Great opportunity to come and join our Scottish Seabird Centre team for 3 years as a Marine Engagement Officer Visit 👉ow.ly/YjWN50mflvZ

Looking for a #Student #Grant to fund your #seabird #research? In 2019, the PSG Student Research Grant will fund 3 grants worth $1,000 each. Please see the full announcement for eligibility and instructions. Due 15 April 2019. pacificseabirdgroup.org/students-and-c…

ATTENTION! #Seabird #dreamjob ahead! Monitoring experience & happy to share an island with 1000's of sheep? Make sure to apply before April 2nd 10am! #seabirds #islandlife

Monitoring Cape fur seal predation on Cape #gannet fledglings off Penguin (Bird) #Island #MSc #study #seabirds

Schaapen Island at its best with this Cape fur seal predating on a Spotted gully shark

Only 2 DAYS until the start of #WSTC5! Hope you are all as excited as we are! We have some incredible prizes lined up for the best presentations (good motivation for putting some extra effort into preparing your tweets these final days!) #seabirds #ornithology

Very excited for my #WSTC5 #ConsSesh2 tomorrow where I will be presenting some of my MSc results on Cape #gannets, an #endangeredspecies and #endemic species #ornithology #seabirds #avian #reseach #msc #study

1/4 #WSTC5 #ConsSesh2 │Cape #gannets on Penguin (Bird) Island have been victims to #seal predation for over a decade. When the juveniles spread their wings for the first time seals predate on the #fledglings in the water.

2/4 #WSTC5 #ConsSesh2 │We studied the effect of #fish biomass and #predator control on the predation on Cape #gannets. Observations on #seal predation and #fledgling rate were made by #CapeNature from 2007 to 2018.

3/4 #WSTC5 #ConsSesh2 │Increased #predation was related to the likelihood of the years in which #predator control occurred. Predator control decreased the predation on an #intra-annual scale but the effect thereof on an #interannual scale was negligible.

4/4 #WSTC5 #ConsSesh2 │During years with reduced #fish biomass increased #seal predation was experienced, therefore, we suggest that #management focus should be on fish #conservation rather than #predator control measures.

There are lots of eggs on Coquet..........to potentially stand on, so these new marker stones for paths should help stop any casualties! RSPB @RSPB_N_England RoseateTernLIFE @NEE_Naturalist

What a great meeting it was discussing some of my MSc results on Cape gannets with the SANParks rangers.

Looking forward to present at this conference in Malaysia

An article about my MSc study published by CapeNature. Predator or prey? Cape Gannets on Bird Island capenature.co.za/predator-prey-…

An article on my Msc study

Congrats to Zanri Strydom who will be submitting her MSc dissertation for examination today. It is a great piece of work which will contribute to Cape gannet conservation efforts.

My article has been published today in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment peerj.com/articles/13416 #AnimalBehavior #Biodiversity #ConservationBiology #MarineBiology #Zoology

Read my most recent paper published in Ostrich Journal of African Ornithology. The influence of nest location and the effect of predator removal on Cape Gannet Morus capensis egg predation by Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus vetula tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.298…