@josiethebirder.bsky.social
Seabird ecologist at UKCEH | UEA Ecology graduate | Birder | Entomologist | Bird ringer (S Permit). She/her. All opinions are my own.
Results are in for the Isle of May seabird breeding season. Fulmar breeding success was 41%. An average season with the long term mean at 40% @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
25.08.2025 11:02 — 👍 29 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Epic day yesterday with watches, puffin fledgling rescue, puffin chick weighing, kittiwake logger deployment and puffin netting from 5am to 9.30pm. Similar vein today with everyone out for 5am with mire kittiwake watches and concurrent puffin netting. We'll have a fair bit of seabird data by the end
07.07.2025 04:22 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Happy new year everyone! ✨🎉
Our training grant applications are now open!
The deadline for applications is the 28th of February.
To apply for our training grants, click the following link or use the website as stated below: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants
Welcome to the last Super Seabird Sunday of the year where we ask you to share seabird photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines like these Gannets of the Bass rock. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
29.12.2024 08:58 — 👍 80 🔁 12 💬 11 📌 2
A herring gull standing on a balcony railing and about to take a morsel of food from a person's hand; buildings and River Mersey in the background.
Gulls Eating Stuff sounds like a great cit sci project.
Upload your photos of gulls eating stuff here:
citsci.org/projects/gul...
(I once saw one gulp down a half-grown duckling - no photo, just an indelible image seared into my brain 🤮)
@alice-risely.bsky.social
#UKbirding #gulls #ornithology
Exciting #seabird opportunity working with Manxies on Skomer, Rum, and Copeland!
#seabirds #ornithology
🚨Calling for seabird tracking data!
🚢We are collating seabird data for the Humboldt Current region to assess fisheries bycatch risk.
🤝This is a collaborative project with Global Fishing Watch funded by @nfwfnews.bsky.social.
You can be part of it!
Go to: www.seabirdtracking.org/humboldt-cur...
Thanks Les! Had found it on cr-birding & IWSG register, but it's not listed on the Norwegian cr reporting website. Someone's sent me the right email for the scheme now, so can get it submitted 👍
05.12.2024 18:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Any thoughts from more experienced wader ring readers - seems to match the Norwegian Barwit project on IWSG register, but not listed on www.ringmerking.no/cr/?
Red cr on left tib, engraved flag YN(EEH) on right tib.
@waderstudy.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social #waders #colourringing
If #WildFlowerHour has inspired you to want to learn more about our wonderful wildflowers, why not consider taking a short plant ID course in 2025?
bsbi.org/training-cou...
We also have Training Grants to help you pay for courses:
bsbi.org/grants
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@naturelark.bsky.social
I and my colleagues @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social would love to be included in this starter pack please! :)
02.12.2024 10:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two fieldworkers sit on a clifftop amongst the grass and wildflowers watching seabirds with a telescope and binoculars. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the sea is shimmering turquoise, and all is good!
JOB VACANCIES!
We're seeking 3 Conservation Scientists to join our friendly team of #seabirders at the RSPB. We're an inclusive team where everyone is welcome.
DEADLINE: Friday 3rd January.
#conservationjobs #ornithology #seabirds #science
Details: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
New PhD project @ueaceec @ueaenv examining individual variability in movement strategies of birds using tracking data. With me and @MariusSomveille @InesCatry @timmackrill @MartaAcacio aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/f… #ornithology www.aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
15.11.2024 18:46 — 👍 30 🔁 25 💬 0 📌 3
Live #seabirds #shearwaters continue to wash up in eastern #Australia. This means the #wreck event is ongoing. Please send us your #BeachedBird #CitizenScience data! Here’s how ➡️ adriftlab.org/news/reporti...
10.11.2024 10:55 — 👍 18 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
A person standing next to a poster that describes the mass mortality of European shags that occurred in Scotland during winter 2023-2024 as a result of severe and prolonged storms.
Team photo of the UKCEH seabird group stood next to the Coimbra Seabird Conference sign
A photo looking down at a pathway in the Coimbra Botanic Gardens. The path is surrounded by trees and shrubs.
Thanks to all at ECOTOP & @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for organising such a great conference. Lovely to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, & learn more about the amazing breadth of seabird research going on around the world!! Also enjoyed my first poster session #CoimbraSeabirds
07.09.2024 13:53 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A great turn-out for the 16th International #Seabird Group Conference! 🥳 #CoimbraSeabirds
We’re only halfway through, and already had lots of fantastic seabird presentations! Huge thanks to the ECOTOP team at the University of Coimbra for putting on such an excellent event 🤩
Lots of Atlantic Puffins sat on a hill next to their burrows on the Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Lots of Puffins and Kittiwakes around to welcome us back to the Isle of May for the summer field season. Great to be back on the island and see it start springing back to life after a tough winter for many of our #seabirds.
#island #fieldwork #scotland
CALL FOR KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS
#BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1-3 April 2025
We're seeking nominations for keynotes at #BOU2025
Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/fronti...
Nomination deadline: 30 April | #ornithology
Applications open for seasonal seabird assistants on RSPB Coquet Island, an incredible seabird island off Northumberland and the only UK colony of Roseate Terns. Fancy an incredible summer? 🌍 #Seabirds
www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/99250-s...
