As Pride Month comes to a close, we’re celebrating pride, visibility, and diversity — not just in June, but all year round. 🌈 The Seabird Group is committed to supporting our LGBTQ+ community every day. Grab your Pride merch here: seabirdgroup.teemill.com/collection/u... 📸 Justin Rivera, CC

Thanks to @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for helping us raise awareness about #biosecurity on #seabird #islands in their latest newsletter. We would love it if all seabird researchers became biosecurity ambassadors, helping us spread the word, carrying out checks & keeping their eyes out on the ground

We announced the location of The Seabird Group 2027 conference in our latest newsletter! (drumroll please... 🥁🥁🥁) Gdańsk, Poland! Hosted by @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social & team! We're really excited to put this together and stay tuned for updates! 🐧

New postdoc alert! 👀🧪🏖️

Our June 2026 newsletter has arrived in your inbox! 💌 We learn about the importance of @biosecuritylife.bsky.social and rescuing grounded shearwaters as well as celebrate 40-years of @smp-seabirds.bsky.social! Plus the usual Seabirder Spotlight, paper releases and some exciting news! 🗞️ #seabirds

25 years, 4 colonies across the Arctic: satellite snowmelt data & nest monitoring show that earlier snowmelt advances hatching in little auks — but fitness consequences are mixed. Will earlier breeding help in future? 📝 paper: buff.ly/G49YbQW 🎙️ podcast: buff.ly/LPMOT9w 🧊 blog: buff.ly/lMPDKkD

Earlier this year @n-t-s.bsky.social hosted a "Focus on Fulmars" workshop, looking at how to improve monitoring & research efforts to understand Northern fulmar population change. A short report is now available for those interested! ⬇️ www.researchgate.net/publication/... #seabirds #ornithology

We are now recruiting for a 3 year NERC-funded postdoc to study the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migratory birds. Based in the Wild Microbiome Lab @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall.

With the 2024 SMP Annual Report showing a 93% decline in breeding abundance since 1986 and a per-pair productivity of just 0.03 in 2024, it's great to see some positive Arctic Skua news. Best of luck to the pairs on St Kilda! #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Great to see our Pride t-shirt out in the wild with @lucy-wright.bsky.social ! 🏳️‍🌈😍🐧

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are looking for Marine Sites Science Officer to support our Marine Programme by analysing seabird tracking data to identify important areas ⏱️Deadline: 03/07/2026 🐧Fixed term 2 years, 35 hrs/pw 📌Cambridge/ Hybrid Come join our fantastic team! Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/marinesitesj...

For decades, researchers have measured #PlasticPollution by counting individual pieces. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story: internal damage caused by plastic (eg. inflammation) is largely invisible

This hand-painted #shearwater was sent to an #AdriftLab team member with a note about #kindness and #gratitude. A reminder that whatever your talent, it has the greatest impact when used for good. Who knows, your small gesture might just be the kindness that someone desperately needed 💙

It has been an honour to work with the long-term data set from Kent Isl. After a survival paper (doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2710), here is a mate-switching paper. Huge thanks to @liamtaylor.bsky.social on this one! A third one is under review. #seabirds #OpenAccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1/ The latest Winter Gull Survey revealed that over the two decades since the last count, the total number of gulls wintering in the UK has decreased from 3.9 million to just under 2.5 million! 📉 #Ornithology #Seabirds 📖 Read the report www.bto.org/WinGSReport#Ornithology#Seabirds

📃New paper in Ecology letters 🐦 I’m delighted to share the publication of the first paper from my #postdoc with @samanthacpatrick.bsky.social looking at life-history trade-offs and #senescence in black-browed #albatrosses from Kerguelen and Bird Island doi.org/10.1111/ele.70384

Our new research shows that HPAI increased Northern Gannet mortality by a factor of ~6 and ~4 at two of the world’s largest colonies. We predict this impact will take almost two decades to recover from. #biologicalconservation #seabirds #hpai Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887

Concerning news from Mousa, Shetland! 🐀 Follow @biosecuritylife.bsky.social for tips on keeping our seabird islands safe from invasive species 🏝️

Another new Seabird #38 paper❓ Yes, indeed! 🙌 Kwant-Heida et al. (2026) explore corridor use by seabirds in an offshore wind farm. Read the full article here 👇 doi.org/10.61350/sbj...

Our new paper is out! #puffins #seabirds #faroeislands

Congratulations to the four recipients of our research grants! ✨🎁🔬 👉 Theo Kyprianou Rivers is looking at the effects of LED lighting conversion on Manx Shearwater 👉Yinka Adeniji is using acoustic recordings to estimate individual Manx Shearwaters (1/2)

The colony count period for Cormorants starts soon! Apparently Occupied Nests (AON) can be recorded at coastal and inland colonies for SMP. Please also submit tree nesting Cormorant records to the Heronries Census: www.bto.org/get-involved... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Roll up, roll up! Looking for a postdoc? Want somewhere that's academia adjacent? Interested in seabirds, plastics, and conservation? Come work with me and @adriftlab.bsky.social! If you want to help develop an application, get in touch! #ornithology #seabirds #PhDjobs #PostdocJobs

Our newest #AdriftLab paper provides the first data on how Australian #seabirds are impacted by #MarineHeatwaves. So much gratitude for the 200+ #CitizenScientists who made this project possible

Last chance to apply to join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist working on our #ClimateChange research portfolio! Apply online at www.bto.org/jobs 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. #Ornithology

Puffin colony count surveys are recommended from April 30th. Multiple survey methods and recording units can be used to monitor them. Take a look at the graphic below to visualise the different units! ⬇️ #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

🎺 Roll-up, roll-up! Another new paper has just been published in Seabird #38! 🎺 Hunter et al. (2026) explore the wintering-site fidelity of Brünnich's guillemots in Greenland. 👇 Read all about it here 👇 seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-2

New paper with @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social in ES&T: We know Sable Shearwaters show measurable harm from plastic ingestion but this isn't just a story about one species. 🧵 1/3 📄 doi.org/10.1021/acs....

‼️🚨New Paper Alert! 🚨‼️ Using a decades-long dataset on puffins in the Faroe Islands, we show a change in population age structure and relate the increase in older birds/decrease in cohort sizes to (pre-)hatch year food availability. doi.org/10.1002/wlb3... @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social

🗞️❗ Another early release from Seabird #38❗🗞️ Scotwin et al. investigate feeding rate and breeding success in Atlantic puffins. Have a read here 👇: seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-1

Spring is an amazing time to go outside and enjoy some incredible wildlife encounters, both around the coast and inland. 🌳🌊 However, during breeding season many birds are vulnerable to disturbance, especially those nesting on the ground. 📷©️Greg Macvean

Join me & @olliepadget.bsky.social at @livuninews.bsky.social! #postdoc #seabird movement & navigation in response to environmental cues @ukri.org. Developing new loggers w/ micro-engineers & computer scientists @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. Job tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5 Press release tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5

From the May 1968 issue of the @rspb.bsky.social members magazine "Birds"

Our Chair @thelabandfield.bsky.social has found some real treasures in the archive @btobirds.bsky.social ! 🔎🌟

Attending #WSC2026 and have some spectacular seabird photos? 📸 Enter the Seabird Photo Contest below! ⬇️

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...

Want to work at @icmcsic.bsky.social with #UrbanEcology, #SpatialData and #Gulls? 🏙️🖥️🧪📊 See the #JAEIntro26 below 👇 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro... @igue-aeet.bsky.social @imares-group.bsky.social @sibecol.bsky.social @eco-aeet.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @csic.es

More information on the Shag project can be found on the @ukceh.bsky.social website: www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/... It's a massive collaboration between organisations, ringers, sites and observers! @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social #ornithology

Have any of your biologging devices ever failed? ⁉️ If so, we’d like to hear from you! 👂 Researchers at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, are investigating biologger device failure rates to help improve research practices. 🎓 The survey takes just 10 minutes to complete: forms.gle/fZW9n2dojJVB...

Thinking of submitting your manuscript to our journal Seabird? 📜🐧 Check out our new and updated guidelines here: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/journal/guid... 📸: Alex Bond

📢 #Postdoc in #seabird #demography Capture-recapture, IPMs and PVA. Analyses underway - great stage to join the project. Hybrid/remote possible. Apply: bit.ly/3P3yAM1 Please share widely, informal email enquiries welcome @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social

Can we overcome the shifting baseline syndrome? At @au.dk they offer at three year PhD project Co-supervised by me, which aims to intertwine local ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge to gain insights into seabird breeding distributions prior to rat invasion phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...

Our next ECR talk is all about seabird ringing! 🐦 Join us to learn how ringing works, opportunities to get involved, and how ringing data supports key research and conservation. 🗓️: Friday 20th March ⌚: 09:30- 11:00 (GMT) 📍: Online Signup here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📸: Will Brown

This #WorldWildlifeDay, we’re celebrating the seabirds of the Isle of May — from Puffins & Guillemots to Razorbills & Kittiwakes. These cliffs support thousands of breeding birds, a powerful reminder to protect our marine wildlife & coastal habitats. 🐦🌊 #IsleOfMay #seabirds #ornithology

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are looking for an emerging scientist with an interest in #seabirds and #conservation for a 🌟new scholarship position🌟 ⏱️Deadline: 13/03/2026 🐧Fixed term 12 months, 35 hrs/pw 📌Cambridge/ Hybird Come join our fantastic team! Full #job details ➡️ tinyurl.com/BLIemergings...

⏳ Deadline approaching! This is a final reminder that our Training Grants closes on the 28th of February. If you are from a BAME background, and would like to gain seabird volunteering/ ringing experience we can provide support up to £250. For more info: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants

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. 🎙️🐣

⚠️ 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