And….. submitted! Why does it always take so much energy to submit a manuscript. My current brain status:🪫 #seabirds

Issue #161 of our newsletter should have hit your inbox or doormat! 💌 We call for hosts for our 2027 conference, hear about an ancient storm petrel specimen and are updated on one of Europe's largest Sandwich tern colonies. 🎙️🐣

Discarded fishing hooks, lines, etc. are deadly for waterbirds. Although there's no US law, many state/local regulations require signs and recycling containers in fishing areas for discarding fishing line, etc. Contact your local Parks & Rec or state Fish & Wildlife for help in your area. 🌎 #birds

⚠️ There's just one week left to apply for both our Research Grants and Training Grants ⚠️ Deadline for both is 28th February! More details can be found on our website here: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants

❗🐧👀 Two new "early-release" papers from the Seabird 38 journal are now available on our website 👀🐧❗ 1. Kühn et al. 2025 Group feeding of Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis on the hydrozoan Sarsia princeps on Svalbard doi.org/10.61350/sbj...

Thank you to @thelabandfield.bsky.social and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social , @adriftlab.bsky.social for the engaging conversations! #seabirds

Kirsty Franklin – Seabird ecologist Last summer I led an all-female field team on Mousa, Shetland. We had been up all night waiting for our tagged bird to return, and at the end of a successful night, we were rewarded with a spectacular Aurora Borealis!

Thanks to @liamtaylor.bsky.social for his huge help on this one ! #seabirds

Two manuscripts were sent to co-authors this week. One manuscript was accepted today ! 🎉 One more meeting and then it's time to close the computer for 8 consecutive days !!!

As well as Training Grants, we've also opened up our latest round of Research Grants 📷👛 ❓: To fund #seabird research (eg. camera monitoring, ringing/tracking studies, counts/productivity assessments) 👥: All welcome to apply 💲: Up to £500 📅: Deadline 28 Feb Details ▶️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants

It will be a travel and work in peace day. #SwissTrains

Seabird Group Training Grants are open 🐧⛺🌃 We offer up to £250 to help with travel, accommodation or food during #seabird fieldwork or training! We are encouraging applicants from BAME backgrounds, but all are welcome to apply 📋 For all the info ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grant Deadline: 28 Feb

Another new year job opportunity! Join the Isle of May @ukceh.bsky.social team in #Edinburgh, studying six species of #seabird 🦅🐣🕊️🐧🐤🐦 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca... Deadline is 16th January. #ecology #seabirds #scotland

Can we communicate our reaserch in more fun and accessible ways? I loved working with Anna @btobirds.bsky.social on her fantastic comic illustrating our recent work using seabird poo to look at their diet! Find out more at www.bto.org/our-work/new... #ornithology #seabirds #SciArt

We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...

“There are signs seabird colonies are beginning to recover in Alderney after their numbers were devastated by avian flu, conservationists have said. “The Alderney Wildlife Trust (AWT) said the island's Northern Gannet colony had grown by 11% since 2023.” #Seabirds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖 Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology ✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree

Manuscript has been re-submitted (phewww). It's time to close the computer for a few days and enjoy the holiday season!

How does chick-rearing affect fledging success in Yelkouan shearwaters? Proxies for diet varied between colonies, while fledglings grounded on first flight were more likely to have been poorly fed. Published in Marine Biology: doi.org/10.1007/s002... Funding by @dornitholges.bsky.social and EU LIFE

📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...

Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼 📆 Fri 12 December 🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK) 📍 Online Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀

Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project? We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣 🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology

Doing research on #Arctic #seabirds? Consider submitting an abstract to the session 'Safeguarding seabird populations in a rapidly changing Arctic' at www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca... in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 26-29 May 2026

Every once in a while, I write a paper that is not about #seabirds! Data from 2012, published today! rdcu.be/eQJkK

My first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟 Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🐦✨ WSC4 Keynote Nominations Open! Share your vision for seabird conservation. Early-career & international voices encouraged! 📍WSC4 In-person & Hybrid: 7–11 Sept 2026, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 🔗 bit.ly/3Jv71c9 #WSC4 #SeabirdScience

See you tomorrow!! #seabirds

Can't make it to Hobart? Participate in the WSC4 Hybrid Day online! 🌍 Connect with global seabird experts and contribute to conservation's future. 🐧 📅 11 Sept 2026 (AEST) | 10 Sept 2026 (UTC) 🔗 bit.ly/4opYfet #WSC4 #HybridConference #MarineScience

🐦 Got questions about the 4th World Seabird Conference? Dive into the FAQ page for all the details — from abstracts to travel tips! worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir... #WSC4 #Seabirds #Conservation

Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship #ornithology Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV. www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...

Don't be shy, you will be working with great people! #seabirds

Omw to record some grebes I guess? Interesting work on who do we study when we study seabirds, @ingridpollet.bsky.social and colleagues: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸 We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨ "The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...

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...

Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species? Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

‘Some of the most remarkable creatures on the planet’ This summer a team from the RSPB travelled to North Rona – an uninhabited island about 44 miles north of Lewis – to survey one of Scotland’s most incredible birds: Leach’s Storm Petrel. 🌊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQm...

📢 PhD opportunity at @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social @ifv-whv.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social 🎓 Interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns 📅 Apply by 12/12/2025 at euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142 #seabirds #ecotoxicology @univ-larochelle.fr @commonternproject.bsky.social

Another day, another #auk. The Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) is born black+fluffy, with several years before developing its bright red feet fully. These are associated with sexual maturity @2-4 y/o 👣 Black guillies are widespread in the N.hemisphere and are arguably the best #seabird 😉 #Auktober

🌍🐧 Fully-funded PhD Opportunity joined between La Rochelle University (France) & @sosbangor.bsky.social (UK): Understanding Antarctic Ecosystem Resilience through Penguin Energetics ❄️🎓 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114

You know the Laughing gull, but do you know the Laughing Razorbill? This one was encountered in Newfoundland in 2023. #seabirds #Auktober

"Did someone say.... euphausiid shrimp?" 👀 Crested Auklet to continue the #Auktober celebrations

By now issue #60 of our newsletter should've hit your inbox! 📩 This time is a hefty one, inclu. round ups from many #seabird breeding colonies around the UK! 🐣 We've got herons predating kittiwakes, brood patches in stormies & we spotlight Lindsay Young - VP. Research for Pristine Seas (NatGeo) ⭐

8 months and 1 week since I submitted a manuscript to Wetlands Ecology and Management @springernature.com @springer.springernature.com. At least 4 weeks since they received reports from 3 reviewers. You'd think they would have a decision by now. Nope. Still waiting.

I've been remiss in celebrating #Auktober, so here are four delightful pics of the smollest one, the Least Auklet from Kiska Island, Alaska (where there are 1.2 million PAIRS in about 2 km sq). Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.

Website Manager position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Websit... Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩 [Common tern image: Debs Allbrook] #seabirds #teamtern #WebManager

Newsletter/ Social Media Support position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Newsle... Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩 [White tern image: Hayley McLennan] #seabirds #teamtern #AssistantEditor

Social Media Manager position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Social... Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩 [Humboldt penguin image: Ahmet Yüksek] #seabirds #penguins #SocialMedia

Come and have fun with me! #seabirds

Secretary position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Secret... Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩 [Bridled guillemot image: Andreas Trepte, www.avi-fauna.info] #seabirds #guillemot #auktober