Gull-billed tern conservation

And to add some more beauty to the internet: here's a close-up of Dr Schnelle, with her gorgeous hat crafted skillfully by various members of the @ifv-whv.bsky.social, fired on by @robertrollins1892.bsky.social. 🥰

29.08.2025 06:40 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Look at that! @genmig.bsky.social, @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social and I fledged this supercool chick at the @ifv-whv.bsky.social on Wednesday. Let us proudly present to you: Dr Anna Schnelle.

29.08.2025 06:36 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 3

Hmmm, delicious! 😋🦗 #gullbilledtern #lachstern

10.07.2025 20:34 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Out now in Environmental Research – Anna’s new paper in which she assesses the levels of 118 contaminants in unhatched eggs and dead chicks found in the last and endangered population of gull-billed terns in Central Europe, breeding at Neufelderkoog: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

01.08.2025 07:21 — 👍 24    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

Ooooh, one of our beautiful terns made it to the cover of the issue of Ethology that contains Melina's study on individual behavioral responses to novel stimuli: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

17.07.2025 12:40 — 👍 36    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

The tracking of the gull-billed terns of @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social is going really well and we're seeing lots of interesting variation in space use. Here's two examples of tracks collected across the last 8 days:

05.06.2025 09:56 — 👍 22    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

The decision to close industrial sandeel fishing in Scottish waters is here to stay.

Sandeels are a crucial food source, especially for chicks, and this is a major lifeline for iconic species like Puffins and Kittiwakes.

02.05.2025 11:17 — 👍 61    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

Weekend loveliness: retrapping a gull-billed tern carrying a GPS and getting to know a few of the newest colony members.

08.06.2025 21:37 — 👍 38    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

We all knew it, but this time it is actually true: The grass is always greener on the other side of the River Elbe. 😉

21.05.2025 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Last weekend was exciting! Together with @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social,‬ and thanks to the amazing teams at Druid & Interrex, we deployed the first gull-billed tern with a GPS. It returned to the nest after a quick preening session and for the last 3 days has shared its foraging sites with us.

21.05.2025 12:58 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Freshly out in Environmental Pollution – Anna’s new paper in which she assesses mercury pollution in the last and endangered population of gull-billed terns in Central Europe, breeding at Neufelderkoog, a heavily mercury-polluted area: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

19.04.2025 21:28 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Did you know the gull-billed tern conservation project the @ifv-whv.bsky.social is lucky to take part in has a blog? Newly up today is a little shout-out to our lovely Anna, who is in the final stages of writing up her PhD on these beautiful birds: gelochelidon.de/blog/five-su...

03.02.2025 21:18 — 👍 22    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0