Postdoc position in eDNA/eRNA based in beautiful Faroe Islands, with some time in Greenland for fieldwork and research visit. “Tracking spatial and temporal distribution of marine mammals in the Atlantic Arctic with environmental DNA”
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30.10.2025 11:27 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
New study, collab with @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social: reduced adult survival for harbour seals in areas of pop. decline in Scotland. tinyurl.com/ys4hc3jw Mark-recapture models applied to photo-ID data from 3 sites with contrasting pop. trajectories to generate concurrent survival and fecundity rates.
29.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our new publication with @strandings.bsky.social & #SMRUsealpred contributors. A first attempt at quantifying grey seal predation of marine mammals and the potential impact on declining harbour seal populatons. Check it out! doi.org/10.1111/1365...
13.10.2025 10:32 — 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Intraguild predation in sympatric seals and the effect on a declining population
This study examined the prevalence, spatial extent, and temporal trends of grey seal intraguild predation (IGP). We demonstrated the utility of integrating disparate datasets to address conservation ....
New study led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social in collaboration with @strandings.bsky.social: evidence for grey seal predation of grey seals, harbour seals and harbour porpoises across Scotland, at levels that could prevent recovery of depleted populations. tinyurl.com/4r3wka6a
13.10.2025 10:25 — 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
A wonderful conference for ECRs working in marine mammal science in the UK! Share far and wide 😍
08.10.2025 09:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great talk by @philippawright.bsky.social at CWW - fish for thought!
11.09.2025 09:31 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
🐋 FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND CHECKS!🐋
Help us develop a global atlas collating worldwide examples of the variety of ways citizen and community scientists have contributed to marine mammal research!
Check out the current map here: bit.ly/CitSciMap And read below for submission info 🌊
01.09.2025 11:15 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Getting the Seal of Approval: Marine Animals as Ocean Scientists - Dundee Heritage Trust
From weather forecasting to understanding climate change, Dr Lars Boehme from the Sea Mammal Research Unit will discuss how seals can help us.
🚀 Upcoming Talk! 🚀
Dr Lars Boehme from SMRU (@seamammalresearch.bsky.social) will share how SMRU Instrumentation tags and seals can help advance marine science. 🦭
📍 Discovery Point, Dundee.
📆 Sat 13 & Sun 14 September
🕧 12:30 pm both days
More info: www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/event/how-se...
28.08.2025 10:32 — 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Please share!
We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates!
Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨👩👧👦
Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...
26.08.2025 13:29 — 👍 11 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
🎉 Exciting to see this paper published using @smruinstrument.bsky.social tags to study diving behaviour and physiology of free divers! Congrats to the authors! 👏🔬📡 @smruecophys.bsky.social @chrismcknight.bsky.social
Read the paper here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
20.08.2025 09:34 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Fab day meeting the scientists researching the whales of South Georgia at the gorgeous @vadundee.bsky.social yesterday! 🐋 #whaleofaweekend @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social @polarbiome.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social
29.06.2025 13:25 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Tired but happy after a fantastic few days discussing all things UK seal populations with the NERC Special Committee on Seals (SCOS). Delighted to host such a brilliant group of scientists and government advisors and policy makers at SMRU
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @ukri.org
19.06.2025 17:36 — 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
Amazing new resource for anyone interested in the distribution and density of seals around Scotland! Check it out 😎
20.06.2025 09:27 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oops #WOSiSTa 😅
01.05.2025 08:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great talk by @kateywhyte.bsky.social from @bioss.bsky.social at the SOI today. So 👏 much 👏 data 👏 Such an exciting project! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
03.04.2025 13:42 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Grey seal in the water
Ever wondered why seals don't drown? New groundbreaking research from @smruecophys.bsky.social led by @chrismcknight.bsky.social published in @science.org reveals that, unlike other mammals, seals can sense blood oxygen levels.
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
21.03.2025 12:13 — 👍 52 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 4
YouTube video by ECOPredS Project
Predator-prey interactions of killer whales and seals in inshore Shetland
It's been a pleasure to virtually attend the International Orca Symposium this week 🐳 Many an interesting talk on killer whale biology, ecology, and conservation from researchers around the world 🌍 My presentation on my PhD research with #ECOPredS can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjJ...
18.02.2025 16:53 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🦭 Have you spotted a grey seal killing or eating harbour seals or grey seal pups in the UK? Please send your footage and reports to SMRUsealreports@st-andrews.ac.uk ! 🦭
31.01.2025 15:57 — 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
SMRU researchers are appealing for the public to help us understand why UK Harbour seals are in steep decline news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a...
31.01.2025 13:55 — 👍 34 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
Ah great! Would love to be added, thanks 😀
28.01.2025 14:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan.
Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
08.01.2025 12:20 — 👍 38 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 3
I had a great experience speaking on the careers panel at #UKIRSC25 - was wonderful to meet so many amazing early career researchers and future leaders in marine mammal science 🤘
18.01.2025 11:39 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
European winter walkers keep 👀 out. A dead Kemp's Ridley turtle was reported on 13th December at Talacre, North Wales, UK. There will be more. Reporting guidelines here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a...
🐢🌍🧪🦑 🦤 #seaturte #marineturtle
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
17.12.2024 08:45 — 👍 51 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 0
OA journal providing an author friendly outlet for any aspect of ecology or evolution. Partnering with societies, promoting open everything including minds. www.ecolevol.org
Spatial ecologist🐾, mainly working on the movements of seabirds 🐧🐣and other vertebrates 🐒🐭 in response to environmental change 🌏
Found of hiking 🗻 camping⛺ and travelling 🛤️
I investigate the foraging ecology and habitat use of marine megafauna species 🐋🦭🐢to support conservation in the context of a changing environment and increasing anthropogenic pressures
Also underwater videographer🎥 and scientific scuba diver🤿
Kittiwakes on oil rigs @exetermarine.bsky.social🗼|
Assistant Newsletter Editor @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social 🕊|
Pinnipedologist @pinniped.org 🦭|
💙: adventure, wildlife, outdoors 🥾🌊🤿🐕🦺🧘🏻♀️🐾
Movement and population ecologist
Bespoke Bio-logging - Tailored Telemetry
https://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/Instrumentation
Marine ecologist with a background in modelling the structure and dynamics of polar marine food webs. Currently an R&D fellow at DEFRA.
Telemetry Research Lead at the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), University of St Andrews | Marine Science & Data Analysis Expert 🦭🌊
Marine mammal ecology PhD @ SMRU, University of St Andrews, w/ the Gitga'at First Nation & BC Whales. A heavy focus on whale snot for conservation genomics. Anti-colonial & transdisciplinary practice. She/her.
http://tiny.cc/anticolonialreading
Wildlife biologist studying Phocid seals in Alaska and the PNW. Avid user of #rstats and proponent of Open Science. Seattle resident, Puget Sound recreational fisherman, Bernese mountain dog Dad
PhD student based at @seamammalresearch.bsky.social and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social researching the foraging behaviour of North Atlantic killer whales 🌊🐟
PhD student and DTA | wildlife guide 🌈 she/her
Studying cetacean ecology, bioacoustics & conservation @PlymUni @CefasNoise 🐬 love scuba, bad at freediving, worse at bodyboarding 🤙
PhD student @uniofstandrews.bsky.social investigating drivers of ecosystem change in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica 🌊🦭
MSc Marine Mammal Science | University of St. Andrews
Scottish ecologist studying marine mammals, animal behaviour, bioacoustics, and human impacts | Senior Lecturer @ SRUC Aberdeen | PI @abdnmarinemammals.bsky.social | She / Her | Dog Mum and soon-to-be Human Mum
