Katherine Booth Jones

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 🛰️🌊

Graphic displays a Black Guillemot photographed by Edmund Fellowes/BTO with a thought bubble extending from its head and the internal text 'Just one month to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP!'. The SMP logo is positioned in the top left hand corner. The caption reads: 'Yes, that's right! You have until October 31st to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP so that it can be utilised in understanding how species have faired this year! #seabirds'

Yes, that's right!
You have until October 31st to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP so that it can be utilised in understanding how species have faired this year! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Absolutely this 👇

This lekking season, please don’t go out looking for Capercaillie.

Instead, stay at home and watch them on the live dust bath camera at our Abernethy nature reserve!

Tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRR2...

#LekItBe

🎥 Male Capercaillie at the dust bath

Anthropogenic solid waste is ubiquitous in bird nests in coastal multiple use protected areas | Marine Pollution Bulletin | www.sciencedirect.co... | #ornithology 🧪🪶 #seabirds #shorebirds

Our #CormorantCams are up and running to explore how our breeding Cormorants are doing on Sheep Island and Strangford Lough!

Few sites in the UK and Ireland are consistently monitored for Cormorant productivity, so we’re excited to see what our nest cameras capture! 🌊📸

Find out more ⬇️ #ornithology

It's time to say goodbye until next winter to some of Northern Ireland's wetland wonders.

Find out why NI is so special for this winter waterbird ⬇️

#ukbirding

⚠️ Passionate about making #ornithology inclusive and diverse?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Equality and Diversity support officer to advance our work in ornithology.

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⏰ Deadline 25 April 2025

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Relax in a local greenspace and make your birdwatching count with our new Birds in Greenspaces survey - for all experience levels, anywhere in NI!

If you're in Derry-Londonderry we'd especially love your feedback to help us improve this programme.

More here ➡️ www.bto.org/greenspaces-... #ukbirding

⚠️ Passionate about science communication?

Join our team! We are looking for the next Social Media support officer

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⏰ Deadline 25 April 2025

Get in touch with our current officer if you have questions @natbzielonka.bsky.social

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Good boy or bad dog? Our 1 billion pet dogs do real environmental damage We don’t want to admit it, but our beloved pet dogs do a lot of environmental damage, from killing or terrifying wildlife to emissions from pet food.

"Dogs catch many types of wildlife and can injure or kill them. Their scent and droppings scare smaller animals. Then there’s the huge environmental cost of feeding these carnivores and the sheer quantity of their poo. We love our pet dogs, but they come with a very real cost."
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A good Friday afternoon read 📙 on how @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database has changed the face of marine conservation! MPAs, bycatch, policy and more 🕊️📈 #Seabird #SeabirdTracking

Do you have hours of videos📹with animals? Speed up your watching by using BEHAVE - a user-friendly, open-source, free, zero-install tool for coding animal behaviour in video recordings!
Try BEHAVE here: behave.claude-apps.com

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The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow | Deborah Frances-White Women’s rights – especially abortion – are truly at risk, says writer and broadcaster Deborah Frances-White

The US Christian right's agenda is arriving on UK shores with alarming momentum. Over $50m from US Christian right foundations flowed into Europe between 2008-2017. Now, in 2025, these groups – emboldened by evangelism in the White House – are upping their game. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A juvenile kittiwake in the hand, wearing a 3-digit coded yellow colour ring, a red plastic ring and a metal ring.

Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout (dla205@exeter.ac.uk) 🐦💍💛

(Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑)

#Seabirds #IrishSea

The 2024 Northern Ireland Seabird Report by the @btobirds.bsky.social alongside a wonderful team of volunteers and conservation groups, gives an insightful look at seabird breeding trends in the area. The report underscores encouraging recoveries and worrying declines. bit.ly/41ZTcsx

NEW BLOG in #ornithology shows why we need dedicated people on #islands to count #seabirds - we can't do it from space: buff.ly/fmntPtk The corresponding paper is here: buff.ly/0D2gi1F

1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting.
#BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology

🧵1/8 Welcome to #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology, our annual conference.

Over the next 3 days, we’ll be in-person in Nottingham, and here on Bluesky

Follow the #BOU2025 for conference threads and to join in!

#ornithology 🪶🧪

Map showing the three field sites with the breeding and wintering range of Long-tailed ducks in Europe.

It's finally out.
The migration of Long-tailed ducks from 3 Russian breeding sites.
Is the observed decline in the Baltic because ducks are staying further north? Read to find out!
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#OpenAccess

A Wren in song perched on an umbellifer. 92% of Wrens are detected by sound, rather than visually, according to BBS surveyors (Photo: Paul Hillion/BTO)

1/ 🧵Bird songs and calls are an important way that people experience the natural world. They’re also one of the key means of surveying bird populations. In this #BOU2025 talk I will review @btobirds.bsky.social research to explore opportunities and challenges of #bioacoustics in #ornithology

Anne-Marie McDevitt (RSPB), Daniel Johnston (BTO), Andrew Upton (BTO NI), Hala Haddad (BTO NI) and Ruby Free (Author "Rathlin, A Wild Life"). Textbox with text "Launch of the 2024 NI Seabird Report" on the top right, with a BTO Northern Ireland logo on the top left.

1/ We had a brilliant evening last Thursday at the launch of 2024’s #BTONISeabirdReport 🌊

We heard from fantastic speakers and celebrated the efforts of all of our invaluable #seabird counters this year

Read on ⬇️🧵

NI Seabird Report 2024 The Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2024 is out now! An overview of the state of seabirds in Northern Ireland. bit.ly/NISeabirdReport24 Image: cover of the report - a Kittiwake in flight.

🌊The Northern Ireland Seabird Report 2024 is out now! Published by @bto-ni.bsky.social, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the state of #seabirds in #NorthernIreland long-term.🐣

@btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

#Ornithology #BTONISeabirdReport 🧵⬇️

NI Seabird Report 2024 cover image of a Kittiwake by Sam Langlois / BTO

1/ How did Northern Ireland’s breeding #seabirds fare in 2024?

Thanks to mammoth monitoring efforts of volunteers, researchers, & organisations, we report annually on our current knowledge of NI's breeding seabirds.
#BTONISeabirdReport #Ornithology

Report here bit.ly/NISeabirdRep...

Highlights⬇️🧵

Stable isotopes reveal synchronous primary flight feather moult pattern of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

Senior Marine Ornithologist Do you want to use your scientific and research expertise to play an important role in decisions made on the sustainable delivery of marine renewables and the marine environment?

Two Senior Marine Ornithologist posts at the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government. Deadline for applications is 21/04/2025, 23:59 #seabirds #ornithology #renewables
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Fieldwork for @bbs-birds.bsky.social starts next week! Whether it is out on surveys, or just a walk in the countryside, make sure to guard against tick bites! #TickAwarenessWeek

Installing cameras for Cormorant nest monitoring at Sheep Island by Andrew Upton / BTO

This Monday, we joined BTO Senior Research Ecologist Daniel & National Trust staff at Sheep Island to install nest cameras for monitoring Cormorants 🌍🌞

Very few sites in the UK & Ireland are monitored for Cormorant productivity so we can't wait to see what our cameras capture! 🌊📸

#seabirds

The astonishing story of one of the great icons of extinction - the Great Auk.

Out now!