Read more about the work in news from lead institute the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research www.nina.no/english/Abou...

Warming oceans are having widespread and often negative effects on migratory seabirds, new research involving UKCEH shows. The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧪1/

Isle of May avian ecologist #job #seabirds - come join our team, we’d love to chat if you have questions, please just get in touch ⬇️

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @vogelwarte.bsky.social to unravel the demographic drivers of population change in Alpine #swifts in #Switzerland: buff.ly/crV1rT8

UKCEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers 2015–2021 (England) is now live! 🔹Annual maps of fertiliser use 🔹1km x 1km resolution + uncertainty estimates This builds on the 2010–2015 dataset, now with yearly maps instead of averages. Explore here: catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/0f... #AgZeroPlus 🧪

More than a year ago researchers from @hifmb.de and @icbm-uol.bsky.social started to write about different perspectives on marine biodiversity change from natural and social science perspectives. This morphed into a review paper that was published online today link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that #ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

Padilha et al. Bioaccumulation of legacy POPs in seabirds: A multi-species comparison between Procellariiformes and Suliformes in the South Atlantic link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology #seabirds

Importantly, birds that remained with the same partner tended to lay eggs earlier, which is strongly tied to how many chicks they rear 🐣. See our news story: ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... Read the full paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #seabirds #ClimateChange 🧪

A kittiwake ringed as a chick by @ukceh.bsky.social on the Isle of May in 2023 has been reported from Greenland. Our tracking studies over the years have revealed that many of the Isle of May kittiwakes pass Greenland on route to wintering off Newfoundland @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social

Great to attend the Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG event at the House of Lords yesterday. Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝

#NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing #climate #biodiversityloss #netzero

Read the blog by UKCEH molecular ecologists on the Springer Nature Research Communities website:  https://f.mtr.cool/uaqahjasfy https://f.mtr.cool/hlpsglwcqi @amycthorpe.bsky.social @susheelbusi.bsky.social

Weekend reads: Catch up with UKCEH news via our latest newsletter! 🏞️ Insights from historic land use maps ✨ New science director  🔎 Studies on soils, seabirds etc 📈 Long-term lakes data and more! https://mailings.ceh.ac.uk/historic-land-use-sustainability-research-ukceh #EnvironmentalScience

New UKCEH research shows satellite imagery reveals vegetation stress months before unpredictable 'flash droughts'. That early warning could give farmers, water managers and health authorities time to act: https://f.mtr.cool/usfdpaviie

Just launched, spmapper is a new marine spatial planning tool from UKCEH! By estimating where and how much seabirds eat, spmapper can help with siting new offshore windfarms and protection areas. nerc-ceh.github.io/spmapper-pkg...

We should broaden models, not narrow them. Models are tools to explore uncertainty, communicate scenarios, and test policy. Managers seek robust strategies, not perfect forecasts. What a great paper from @cboettig.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Forecasting #Ecology 🌐

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The #EU collectively failed to deliver #GoodEnvironmentalStatus in its seas. Bold, binding action across all sectors—strong #MPAs, pollution controls, fishing reform—is urgently needed to halt biodiversity loss and restore European Seas. #MarineEcology #MarineConservation #MSFD #GES4SEAS 🌐🌍🧪🌊🦈🐬🐋

Spring skies

Seal tracks - Embleton

Northumberland gorse out-gorsed itself this year

Pavement crack flowers

Slow worm on Dartmoor - sun basking

New paper on avian flu in seabirds from an Edinburgh Uni PhD student published! Edinburgh University has been working on the Isle of May with UKCEH and other partners to investigate the effects of this virus among seabirds. Read about it here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Epic day yesterday with watches, puffin fledgling rescue, puffin chick weighing, kittiwake logger deployment and puffin netting from 5am to 9.30pm. Similar vein today with everyone out for 5am with mire kittiwake watches and concurrent puffin netting. We'll have a fair bit of seabird data by the end

🙋 Know a 15-19yr old interested in ocean work experience? We're looking forward to co-hosting this Virtual Work Experience Week with @plymouthmarine.bsky.social! 🤜🤛 🪸🧑‍🔬🌡️ Together, we offer a wide range of career pathways for students to discover! 👉 Students must apply by 14th July 📤Do share!

New opportunity | Postgraduate Researcher Representative 📆Deadline: 31 July Are you passionate about climate change and ecology? We are looking for two PGR/PhD student reps to join our committee. It’s a chance to shape events, support early career researchers, and contribute to the community!

🌊 We're Hiring! Join the Marine Biological Association and help tell the story of cutting-edge marine science from our stunning location beside Plymouth's National Marine Park! 🐠📍 If you love the ocean, & storytelling this is your chance! 🔗 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job/social-m... 📅 Apply by 04/08/2025

the journal Animal Behaviour, which is run by @asab.org, is looking to hire a new Managing Editor. Please share advert with folks with a Life Sciences degree (ideally postgrad) who might be interested www.asab.org/opportunities

Odd plumaged puffin. White nape feathers and washed out bill

The Ecosystems Mission Area helps researchers track everything from birds and bees to floods and fires. Trump wants to cut it by about 90%, gutting a key federal ecological program.

Our base for today. From 0300-2330 we are conducting a guillemot & Razorbill feeding watch, following diet and feeding rate

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋 The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

New #UKCEH dataset published on how breeding seabirds spend their time and energy. These data will help us to model the potential impacts of any changes in seabird behaviour in response to new offshore windfarms catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/07...

📢We're looking for a #MarineOrnithologist to join us! This varied role will include supporting a review of the Special Protection Area (SPA) network, data analysis & review of management measures. 📆 Closing date: 30 June 2025 👉 Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/JNCCpost202529 #JobOpportunity

We are hiring a new PhD candidate 🎉as part of the No-REGRETS (NOrth Sea Renewable Energy: Gaining the Required Ecological Knowledge for the TranSition) consortium. If you are excited too, have what we are looking for and interested in joining us please apply. #ornithology #animalmovement

“We’re trying to understand whether these animals are actually using the wind farms as habitat, or whether they’re being displaced by them.” ~ Annemiek Hermans, Ph.D. candidate @w-u-r.bsky.social

Job alert: We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable marine ornithologist to join the JNCC Marine Species Team. More info here: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Important new report on the drivers behind potentially harmful algal blooms in the Republic of Ireland and the likelihood of more such blooms. 🧪💦🦠 www.epa.ie/publications...

They are back. The first puffin of the year was seen ashore this morning. A typical date and probably big numbers in the next few days.

The first time the kittiwakes have touched land since last August. Most have been across the Atlantic and back since then

Yesterday marked the official start to the full-time 2025 seabird monitoring for @ukceh.bsky.social on the Isle of May. Season 54! The day was spent storing a van load of supplies before a sunset check of the cliffs

High attendance of auks on the cliffs this morning. Good numbers of colour ringed birds sighted to start the task of calculating over winter survival. Seemed appropriate to listen to the Guillemots band while entering data back at base

Easter Eggs! The Isle of May has its first Razorbill on egg. The earliest for ten years and 8 days earlier than average. @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

Finally we have the first incubating guillemot on the Isle of May. Two days later than average but nine days earlier than last year

First Fulmar egg today on the Isle of May. Two days earlier than last year and four days earlier than the long term average.

With the very low levels of rabbit grazing on the Isle of May this year the Thrift is flowering in greater profusion than it has for at least 15 years. A Sea Pink island

Finally the first Kittiwake egg! Three days later than last year and ten days later than average. Only five later dates. Due to birds being in poor condition or the dry conditions making nest building difficult? Maybe time will tell

After weeks of easterly winds it's quite a shock when we return to the prevailing westerlies, especially of this strength. Fortunately not too many losses so far