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

Official conference flyer for the 3rd Asian Ornithological Conference! aoc2026.sg

If you're an active researcher or practitioner working in the field of applied ecology - why not apply to join us as an Associate Editor?🌍 We're seeking a range of expertise such as marine ecology, disease ecology & local knowledge!🧪 Find out more 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...

📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates. careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

💡 I've been awarded a #BES Small #Research Grant to develop my work on the #RingNeckedParakeet. Alongside #EcologicalMonitoring, I'm running a #ParakeetWorkshop to bring together scientists & stakeholders. Interested? Get in touch to learn more! @britishecologicalsociety.org @salforduni.bsky.social

Recorded another fun and exciting podcast in Spanish, this time on seabirds! I highly recommend checking out Ignacio's recently published paper! 🪶

🚨 new podcast episode! 🦫 this episode explores the story behind the paper, "habitat heterogeneity and food availability in beaver-engineered streams foster bat richness, activity and feeding". 🎙️ listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/AbdBmjW

If you have a Teams meeting with me and I seem distracted, it's because this is what my velcro dog does when I focus on work instead of him 😂

NEW EDITORIAL! 💡 Using data to construct tripartite networks & models 📊, we found that editorial diversification helps make peer review more inclusive & better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research 🌐 Find out more 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026

Showing ebro my wonderful study species, the northern fulmar 💙

Like most Americans, I've been feeling so helpless this week, and to process the pain I made this design, which I decided to turn into a Bonfire campaign to raise money for MN8. Ft. the MN state bird, the common loon 🪶. You can also donate directly: minnesota8.org www.bonfire.com/birders-for-...

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

Puppy's first time in a birding hide! He was especially interested in the corvids we saw so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree 🐦

I haven't drawn anything in months because Aberdeen has been particularly exhausting lately, so tonight I made a point to get back to drawing, starting with Potamotrygon leopoldi, a striking freshwater ray!

I cannot explain how jarring it is to be attacked for years for being non-binary by staff I've never spoken to, told by management it was probably my fault for *existing*, then hear that person is planning on writing a book about how they were persecuted by the university. 15 more months here 🙃

I am pleased to announce the release of my latest article in the Observatory. I believe the findings and discussions presented here contribute meaningfully to our understanding of queer ecology. #academia #science #education #queer

New intro for a new year! I'm Rowan (they/them), an interdisplinary PhD student studying predation on seabirds + making ornithology more inclusive. I have several projects to address linguistic biases in ecology and love languages; my most recent project is learning Euskara (Basque)!

Looking back at 2025, my professional highlight was moving to a safer dept at Aberdeen to escape the transphobia at SBS, which has also led to doing an interdisciplinary thesis I love. And of course the overall highlight was getting Ebro 💙 Can't wait for 2026 and being one year closer to submitting!

Take note! 📝 There are a lot of important dates coming up for #ASABSpring2026 and #ECBB2026 🗓️ More information here: www.asab.org/conferences-...

A fun fact about me is, if there are fulmars of any kind in a place I'm visiting, I will find them 😂 A few of several fulmar specimens on display at the ZUGVögel exhibition at Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin!

Made a joint Christmas list/New Year's resolutions list for my academic career of some of the top skills/subjects/species/places I'd love to either learn about or continue working on in more depth in the future! See any overlap with your work? Let's chat about it! (after the holidays of course) 😊🪶

Had a fantastic time at my first #BES2025 conference, the highlights being 1) presenting a poster on my PhD chapter on linguistic imperialism in ornithology and hearing from so many other interdisciplinary researchers, and 2) seeing so many friends and getting to meet lots of new ones!

I'm admittedly biased, but an already great #BES2025 talk was made even better by the appearance of fulmars! Looking forward to another great day of ecology talks and posters!

One of the most fun parts of having my parents visit me in the UK for the first time is seeing their reactions to birds that are common here but new to them. They're not even birders but their favourites so far have been wood pigeons and magpies, which makes my ornithologist heart very happy 😊

Are you going to BES and interested in merging sociolinguistics + ecology? Come by B12.38 on Wednesday 5-6:30pm to chat about incorporating and validating regional languages in our research to improve engagement with ecological knowledge and initiatives! (English and Catalan posters below)

Applications are still open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change. Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/3KVR9Qo

Took a detour before BES to bring Ebro (and my parents visiting from the US!) to St Andrews, the first place I lived in Scotland and a place I hold very close to my heart 💙 We didn't see any fulmars but maybe next time!

🔍 What we found: • 114 peer-reviewed studies since the 1980s • Research heavily focused on health, biology & behaviour • Very little work on conservation, even as local declines emerge • Major geographic gaps • Urbanization, changing agriculture, and human activity shape sparrow trends 🔑Keywords

Everything this artist (Sarah Conti) makes is stunning, but I think this is my favourite so far: "This work explores the permeation of patriarchal and colonial agendas in our world, and how nothing we touch can escape these impacts, including ornithology" www.instagram.com/reel/DRuvmHT...

Abstract submission closes soon for our local doctoral conference (focus: cognition, behaviour, neuroscience). Free to attend, always really fun and interesting! Masters students can submit abstracts for poster presentation, which is a great chance to present to a friendly crowd :)

When I give talks about seabirds to school kids, their favourite* thing to learn is how old Wisdom is, which allows us to discuss why seabirds live so long and how that helps us study them! Excited to see her back! *Or maybe 2nd favourite because they LOVE to learn that fulmars vomit at predators 😂

Last year I wrote this for Transgender Awareness Week because of the challenges I've faced in my institution. Sharing it again as this week we celebrate trans identities and remember those who have been targeted for being themselves www.britishecologicalsociety.org/five-steps-t...

Hello bluesky! We are an LGBTQ+ Biology Journal Club at Uni of Oxford 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. We are interested in topics relevant to queer ecology and amplifying queer voices in academia 🪲🌱. For those in Oxford, we meet every 2 weeks - get in touch for more details! 🥳