season, tern, tern, tern” Roseate Tern on the Northumberland coast. @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social #seabirds #nebirding #birds #birdsoftheworld

"I must go down to the sea again" Soon to be back out into the wide, wild sea. Puffin on the Northumberland coast. #nebirding #birds #birdsoftheworld @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

Another close encounter with a Common Tern on the Northumberland coast. #nebirding #birds #seabirds #birdsoftheworld @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

“Old friends, old friends
Sat on their park bench like bookends”
Puffins on the Northumberland coast. Soon they’ll be leaving for their ‘oceanic’ winter quarters. #birds #nebirding #birdsoftheworld #seabirds @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

Finally!!! One of the three great black-backed gull chicks I ringed last year on Horse Isle (Clyde) has been resighted & is doing well! It was spotted at the end of May in Ardglass Harbour. Another one was found dead on Islay after Storm Bert last year, so I'm very happy to see this record #seabirds

Waiting for the beach to be clear of the tide to do my @smp-seabirds.bsky.social gull productivity count... Reading emails that were composting in my Inbox... @cofnod.org.uk newsletter features Sea Slaters... a movement from the corner of my eye.

A Sea Slater. First record between Conwy and Bangor!

Brilliant!!

Razorbill, South Stack Island

Guillemots, South Stack Island

Great Black-Backed Gull and family, South Stack Island

Roseate Tern and Sandwich Terns, including an inquisitive youngster….what is that being dunked?

A collection of pics from Anglesey last week for Super Seabird Sunday😊
#SuperSeabirdSunday @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

Hi, the Seabird Monitoring Programme: www.bto.org/smp

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⚠️ Advance warning that this weekend certain areas of the BTO website will be unavailable. This includes 'My BTO', and event and membership registration. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

We're pleased to say that the Common Tern pair on our Wheldrake Ings raft have once again reared three chicks to fledging – bringing the total now reared to over 30 since the rafts were first installed by the Friends of the #LDV in 2017 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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📢Job alert! We’ve got a great opportunity for a part-time Seabird Monitoring Support Officer to join the
@btobirds.bsky.social Surveys Team!🔭📈

ℹ️ For more information and to apply: bto.org/jobs
🗓️ Deadline for applications: Thursday 24th July 2025.

#Seabirds, @jncc.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social

How refreshing!! Great news - thank you for sharing with us!

The great news from #StKilda this #superseabirdsunday is that following a significant decline since 1999, our Kittiwake population is creeping ever closer back up to 4 figures this year, with 989 nests recorded last week!
#NTSSeabirds
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Report dead wild birds How to report dead wild birds.

Please continue to report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for avian influenza:

📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...

📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...

📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report

Food delivery-3 well grown Common Tern chicks, starting to exercise their wings.
1 female Cuckoo calling, from track above windmill, then Pool track.
GWE on Pool with 11 Little E's.
A Spotted Fly calling in poolside willows, near hide.
Barn Owl hunting.
@ldvnnr.bsky.social
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

Gethin talking to camera with the coastline behind.

Gethin from @btocymru.bsky.social was recently interviewed about SMP & the Kittiwakes of Mumbles Pier for the upcoming show 'Nôl o'r Dibyn' - a four part series co-production between S4C & the European Broadcasting Union focusing on wildlife mitigation projects in urban areas.

📺Keep a look out!👀

Noticing #Seabirds Kittiwake City cliffs : Urban #Nature #NewcastleUponTyne

Brilliant!!!! Thank you for allowing us to share your artwork and it's great to see new illustrations of new chicks! 😀

Delighted to have my Common Tern sketches in the latest issue of Seabird Monitoring Programme News. It's also full of Archie's on amazing science, conservatio and awesome seabirds.

Also a recent sketch of one of this year's chicks 😊🐣

#Seabirds #SeabirdMonitoringProgramme
#SuperSeabirdSunday

HKL is back at Beacon Ponds, a breeding site since 1977. With confirmed nests, 2025 could be a record year.

Reminder: Little Terns are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act. Please keep well away from the colony from the beach side.

@rspb.bsky.social

In 2013, a Little Tern chick was ringed at Beacon Ponds. A decade later, in April 2024, that same bird was recaptured in Senegal, over 4,400 km away, & fitted with green Darvic ring "HKL". We ended the update with hope:
“We look forward to hopefully seeing it again soon.”

@btobirds.bsky.social

A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background.

A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background. The bird has turned its head to preen its back.

A close-up photo of a white bird with orange legs. Only a small part of the tail, the belly, and the legs are visible. On the right leg is a metal ring. On the left leg is a green ring with the letters HKL written on it. The bird is standing on sand.

Wow! A very exciting discovery by one of our wardens, Tate, during his afternoon shift today.

This Little Tern was first ringed as a chick at the Beacon Ponds colony back in 2013.
It was recaptured in Senegal last April and fitted with a green colour ring - HKL.

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