@birdwatchireland.bsky.social, with support from @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social , @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social and collaborators, have published 73 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Seabirds. Learn more➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/birdwatch-ir... With massive thanks to all involved!

Collecting bioacoustics data but terrified of the time required to train auto-ID models? A solution from @mattweldy.bsky.social out today in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social in the form of transfer learning which minimizes the need for training data. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Bubble-trail encounters from #krill #fishing vessels show that #Antarctic Voluntary Restriction Zones for the #krillfishing industry has displaced fishing into areas where the penguin encounter rate is higher/the same #CCAMLR www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Harbour seal population on the west coast of Scotland was thought to have been stable, but fell by 20% between 2018 and 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some news from New Zealand! Is bird flu at the doorstep? Great monitoring effort trying to spot and capture a handful of black-iris individuals among hundreds of birds, a very interesting proposal from @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social, v happy to have been involved in the last trip of the season. 👁️🐧