Why spend 4 minutes doing something in Excel when you can do it in R in 4 hours?

Visitors to RSPB Bempton Cliffs have been greeted by a return of the rare black-browed albatross.

Not everyone is pleased to see his return, but look at the size difference between the Herring gull and the Albatross. Digiscoped through a SWAROVSKI OPTIK STX 85. RareBirdAlertUK Donnybirding BOB USHER Paul Hackett Chris Harris John Hewitt

Railway map of Antarctica

Jet ski drivers causing havoc! This bunch ploughed through rafts of seabirds off Puffin Island, Anglesey - which is a Special Protection Area. There was at least one dead adult guillemot in the water afterwards. ⁦Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales⁩ ⁦Natural Resources Wales Complaints⁩ ⁦Iolo Williams⁩

Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.

Here's how to tell the difference between a baby bird you should rescue and a baby bird you shouldn't: bit.ly/3wogiYG

Now in St Andrews for The Open, but had a quick stop at home on way up from Wimbledon. Sometimes I bring back presents from trips.

when somebody asks how my writing is going Me: OpenAcademics Academic Chatter™ #academictwitter

In his extraordinary plenary at #CorkSeabirds on plastics, queerness and compassion in science, @TheLabAndField ends on a positive note with three forms of hope: primary hope, active hope and faith in humanity

Whoohoo🎊Got my first chapter of my PhD published on #seabird groundings from #lights in PeerJLife. A big thanks to @AnneGaskett Dr KeCain Dr Megan Friesen Amy Martin, Lynn Milller and Ellery McNaughton for your help! Have a read about lights and seabirds! peerj.com/articles/14237

Fancy doing a PhD on #biogeography and #ecologicalnetworks? Applications now open for an October 2023 start for any applicant (home/international)! Please RT to get the message out there and happy to answer any Q's! Louise Firth Prof Kerry Howell (not in use) aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships/k…

New #PhD project with SEGUL: "Understanding risks to non-breeding #seabirds from #offshorewind farms" ACCE DTP competition funded. Partnership with @marinescotland & UKCEHseabirds & @ICES_ASC. Come and do some cool applied science! tinyurl.com/mwtswbvb

Calling all budding polar scientists! Come and meet the UK Polar Network at the National Maritime Museum this Saturday for a fun-filled day of events and activities. Discover the latest in polar research, explore polar habitats and put your questions to early career scientists!

1/5 🥇 1st paper of my #PhD (also, ever) is out NOW in Ecology and Evolution! 🥇 Wandering albatrosses coordinate #parentalcare... ...& adjust their #foraging trip length according to their PARTNER'S age and #personality #openaccess here 👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… SEGUL #seabirds

Do you enjoy sharing your polar science knowledge and experiences? Inspire the next generation of polar scientists! Join UKPN at the Cardiff Science Festival (17 - 21 Feb) or Aberdeen Techfest (29 May - 4 June). Links in the🧵

I have a busy couple of #scicomm days next week... Monday, it's #Pint23 Pint of Science UK at The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Grade1 Listed 👉 tinyurl.com/4ey3h22n Tuesday, it's game on for University of Liverpool Three Minute Thesis final 👉 tinyurl.com/ys6fyraj That's two opportunities to hear all about kittiwake divorce!

New paper published in Journal of Animal Ecology, and my first during my time SEGUL with Samantha Patrick! We look at #personality-related foraging behaviour in wandering #albatross, and find diffs in (1) foraging time investment and (2) responses to wind conditions doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

You can watch all this year's Three Minute Thesis for UoL, including my official entry to the National competition via the links on the page below!

🚨New SEGUL blog post🚨 Go check out the latest addition to the blog by Eve Merrall ! A beautifully written account of life (and death) in the field on the Isle of May. seguliverpool.wixsite.com/home/post/isla…