[NEW PAPER] What a surprising behavior ! 🦇Greater noctules (𝘕𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴) soar above 400 meters, using echolocation to chase and snatch nocturnal migratory passerines mid-flight—unlocking a high-altitude feast most predators can’t reach. #batresearch #bioacoustics

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8

Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about <species X>?!" So did we. So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

[ NEW TEAM PAPER ] 🦇🎤 Passive acoustic monitoring of 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 holds huge potential, but how do bat counts correlate with actual numbers? Which factors affect detectability? New metrics & models could revolutionize our understanding. Time to standardize protocols & share data! #BatResearch #Bioacoustics

🦇A new article from our research team ! 🔍This time, we used 3D acoustic tracking of bats to study their behaviour when foraging alone, in presence of conspecifics or heterospecifics. 🎯A very interesing way to explore the optimal foraging theory under different scenarios.

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Riley Lawson describes the backstory of his recent paper in The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology, which documents the underappreciated threat that collisions with anthropogenic structures pose to #seabirds. wilsonsociety.org/2025/07/28/g...

[ #Seabirds influence vegetation ] 👩‍🔬 Isotopes & nutrients were compared at an active, abandoned, and control shearwater site 📈 Vegetation & herbivores showed δ¹⁵N enrichment from guano, but soil δ¹⁵N remained unchanged 🏝️Phosphorus and potassium concentraitons suggest that seabirds fertilize soils

Bertram et al. Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology #seabirds

Sanz-Aguilar et al. Rat Odour Does Not Repel European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus bioone.org/journals/ard... #ornithology #seabirds

[ 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 ] 🔍 While most researchers report positive interactions that facilitate the transfer of their findings, interactions within the wind energy 💨 and agrochemical sectors 🚜are more often negative ⛔ especially when the research conflicts with political or economic interests 💶

To protect wildlife as offshore wind grows, we need the best ecological data. Monash University researchers created a practical guide to seabird flight—how high, how fast & when they fly. 📄 Journal of Applied Ecology: bit.ly/4eXfqQw #Seabirds #ClimateAndNature

🍽️𝐀 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭 ! The authors combined buccal swabbing and metabarcoding to investigate the diet of #Seabirds species. This method appears to be minimally invasive and relatively easy to implement. A complement to approaches based on regurgitates or fecal samples?

🎉New paper out! My first as last author 🔗http://www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_1/53_1_1-11.pdf 🧵 Let me walk you through years of research on a rare, elusive & endangered #Seabirds : the Tahiti petrel A story of exploration, discovery, and challenges in conservation science👇 📷Hadoram Shirihai

🍽️🐦 Proteomic studies reveals that #Seabirds with plastic in their stomachs had signs of neurodegenerative disease, kidney and liver disease as well as damage to the lining of the stomach ☠️While not always lethal, microplastics will undoubtedly have long-term effects on populations.

Common Murres sitting on a rock covered in, well... common murre poop. #birds #newfoundland #seabirds

[𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆] Thrilled to share the first results of our APOCOPE project at the Renewable Energy & Biodiversity conference in Paris! A great opportunity to highlight our work on wind farms and wildlife. 🌬️🦇🌿

❗[OUT OF THE PRESS]❗ The authors collected distribution data from 57 seabird taxa, revealing seabird hotspots outside the existing ecological network 🐦🌐 Both methods and results worth a look ! #seabirds #conservation #marinebiology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦇 Greater sac-winged bat pups acquire their vocal repertoire through a conspicuous vocal practice behavior reminiscent of babbling in human infants. Pups spend about 30% of their daily activity time babbling – and it turns out that mothers influence this behavior. elifesciences.org/articles/99474

🦇 Using acoustic activity to redict bat fatalities at wind farm could help to identify at-risk areas for bats, and to implement effective curtailment measures ❗ #bats #conservation #bioacoustics

❗[Job Opportunity]❗ 🦇 Sampling and banking of chiropteran acoustic data on the coast and at sea 📍 Concarneau, Brittany, FRANCE 📆 3 months, starting in June 📧 [email protected]

‼️[NEW PAPER]‼️ Our team's latest paper explores the breeding biology of a little-known and threatened Procellariid species: the Tahiti Petrel. The marked decline in reproductive success in the presence of predators highlights the species' high sensitivity to disturbance and predation. #seabirds

New OA 🦇 research 📄 Differences in fur cortisol levels of three migratory bats link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🦇 During our annual meeting, "Team Chiro" spent three days presenting current challenges in our respective studies and sharing ideas to solve them. 🔎 We then formed working groups around common research questions. 🔽 More information below 🔽

🖥️ I recently presented a webinar on bird and bat mortality estimation at wind farms, in association between @mnhn.fr and @cnrs.fr . 🔗 The presentation is available on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiOj...

Uncovering Alpine swift foraging behaviour using GPS tracking & DNA metabarcoding! For the first time we describe Alpine swift foraging movements and what factors impact foraging trips, short-term range area size, & the prey diversity fed to nestlings #BOU2025 #ornithology 1/7

1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting. #BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology

Our latest study is online! 🐣 We show that tebuconazole, a widely used fungicide, significantly reduces growth and survival of house sparrow chicks at concentrations similar to those found in birds from intensive vineyard areas ! 📢 CNRS press release 👉 bit.ly/42u5itZ 📄 Article 👉 bit.ly/4cjZs1F

Common terns are assortatively mated with respect to their levels of #mercury #pollution, and transfer mercury to their eggs. Another amazing body of work from Justine's PhD thesis has turned into a paper. To be found in Environmental Research and open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ornithology #seabirds www.marineornithology.org/article?rn=1...

Plastic pollution causing dementia-like signs in seabird chicks www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

#JobAlert 🚨 ❄️🦆🐟🦐 #Research #Scientist focused on #seabirds and #prey interactions, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research. 3-year term based in #Tromso, #Norway. 🇳🇴 More information here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

[OUT THE PRESS] Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration In short, plastic ingestion can induce cell damage, organ dysfunction and brain effects on shearwaters

❓ How do tropical oceanic central-place foragers from low-lying atolls navigate to return to land before dusk when foraging over vast oceanic territories? 🔎The closer to the evening twilight they start their homing journey, the shorter, faster and more direct their routes become #seabirds

📰Published📰 Does being smart help survival? Factors determining the fate of #seabirds under #climatechange @ferransayol.bsky.social @florgeret.bsky.social fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/d...

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

[NEW PAPER] 🐦 Eoldist is a web app that calculates the minimum detection distances required for automatic detection systems (ADS) to reduce bird collisions with wind turbines ☠️ 📉 Using flight speeds of 168 species and measured shutdown times, it will help optimize ADS settings on windfarms.

❗Freshly published in Biological Conservation European strom petrels suitable foraging areas are strongly characterized by low sea surface temperature 🥶, high chlorophyll concentration🌿and eddy kinetic energy 🌀

We’re hiring a post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on #seabird demography and population dynamics, working with me and @CatHorswill 3 years, closes late Jan 2024. Details here https://bit.ly/UoGProcBe#seabird Register your interest & we’ll contact you when the ad is out #ornithology

New publication 'Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long-lived seabird' supported by the DOG research funding out in @animalecology.bsky.social. Congratulations to @commonternproject.bsky.social! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The UK Gov's climate credentials have once again come into question after a week in which the chancellor argued at Davos that growth must ‘trump’ net zero and the Climate and Nature Bill was dropped. This dogged pursuit of growth will only lead to bigger problems: www.sgr.org.uk/resources/en... 🧪