Arctic terns at sunset over The Skerries off Angelsey, Wales #terns #arcticterns #TheSkerriesl #Wales #seabirds #nature #wildlife #birds #sunset #silhouette #dusk #islands

The numbers have been crunched and we are delighted to report that our breeding European Shag numbers on the Isle of May are up as blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Find yourself a man who looks after you like this frigatebird looks after its stick

🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!

The first fieldwork season of my PhD is almost over, #GPStracking the ocean wanderer #Cory'sShearwater, noisy #LittleTern and classy #Auduoin'sGull. Thrilled to explore how these #seabird adapt in warming environment. #SeabirdSeptember #climatechange #ecology

Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A recent #linocut of a cupcake #stormpetrel chick! #SuperSeabirdSunday

Sharing a couple of my photos and sketches from monitoring Common Terns this year for #SeabirdSeptember Summer wouldn't be summer without Seabirds 🌊🐧🪿 #CommonTerns #Seabirds #UKBirding @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open! The Natural History Museum priorities are below. If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

We are well supervised by the local sheep while weighing our cupcake chicks! #SeabirdSeptember @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social

The British Ornithologists' Club will host Avian Odyssey 2025 at the Natural History Museum on Saturday 20 September, bringing together leading voices in bird research, conservation and wildlife broadcasting:

The last (but not least!) paper from our journal's latest issue - #Seabird 37 - is online now! doi.org/10.61350/sbj... This one is all about mortality & aspergillosis (a fungal infection 🍄 & silent killer) in rescued gannets #northerngannet #wildliferehabilitation #seabirdhealth

A helpful graphic for the always-tricky issue of 'gulls-at different-ages' ID!

That exciting moment when the lattice has been knocked down during the night (image 1), you know you will get an adult (image 2). #SeabirdSeptember #seabirds All birds handled with appropriate scientific permits.

Just a reminder for more memories of #seabird fieldwork from this year! 🦅🕊️🪶🥚 #SeabirdSeptember

#SeabirdSeptember Another season complete with the offshore kittiwake colony I've known for 3 years now. Productivity and survival looking good, but we'll wait for the camera data to tell us more. Love to see them thriving and notice the same birds turn up on the same ledges year on year 🥰

As summer draws to a close, one fascinating bird, the Arctic Tern, is preparing to start an epic journey of over 14,000 miles toward the south polar region. “In search of the never setting sun” Coloured pencil on watercolour paper #birding 🪶

It was a pleasure to be part of this panel. I hope it was beneficial to all attendees. #seabirds

On Friday we had an insightful panel chat about #peerreview. We heard different ways of getting involved & how it benefits your own science + our industry. Thank you @thelabandfield.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social @tashgillies.bsky.social & Dr. Sherley, & ofc @jacquiglencross.bsky.social! 😊

My first PhD chapter got published in @nordicoikos.bsky.social! We show that sooty albatross populations are impacted very differently by global changes. 👉 Take a look here: doi.org/10.1002/oik.... @predateursmarins.bsky.social @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social #seabirds #Demography #ecology

An immaculate, pre-breeding Roseate #tern for #SuperSeabirdSunday #TeamTern

New post at ecolightsforseabirds website! Pufflings navigating the lit night About a recent study by @tbrownbirds.bsky.social on the Atlantic Puffin ecolightsforseabirds.weebly.com/news/pufflin... #ornithology #seabirds

Big update for #SeabirdSaturday 🏝️🚢🐦⬇️

An adorable Providence petrel for #SuperSeabirdSunday. Bird was observed at its colony a few months ago on Lord Howe Island with the team from @adriftlab.bsky.social. #seabirds #Pterodroma

Thinking about these White Terns on Ducie Atoll that would follow us around. We called them our little Sputniks because they sounded like data being sent back from space @adriftlab.bsky.social #SuperSeabirdSunday

An opportunity for #seabird surveying/ sighting in the Irish and Celtic Seas & the English Channel, with bunk and meals provided! 🕊️🕊️🕊️

New @adriftlab.bsky.social paper in Emu-Austral Ornithology with @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social on the age of first return of Sable Shearwaters #seabirds #ornithology 🪶🧪 doi.org/10.1080/0158...

New #AdriftLab paper celebrates what can be achieved through #LongTermMonitoring & #banding studies (send us a DM if you'd like a PDF) #NewPaper #seabirds #shearwaters #BreedingEcology #demography doi.org/10.1080/0158... @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social

With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

#SeabirdSeptember - thankful for another finished fieldseason and no #HPAI casualties among the great skuas on Skúgvoy #SkuaIsland #seabirds

Although most breeding #seabird fieldwork in the North Atlantic has come to an end, we're still in the thick of it with 12/56 eggs hatched! #SeabirdSeptember @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social @felixazurawska.bsky.social @bardseyben.bsky.social

#GreatCormorant chicks have unmistakable gannet-like features - revealing why they belong to #Suliformes order 🐦Loving these memories and discoveries from our last successful (and noisy) #ringing season! #SeabirdSeptember #ornithology

As autumn begins & seabird season ends for another year, we've been reminiscing about the summer! We'd love to share images of #seabird fieldwork throughout September to celebrate our diverse seabird species ✨🪶 If you have one you'd like to share pls include a description & use #SeabirdSeptember! 🐦

Coming up online this Friday! 🗣️📓🐦 Deadline to sign up is this Wednesday 3rd September: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Seabirds

Sign up for our next ECR talk where we will be discussing peer review with our panel! Friday 5th September 9.30 am BST!!

Please share! We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates! Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...

The next in our series of ECR talks is coming up on Fri 5th September - this time on Peer Review 👀📃 The panel will be our own @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @ingridpollet.bsky.social, @tashgillies.bsky.social & Dr. Richard Sherley ✒️✨ Time: 9.30 am (BST). Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do I know anyone on here who might find it useful to predict hatching dates from birds eggs? Please reach out if you're open to help me develop ovotime.com to include more species, and to expand with more detailed #oology features! #phenology #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🧪

Results are in for the Isle of May seabird breeding season. Fulmar breeding success was 41%. An average season with the long term mean at 40% @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

A life-sized bronze statue has been unveiled on the island of Papa Westray, Orkney, in memory of the last known Great Auk Pinguinus impennis killed there in 1813. The statue is an exact replica of the preserved remains of the bird, which are held by the Natural History Museum.

Nice morning at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social Seawatching festival. Missed the Black Tern but highlights 6 Manx, 1 Sooty Shearwater and 1 Bonxie & 3 Arctic Skuas. And plenty of Little Gulls on the move 08:44 - 10:24. #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #birding 🪶

Please check out the attached advertisement for a #masters project at @dalhousieu.bsky.social on Leach's storm-petrels! #MSc #biology #gradstudies #gradschool #birds #seabirds #research

@currentbiology.bsky.social has always been one of my favorite journals but I think they have now outdone themselves www.cell.com/current-biol.... And picked up by the @nytimes.com as well! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s...

We are back on the Isle of May for the final bit of breeding season monitoring. Fulmar checks are now complete. We'll be sharing all the Isle breeding season results very soon. @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social

Attention wildlife artists! 🎨 🪶 Last chance to submit your work for the Society of Wildlife Artists 62nd Annual Exhibition: The Natural Eye 2025! Sign up➡️ www.mallgalleries.or... 🎨 Gannets around the Bass by Kittie Jones.

Working on animal-ocean interactions? Join our #OSM26 🌊Glasgow 22-27 Feb session on Animal Behaviour, Prey Energyscapes and Ocean Features: Synthesising Oceanographic and Ecological Perspectives: agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

Extended deadline until tomorrow!

A recent study of seabird collisions with human-made structures published in the WJO turned up over 400 such incidents, involving seabirds including pelicans, gulls, and even albatrosses. #ornithology

We funded 4 research projects this season 🏦 Here's a little more detail on our recent research grant awardees... (1/2) Izzy Burns @izzyburns.bsky.social is looking at nest microclimate in kittiwakes 🐣 Ben Porter @bardseyben.bsky.social is asking whether storm petrels make good parents 👨‍👩‍👧