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Vance Mak

@vancemak.bsky.social

PhD Researcher @ExeterMarine, U of Exeter, Cornwall (UK). Kittiwakes & Offshore Wind, animal movement data, ecological niche modelling, ocean and climate projection modelling, impact assessment analysis, and marine spatial planning!

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Atlantic Bluefin tuna are back in UK waters, but we still don’t exactly know what they are eating.
Support crucial marine research to help uncover the secrets of their diet and secure their future.
To find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/atlantic-b...
πŸ¦‘πŸ§ͺ🌍🐟🎣🦀🌊

17.07.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Rucha and Ruth on the research vessel after a day of SCUBA diving and carrying SCUBA tanks backwards and forwards (hence some damp patches on their clothes)

Rucha and Ruth on the research vessel after a day of SCUBA diving and carrying SCUBA tanks backwards and forwards (hence some damp patches on their clothes)

Javier, Laura-Li, Ruth, and Casey in the sea in their snorkelling kit during their last day of fieldwork.

Javier, Laura-Li, Ruth, and Casey in the sea in their snorkelling kit during their last day of fieldwork.

Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'

doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚

Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊

30.05.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My first paper is out! πŸ₯³πŸ πŸŸ

30.04.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A juvenile kittiwake in the hand, wearing a 3-digit coded yellow colour ring, a red plastic ring and a metal ring.

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) πŸ¦πŸ’πŸ’›

(Modelled by our very own VIP πŸ˜ŒπŸ‘‘)

#Seabirds #IrishSea

09.04.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste

Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

27.02.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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On a wild goose chase!!

w/ @stubearhop.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social @lucywilliamson.bsky.social

@brentgoosechase.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social

24.02.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On a wild goose chase!!

w/ @stubearhop.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social @lucywilliamson.bsky.social

@brentgoosechase.bsky.social
@uniexecec.bsky.social

24.02.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faint aurora in North Donegal as we were setting nets this evening

24.02.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us using the QR code tomorrow for our first webinar of the year @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social

09.02.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woo!!!!! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

29.01.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper! @jappliedecology.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3C5gYJp
We mapped out the migrations of over 10K ind ⚫-tailed godwits (!) to characterize connectivity between sites in Europe and Africa.
We compiled tracking data, ring recoveries and resightings: >400K records in total! (1/5)

09.01.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6
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Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean!

With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project

πŸ“University of La Reunion
Apply by Jan 15th

#jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology

13.12.2024 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Home - SEATRACK SEATRACKSeabird tracking The SEATRACK programme aims to map the non-breeding distribution of seabirds breeding throughout the North Atlantic and understand how changes in environmental conditions and ...

SEATRACK got a new website with better functionality and better access to documents: seatrack.net Click yourself through and learn more about the non-breeding distribution of north-Atlantic seabirds!
seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...

13.12.2024 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An old Cornish Field Hedge being repaired by keen hedging trainees.  It was a beautiful sunny day and we hedged away for two days in the shade of old sycamores growing along the hedge.

An old Cornish Field Hedge being repaired by keen hedging trainees. It was a beautiful sunny day and we hedged away for two days in the shade of old sycamores growing along the hedge.

Ryan, the trainer, guiding is on angles and stacking techniques that make a sturdy Cornish hedge

Ryan, the trainer, guiding is on angles and stacking techniques that make a sturdy Cornish hedge

Forgotten Forests: 03 (1/3)

I had the absolute pleasure to learn the 4000 year old practice of Cornish hedge building with the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust CIO (CREST)! Rows of stone packed in with soil, these structures can last for hundreds of years...

10.12.2024 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to use a unique dataset to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of genomic diversity and its drivers in a wild bird population? Apply for this #NERC #PhD position @uniexecec.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social.

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🐦🌍πŸ§ͺ🧬 #ExeterCEC #Vlieland #NIOO-KNAW

06.12.2024 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Link doesn't look to be working Stu!

29.11.2024 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs
Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share
@britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

29.11.2024 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
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CR2025_18: Migration strategies and activity in a wide-ranging tropical seabird at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - CR2025_18: Migration strategies and activity in a wide-ranging tropical seabird at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD project, based at ZSL, on the migration strategies of Trindade petrels from Round Island, Mauritius!

Fab opportunity to work on an amazing long-term ecological dataset, supervised by Malc Nicol, Emily Sheppard and Ken Norris πŸ”—β¬‡οΈ

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#seabirds πŸͺΆ

28.11.2024 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity

28.11.2024 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Responsibility for the conservation of kittiwake in the North Atlantic

Responsibility for the conservation of kittiwake in the North Atlantic

Sankey diagram depicting origin designation linkages of kittiwake populations. Work is still in progress and has since been updated with new data.

Sankey diagram depicting origin designation linkages of kittiwake populations. Work is still in progress and has since been updated with new data.

So grateful to be given the opportunity to present some work from the first chapter of my PhD at the @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #coimbraseabirds conference today!!

@cathorswill.bsky.social @alicetrevail.bsky.social
@rsherley.bsky.social
@stubearhop.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social

03.09.2024 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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