‼️ Call for abstracts open #BOUasm24 Birds and net zero 24 Oct 2024 | York, UK & Zoom & X (Twitter) bou.org.uk/event/birds-an… Deadline: 30 June 2024 (0900 BST) #ornithology

After witnessing first-hand the mass-mortality of Shags in the North Sea last winter, it's devastating to see seabirds in the southern hemisphere affected on a much greater scale. Much cause for alarm as the frequency and intensity of such events is predicted to increase!

📢3.5yr postdoc research fellow position in evolutionary ecology - apply now! Quantifying spatio-seasonal variation in #selection on seasonal #migration. Deadline July 15. School of Biological Sciences UKCEHseabirds Natural Environment Research Council #ecoevo abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/resear…

Oceania Seabirds will now be held from 13-16 May 2025 in Noumea, New Caledonia. This inaugural Symposium will bring the attention of the international and Oceania community to the importance of seabirds within the world’s largest body of water. oceaniaseabirds2025.com

Does anyone know of a vessel heading to the Faroe Islands from Scotland during July? Seeking a more sustainable passage to the islands ahead of 2024 #StormPetrel fieldwork... Image (C) Simon Pierce from our 2018 'Sail Against Plastic' mission in Svalbard.

Are you a student interested in big data and the environment? We have a new MSc Data Science for Environmental Science! Come and join us at UEA UEA School of Environmental Sciences uea.ac.uk/course/postgra…

BTO Young Leaders Course: Applications close midnight tomorrow! This residential course, located in the New Forest, is for 18-24 year olds and FREE to attend, with travel bursaries available. 🌍🐦 Discover more and how to apply before the deadline ➡ bit.ly/_YoungLeaders

Calling all seabirders coming to The Seabird Group Conference in Coimbra! Interested in seeing the city and meeting new people ahead of the conference? Sign up here! forms.gle/xsBh8sA1d1MCKY…

The program for #CoimbraSeabirds is out! 🥳🎉 Check out our exciting lineup of speakers and workshops Link below: ucpages.uc.pt/events/coimbra…

BREAKING: 5 seabird species added to UK Red List. 🚨 Climate change, invasive predators, bird flu, and overfishing are pushing populations to the brink. Urgent action is needed - including upholding the sandeel fishing closure in English North Sea & Scottish waters.

Powerful talk by Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard at #CoimbraSeabirds showing paired historic and current photos illustrating the drastic declines in Norway’s #seabirds. Striking, sad images of now silent cliffs.

Thanks to all at ECOTOP & The Seabird Group for organising such a great conference. Lovely to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, & learn more about the amazing breadth of seabird research going on around the world!! Also enjoyed my first poster session #CoimbraSeabirds

Introducing our new and improved Guillemates - The Seabird Group mentoring scheme!! If you would like to be a mentor please sign up here: forms.gle/39MrFsmJyKy7dC… If you would like to be a mentee please sign up here: forms.gle/Mezfyj6WoPfgwy…

The rule of law isn’t just important for a functional society. It’s important for life on our planet. Here are Wirral Council councillors bragging about the destruction of Hoylake foreshore - a site with as many legal protections as anywhere could have for its biodiversity 🌱💔

A busy few months at the pottery studio exploring sgraffito, sculpting, and painting. Always sticking to the bird theme of course! Finally found some time to photograph and list my mugs and plates 🐧thepuffinsburrow.etsy.com

We'd love your input! Help us decide on our new logo. Voting closes on Wednesday, October 9. worldseabirdunion.org/vote-on-which-…

Where do migratory seabirds go? Come to UEA School of Environmental Sciences for a PhD studying the connectivity and conservation of seabird marine flyways, with a great supervisory and collaboration team Aldina Franco Tammy Davies BirdLife Marine Peter Miller More info here: aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/S…

New PhD project UEA CEEC UEA School of Environmental Sciences examining individual variability in movement strategies of birds using tracking data. With me and Marius Somveille Inês Catry Tim Mackrill Marta Acácio aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/f… #ornithology

It has been a cracking year on Dream Island, this in no small part thanks to our brilliant Long-term Volunteers. If you'd like to be part of the 2025 team, take a look at this: bit.ly/48Ja9Jx

Like many, I have made the move over to the 🟦 side and will not be posting much on here any more. Hope to see lots of you over there too! Josie Hewitt.bsky.social 🎉