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...

Enter our Seabird Photo Contest at #WSC2026—open to all in-person attendees! Submit your best seabird shot by 1 Aug (midnight UTC) for a chance at prizes & People’s Choice. Enter now: bit.ly/4d572zROpens a new window 🐦✨

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

Studying overlap with fisheries can help highlight important areas for protection 🐧 Check out my little article! After spending so long learning to write for scientific audiences, it was an interesting experience learning how to write for the public but I highly recommend!

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

2026 Training Grants are now open! 📢🕊️ Are you: 📏 Hoping to gain experience with #seabirds via unpaid work? 🧑 From a BAME background? (though others may apply too) 💸 A grant of up to £250 could help! (to cover travel, accommodation or food) Info: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grant Apply by 28 Feb 💌

Come and join us for another seabird careers Q&A session!!

As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds

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

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/...

📢 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

📢 PHD OPPORTUNITY Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird Fully funded 3-year studentship with @dannihinchy.bsky.social at Liverpool John Moores University Deadline: 31 October Details: tinyurl.com/heay3yd3 #ornithology 🪶

Hi everyone, we're the BES ALDER Network 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌳 Follow us for information about upcoming events, opportunities, community stories, & resources Want more info? Join our newsletter? www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join... @britishecologicalsociety.org

🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below #UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦 We are recruiting for 5 roles: Secretary 👩‍🏫 Assistant Journal Editor 📉 Social Media Lead 🤳 Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝 Website Officer 🧑‍💻 Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

A great outcome from a workshop at our #seabird conference last year in Portugal, this review paper collab has been selected as Editor's choice at ICES Journal of Marine Science! 💪👏 ⤵️ academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... #seabirdmonitoring #newtechnology #remotecameras #acoustic #biotelemetry #UAVs 🛰️🌊

Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)! 📅 7–11 Sept 2026 📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir... #WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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...

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

The Guillemates is back for another year! Sign up now! If you've got any questions, message me or send me an email at [email protected]

Calling all Early Career Seabirders! What are some topics you would like more discussion on/support with? I am trying to compile a list of things that mentors could help ECRs with @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social

🪶 Seabird scientists & managers! 🌊 Propose a symposium or workshop for #WSC4: "Wings of Adaptation: Seabirds in a Changing Climate." Submit a 1-page summary by 01 August 2025. 🔗 Details on our website bit.ly/4e6wQdc #Seabirds #ClimateChange #Ornithology #WSC2025

Deadline for proposing a symposium or workshop for #WSC4 is 1 Aug 2025! #seabirds 📆

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜 I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology! 📍 Nottingham, UK 📅 6–8 April 2027 🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe Please share widely! #BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

Trying to keep the gulls away from my @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #seabirdpride top! Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈🐦

Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout ([email protected]) 🐦💍💛 (Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑) #Seabirds #IrishSea

Our Seabird Pride 2025 T-Shirt is now live! 🌟 Seabird pride will take place on the 21st of June so follow the link below to grab one! 🏳️‍🌈🐧 seabirdgroup.teemill.com/product/gann...

Thank you to everyone who came along to our @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social ECR talk this morning! And thank you to our wonderful panel! 🐦🐧🦆

Great news for the Critically Endangered African Penguin! 🐧 South Africa has agreed to establish no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies, a huge victory thanks to the relentless efforts of our National Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social 🌍💙 Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're pleased to announce our shortlist for the 2024 Georgina Mace Prize! Our award for early career researchers 🏆 See the full list below! 👇 buff.ly/EgrKGrx 🌎🧪

Introducing Dr Glencross! Viva done ✅ 3 hours of penguin chat with my wonderful examiners 🐧🐧

New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies doi.org/10.1016/j.an... Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

The Indian Seabird Group's first talk of 2025 is now on YouTube. Dr. Suresh Kumar and Rajdeep Mitra present their research on the ecology of nesting seabirds on the Lakshadweep Islands.

Got some artistic skills? Enter our Seabird Pride t-shirt competition! 🕊️🏳️‍🌈🎽 Details below ⬇️ #SeabirdPride2025

The next round of our Research Grants are open now for applications! If you have something you'd like funded why not apply? It could be for ringing studies, productivity assessments, seawatching projects, tracking studies, or others 🕊️💍🥚🌊 Details -> www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants (closes 28th Feb).

Are you looking out for a #PhD on #seabirds? *New* competition-funded project to understand and share biologging data to reduce consenting risk from offshore wind farms. Exciting collaboration with @olliepadget.bsky.social and @naturalengland.bsky.social (1/3)

PhD thesis submitted! 🎉

Early Career #Seabirders - have you recently published a #seabird paper? @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social newsletter features a list of recent ECR papers! Get in touch with me with your citation and a short description if you'd like to be featured: [email protected]

Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. 📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep... 📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae... 📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report #Ornithology #UKBirding

Please join us in welcoming our new lovely members to Seabird ExComm 🐧🤝. A big thank you to all those who participated in voting, and we look forward to our next chapter with the new team! ⭐ Alice Edney ⭐ Eryn Shinnie ⭐ Debs Allbrook ⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies ⭐ Ingrid Pollet

To all our fab Executive Committee members who have reached their end of term in their current roles, we wish you all the very best in your future endeavours and thank you for all your hard work for seabirds 🕊️🙏 ⭐ Ian Cleasby ⭐ Ruth Dunn ⭐ Kirsty Franklin ⭐ Lila Buckingham ⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies

Thanks to everyone who came to our @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social ECR talk!

!!! WAHEEEYYY!!! Unbelievable news!! #SeabirdSessions is returning!! These are one-hour online events where we interview the authors of the latest #Seabird science (and sometimes listen to a bit of music). More news coming @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social #Seabirders

JOB VACANCIES! We're seeking 3 Conservation Scientists to join our friendly team of #seabirders at the RSPB. We're an inclusive team where everyone is welcome. DEADLINE: Friday 3rd January. #conservationjobs #ornithology #seabirds #science Details: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

Hello #seabirds PhD students in the UK and Ireland. We are a supportive cross-university group of ECRs. Online get togethers on the last Friday of every month on Teams. Contact email below 👇 Develop collabs; share data, methods, problems, code; guest speakers... come say hi! Please share - thanks!