🚨Content submissions for the 6th SORTEE Conference (13-14 Oct 2026) are closing soon, on the 7th of June! 👉Submit your proposal for an unconference, hackathon or workshop via sortee.org/upcoming ✅ More at: sortee.org/upcoming

It's baby gull season! (found on the pavement on my walk home)

Every time I have to do annual information security and data protection training for Aberdeen, I always think about the time I applied to this PhD and the uni/DTP representative accidentally sent all of us applicants a file with the full names/personal info of all our competitors for the position 😅

This #SuperSeabirdSunday , both Ebro and I would like to contribute some puffins to brighten your feed

The application deadline (5/15/26) is approaching for AOS's Bridge/Completion Grants to support AOS members who recently lost previously awarded funding as a result of US federal policy changes & grant cuts. See our website for qualifications. #AOSgrants americanornithology.org/awards-grant...

If you've had an exhuasting few weeks of all-nighters writing your thesis and need a low-effort, high-reward action to lift your spirits, I HIGHLY recommend giving your dog little pigtails

Today marks one year from submitting my PhD, so I got flowers to celebrate! Over the past few years at Aberdeen I never imagined I'd even reach this point, so I'm very proud and grateful. Now to count down the days until I can submit and finally find a safe place to continue to grow as a researcher!

This weekend I found a hand-carved helmeted guineafowl in a charity shop (which I obviously took home), which then inspired me to draw the species! Being in the last year of my PhD I haven't been able to draw anything in a while, so I really enjoyed it!

My dog when I've had one of the busiest weeks of my PhD and am already sleep-deprived and overstimulated 😅

This weekend I've been deep in the literature writing up one of my thesis chapters, and came across what might be one of the most wholesome academic acknowledgements in a book I've ever seen (from "Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation")

Had another wonderful @skypeascientist.bsky.social talk today with four middle school classrooms! This one was particularly fun because they're learning about food webs and I got to tell them all about my predation research!

🐦 New PhD position! @prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social Nest defence in passerine birds Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology? 📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded Apply by May 10 → [email protected] / [email protected] #PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology

Ecological Solutions and Evidence is accepting proposals for their latest Special Feature! They invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't turn out as expected, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species 🌱

I had a wonderful week presenting two of my thesis chapters at ornithological conferences in Poland then England, but I'm grateful to be back home where the spaniel cuddles are 💙

Are you an early career professional (last two years of PhD or first five years in your job/post PhD?) attending #AOS26 in Amherst MA this summer? We're looking for a diverse range of speakers to be featured in our Early Professionals symposia. DM me for more details!

Job Alert 📢 Join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist! Apply now➡️ www.bto.org/jobs This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work! 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. 📍 Hybrid, HQ in Norfolk or one of our country offices. #Ornithology

1/🧵 Aquesta setmana a #BOU2026 presento el meu treball sobre l’imperialisme lingüístic en la literatura científica a partir d’estudis ornitològics a Catalunya! Explorem com la validació de les llengües regionals pot augmentar la implicació amb el coneixement científic i inclusió en #ornithology! 🪶

1/🧵 This week I'm at #BOU2026 presenting my work on linguistic imperialism in scientific literature from ornithological studies in Catalonia! We are exploring how validating regional languages can boost engagement with scientific knowledge and increase inclusion in #ornithology! 🪶

You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡 🦆 Responses accepted within the next 8 weeks. 📆 Survey link is in our bio 🔗 If you have questions please email [email protected] 📧

We would be grateful if you could take part in our 2026 Diversity and Inclusion survey 💙 Within The Seabird Group, we're tracking our progress and working to build a more diverse, inclusive community 👥 It takes just 5-10 minutes to complete ⏲️ Take the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

First EOU Fledglings conference in the books! I presented my Procellariiformes predation chapter results, chaired my first conference session, and have cool collaborations pending with some EC researchers I met there! Now onto BOU 2026 to share my work on linguistic imperialism in ornithology! 🪶

🇧🇷Pardelão-prateado 🌎Fulmarus glacialoides Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O pardelão-prateado é uma ave procellariiforme da família Procellariidae. 📷 Rafael Cerqueira

🐦 Interested in movement ecology and urban pollution? Apply for the #JAEIntro26 fellowship “Urban Gulls as Pollution Sentinels” at ICM-CSIC Work with GPS tracking, lab analyses and risk‑mapping tools. Deadline: April 11, 2026 👉 sede.csic.gob.es/tra... Víctor Martín-Vélez

Do you want to organise a workshop or thematic session at our flagship event? Call for proposals for BES2026 is now officially open!  Find out more about it here👇 https://f.mtr.cool/ytjimbbhsz

It's been a lovely few days exploring Gdańsk before EOU Fledglings tomorrow! Really excited to present my first PhD chapter, a synthesis of the peer-reviewed literature on predation on Procellariiformes. This project has been a labour of love over the years and I'm excited to finally share it!

New work from myself, @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social @lsburchardt.bsky.social : seabird calls share not only efficiency universals, but also prosodic patterns with our speech. Rallentando rhythms carry info absent in spectra. 🔊🐧 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

After a hectic few days of getting everything together for two conferences in one week in different countries, Ebro and I took a much-needed self care beach trip before travels start 🩵 Can't wait for my first EOU Fledglings and BOU conferences!

La dinámica metapoblacional de la Gaviota de Audouin (Ichthyaetus audouinii) es apasionante. Portugal gana importancia en la conservación de la especie: la > colonia del mundo se instaló en Ria Formosa en 2024, con nada menos que 7000 nidos @birdguides.bsky.social www.birdguides.com/news/worlds-...

Today marks a decade of my research career! In 2016 I was a social work student who heard a lab was hiring hyena behavior RAs, and sent a letter begging to be given a chance, despite having no STEM experience. Somehow they agreed, and I’m so grateful that my former wildest dream is now my career!

Things harming accessibility of science: Defunding of public services and educational facilities Inequality in education access Privatisation and paywalls Poor social media regulation Things palaeosphere men claim is a travesty to scicomm: Wonky Allosaurus model in a TV show for kids

🔔Less than two weeks left to submit a presentation for our symposium in June 💭Nature-based Solutions: Who benefits, who decides, who pays? Get your presentations in by ▶️ Weds 25 March 🧪 #ecology #policy #business #finance #nature #climatechange www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-...

Out now! The Academic Wheel of Privilege 🎡 We developed a framework & app to guide authorship teams in making equitable and thoughtful authorship decisions. @saralilplants.bsky.social, @justinsulik.bsky.social, Bethan Iley, Mahmoud Elsherif, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social 🔗 osf.io/preprints/me...

Do you enjoy the blogs and podcasts published by Journal of Animal Ecology? You can now apply to join us as an Associate Blog Editor!

Don't forget to register for our next MEE live! In this free webinar, we'll hear from Drs Figueiredo and Radchuk about the R package estar 🌍 🧪 Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/0hrRYjv

Today makes 2 years since I was hospitalized due to transphobia at Aberdeen and an extremely abusive supervisor. There are many difficult days and the uni still has does nothing to change, but I’m proud of myself for the healing that has occurred, and for still chasing my dream of getting my PhD

The teacher I'm preparing a presentation for through @skypeascientist.bsky.social said they are currently learning about predation and adaptations, and how animals develop "cool behaviors to survive" and I literally CANNOT WAIT to tell them about fulmars 😂

Read the story behind the paper, "energetics link long-term environmental variations to breeding success in a wild penguin population", below 🐧 buff.ly/NO5dogw @bendps.bsky.social

📢 Job Alert: Monitoring officer I am looking for an experienced ornithological fieldworker to join the team this spring to lead on the monitoring of Black tailed godwits at WWT Welney. Closing date: 6 March 2026 Apply ➡️ vacancies.wwt.org.uk/vacancies/77...

Coming up in March! Join @sortee.bsky.social for a webinar with @daxkellie.bsky.social on good, shareable, and reproducible R code - register here: events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...

I had the privilege of attending #BES2025 this past December and writing about the wonderful work being done by just three of MANY ecologists to form equitable collaborations! You can read about Amanda, Karla, and Niru's work in the blog:

Are you a student attending #ASABSpring2026? Don’t forget to put together a 1-2 minute video about your research for our annual contest! Check out some past entries for inspiration: youtube.com/playlist?lis... More details on the conference website: asab-spring-conference2026.github.io

📑 Developing ocean literacy through a relational model: Exploring outcomes of a place-based ocean education programme in primary schools 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/WM9jBj7

(1/2) In uni I was president of the women’s rugby team, and at an athletics meeting, a new trainer asked to speak to the rugby teams, as he would be working with us the most. When we introduced ourselves, he looked right past me and spoke only to the men’s team president.

Hearing crickets from the loud anti-trans "protect women's sports!" crowd after such an ugly display of misogyny by this administration and the US mens hockey team, belittling the Olympic womens team and their accomplishments (even though they also won gold)

New opening for a 3-year PhD project in 'Seabird Ecology in a Changing Arctic' at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Tromsø) and the Arctic University of Norway (UiT). Apply before 25 Mar 2026. #seabirdscience @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/84-phd-...

Been working on some designs for an upcoming talk, and after finding a few Procellariiformes I drew upon starting my PhD, I'm quite happy with the progress I've (slowly) been making!

📢New blog post available now @ingridpollet.bsky.social shares findings on disparities in seabird research presented at conferences and what lessons we should learn ➡️ tinyurl.com/STDBblogFeb26 Open access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SeabirdResearch #monitoring #tracking #threats

Working on my thesis under Ebro's (very) close supervision

Now open: Applications for Field Inclusive's WOS-sponsored fellowship at Cape Fear Bird Observatory! Open to students & early-career professionals from marginalized / historically excluded identities (race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, etc).

🚨 Apply to join us an Associate Editor! We are seeking a wide range of expertise: Human-wildlife interactions 🚶‍♀️ Nature experience and connectedness 🌳 Indigenous knowledge systems🗺️ Reciprocity and care 🤝 And more... Find out more and apply here ➡️ buff.ly/LvTJGnW