Senior Conservation Scientist | PhD @biouea on #RoundIslandPetrels | Likes to be outdoors 🌅🚵♀️🏃♀️ | Views are my own | she/her
Edinburgh, Scotland
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New paper! If you use time-lapse cameras, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with @UEA_CMP's Marcus Jenkins & Michal Mackiewicz to improve object detection for time-lapse imagery using temporal features. 📷🖥️⏲️
Open Access @Sensors_MDPI: mdpi.com/3088004
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Call for symposia and workshops is now open! The World Seabird Conference has been held every five years since 2010, bringing together international seabird scientists, managers, and conservationists to tackle global challenges. bit.ly/43sLHKc
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Looking for a PhD on puffins? We are recruiting: ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/resea…. Application deadline 14th March.
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Starting to hear reports of Avian Influenza hitting Whooper Swans. Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing. In 🏴, 🏴 & 🏴 contact @DefraGovUK, in N Ireland @daera_ni & in Republic of Ireland @agriculture_ie. Please also report to @BirdTrack for monitoring
ALT Dead Whooper Swan Photo C Deasy
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In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population estimate & report on winter distribution. Results have now been published in @BritishBirds, with our thinking on future monitoring needs #Ornithology 1/7 ⬇️
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Great to see this paper published today using data generated through my BOU/@IBIS_journal-funded PhD on #RoundIslandPetrels! 🤩
🚨NEW OA PAPER🚨@GEB_macro details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004
#ornithology #migration #BLScience
We're grateful to @GOBIsecretariat @iki_germany for funding the project
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ALT Infographic map showing the six marine flyways (Atlantic Ocean Flyway, North Indian Ocean Flyway, East Indian Ocean Flyway, West Pacific Ocean Flyway, Pacific Ocean Flyway, Southern Ocean Flyway) in a spilhaus projection, and the general direction of travel by migratory seabirds
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Great to team up with @spurnbirdobs in a joint Motus Tracking Project on Jack Snipe (supported by @britishbirds). The first birds were tagged in the #LDV last night and we're now looking forward to seeing what results this project unearths - thanks to everyone involved.
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New paper alert! 🚨
Check out our paper on how #seabird #mercury burdens vary with foraging tactics #teamauk #Pollution
We found that foraging closer to shore increased levels... Out now in @STOTEN_journal 🐣
@lavoie_raphael @ArcticEcology @RoseM_Lacombe
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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New paper shows acute impacts of tags on diving seabirds. Birds with heavier tags do shorter & shallower dives with slower ascent rates, and increased resting time between dives. animalbiotelemetry.biomedcen…
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Save the date! 25-28 February is the 7th #ScotMER Symposium – it’s online and free to attend.
Join us to hear the latest evidence on #offshorerenewables and their impact on the environment
➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/7th-scotm…
@naturescot
ALT A row of offshore wind turbines.
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New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show N. American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age.
We link this to social learning in novel mig. route development.
rdcu.be/d57Mw
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✨We kick off the year with a newly published paper exploring plastic ingestion in adult shearwaters✨
✳️Our findings reveal that due to feeding their offspring, adults reset their plastic loads
✳️Crucial insights for using seabirds as bioindicators 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.…
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The deadline for these exciting seasonal roles with @RSPBScience is fast approaching! Go, go, go 🏃
#ornithology #seabirds
Seasonal field staff needed for @RSPBScience projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (and non-seabird) opportunities across the UK!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/sal…
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Check out our new paper “Night flight facilitates late breeding catch-up in a long-distance migratory seabird”
We found that late laying shearwaters were more likely to fly more at night during migration and stopover less to “catch up” time
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Deadline today!! ⚠️
#seabirds #ornithology
Come work with us! The RSPB’s Marine team are looking for 3 Conservation Scientists to work on a range of exciting #seabird research projects 🤩
Get in touch if you’d like to know more! Deadline: 3rd January
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/sal… 🔗
#seabirds #ornithology
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Seabird Research Officer with @Natures_Voice based at @Bempton_Cliffs, Bridlington, 37.5 hpw for 7 months c-js.uk/3ZMbBqv
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Improving Object Detection for Time-Lapse Imagery Using Temporal Features in Wildlife Monitoring
by Marcus Jenkins, @kirstyyfranklin, et al.
@uniofeastanglia @OfficialZSL @DurrellWildlife @mwfWildlife, National Parks and Conservation Service
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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!
⭐ Ian Cleasby
⭐ Ruth Dunn
⭐ Kirsty Franklin
⭐ Lila Buckingham
⭐ Trina Siddiqi-Davies
ALT A picture of all outgoing members of the Seabird ExComm.
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New paper! If you use time-lapse cameras, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with @UEA_CMP's Marcus Jenkins & Michal Mackiewicz to improve object detection for time-lapse imagery using temporal features. 📷🖥️⏲️
Open Access @Sensors_MDPI: mdpi.com/3088004
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Fantastic to see this evolve from the #RoundIslandPetrel camera trap study that I set up during my BOU/@IBIS_journal-funded PhD, and even better when it's come from a very talented undergraduate (now MSc) student! 👏
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Seasonal field staff needed for @RSPBScience projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (and non-seabird) opportunities across the UK!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/sal…
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