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Caitlin Frankish

@cfrankfish.bsky.social
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Marine spatial ecologist 🪶 (Currently: SEATRACK & Norwegian Polar Institute)

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Nicholas Per Huffeldt @nphuffeldt.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Postdoc available in Arctic marine bioacoustics and soundscape ecology Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Deadline: 10 March 🌍🦑 naalakkersuisut.emply.net/recruitment/...
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Postdoc / Scientist in Arctic Bioacoustics and Soundscape Ecology
The Greenland Climate Research Centre (GCRC) at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Arctic bioacoustics and soundscape ecology, with...
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Lila Buckingham @lilabuckingham.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
✨New paper!✨ An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on #seabirds doi.org/10.1002/2688... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social @seatrackscience.bsky.social @signecd.bsky.social @masden.bsky.social
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An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on seabirds
A novel individual-based model to predict the impacts of offshore wind farms on seabirds during the non-breeding season, using long-term tracking data from SEATRACK. We demonstrate the model by simul...
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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
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Avian Ecologist
Salary - £31,942 - £33,898 Depending on experience Hybrid working (50/50) Location: Edinburgh Closing date: 16th January 2026 We are looking for an enthusiastic Avian Ecologist to join our team in Edi...
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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that #ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
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Ocean warming threatens seabirds in the North Atlantic
Climate change is causing ocean warming, acidification and loss of sea ice. This, in turn, is leading to shifting biogeographic distribution and in some cases species extinction.
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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/...
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Spatial overlap alone downplays the level of interaction between a central place forager and the local fishery
While spatial overlap is commonly used to quantify interactions, it may underestimate the true degree of competition between foraging predators and fishing vessels. Our alternative population-level m...
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Morten Frederiksen @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Needing to model impacts on seabird populations in Northwest Europe? Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables? Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Demography of marine birds in the Northeast Atlantic: Informed parameter values for population modelling
We developed matrix population models for 54 regional populations of 25 marine bird species in the north-east Atlantic, based on 30 years of monitoring data. In Step 1, we parameterised the models wi...
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Floris M van Beest @beestfloris.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🔍 Postdoc opportunity! We’re looking for one (or two) postdoctoral researchers to join our Arctic Ecology team to work on: 🛰️ Muskox movement ecology 🌍 Ecosystem & carbon modelling 📄 Details in the attached flyer. #Postdoc #ArcticEcology #MovementEcology #CarbonModelling #WildlifeResearch
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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 🧪
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Seabirds are more likely to ‘divorce’ in bad weather
Wild seabirds are more likely to split up in windy weather, according to a new study involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... #ornithology
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): buff.ly/K0zcdH8
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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸 We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨ "The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Schematic diagram of the influence of seabirds on temperate and tropical near-shore marine systems.
Temperatre systems:
- Nutrient enrichment and predation on herbivorous invertebrates can lead to increased algal production
- Phytoplankton communities change, featuring more large-celled species
- Intertidal organisms incorporate seabird-enriched material by grazing on detritus and biofilm in tidepools
- Macroalgae biodiversity and primary production are boosted
Tropical systems:
- Mangrove leaf nutritional quality increases
- Corals recover faster after bleaching events
- Fish biomass increases across different trophic groups
- Pelagic and benthic consumers' foraging behaviour shifts
- Parrotfish grazing and bioerosion rates increase
- Fish grow larger
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Caitlin Frankish @cfrankfish.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Beautiful outreach article on #birdmigration
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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🌍🐧 Fully-funded PhD Opportunity joined between La Rochelle University (France) & @sosbangor.bsky.social (UK): Understanding Antarctic Ecosystem Resilience through Penguin Energetics ❄️🎓 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#auktober 🐧
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Continuing our #AUKTOBER theme, here's a Common guillemot (or Common murre) with its beak full 🐧🐟 These little guys are incredible freedivers - recorded diving at depths of up to 180m in pursuit of prey 🤿 They have even been spotted through the window of submarines! ⚓ #Seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday
A Common guillemot with a large fish in its mouth. Photo: Joshua Pedley.
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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
Advertisement for registration of WSC4 being open, picturing a gannet in flight and text details of the conference.
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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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...
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A spatial planning tool to indicate the foraging value of marine areas to breeding seabirds.
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Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨 Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣 Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology doi.org/10.1093/ices...
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Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring
Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu
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Line Cordes @linecordes.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5
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Cara A Gallagher @caragallagher.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Animal energetics, movement, and coexistence are inextricably linked. What insights emerge when we consider these processes together? In our new paper, we present a conceptual framework that integrates these domains, outlines their connections, and highlights the value of their joint study.
Triangle of links between the processes, highlighting their general interactions.
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Lila Buckingham @lilabuckingham.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Do you use geolocators to estimate foraging time, behaviour, or energetics in diving seabirds? See our new paper for insights from a study of Common Guillemots. doi.org/10.61350/sbj... @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
A graphical abstract depicting the paper title, author list, and brief description of the paper. One images displays an adult common gullemot with one logger on each leg, next to a chick. The second image displays a close-up of a common guillemot's legs with both loggers shown. The text reads: 
An improved method to derive behavioural budgets and energetics from geolocator data in Common Guillemots Uria aalge
Lila Buckingham, Maria Bogdanova, Francis Daunt, Robert Furness, Sophie Bennett, Ruth Dunn, David Jardine, Mark Newell, Ewan Weston & Jonathan Green
We deployed two devices (time-depth recorder & geolocator) on 39 Common Guillemots for one non-breeding season.
We allocated time to behaviours using 1) both devices (see Buckingham et al. 2023) and 2) only geolocators, following previous methods. 
We compared the behavioural budgets. We could not extract foraging behaviour (diving) when only using geolocator data.
We devised an improved method for estimating behaviours and energetics in Common Guillemots using geolocator data. We also provide guidance for studies of other diving seabirds that rest at sea.
Photos by Andrew Carter
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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟 New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social 🧪🌍🪶
Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".
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Chris McDermott @chrismcdermott.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
“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
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Are Sharks and Rays Using Offshore Wind Farms as Habitats? - EcoWatch
Wageningen University & Research scientists have confirmed regular activity by sharks and rays at offshore wind farms around the Netherlands.
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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
📢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
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Lily Bentley @lilybentley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Stoked to be able to share my first postdoc paper: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, published today in Nature Communications! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean - Nature Communications
Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. This study identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, highlighting the need for internatio...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 17/04/2025
#JobOpportunity! Are you passionate about migratory waterbirds? And do you have managerial skills? Join and lead the AEWA Secretariat and contribute to species conservation from an international perspective! Click to apply by 26 April 2025: careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 09/04/2025
Mechanisms underlying the loss of migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird | J Animal Ecology @britishecologicalsociety.org | besjournals.onlineli... | #ornithology 🪶🧪 #animalmigration
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Ivan Pokrovsky @tundroved.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
📄 New Paper! Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg-Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... @globalchangebio.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @animaltracking.bsky.social
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Migratory Birds Advance Spring Arrival and Egg‐Laying in the Arctic, Mostly by Travelling Faster
A warming climate is affecting the phenology of life on earth, including when birds migrate and start breeding. We show that earlier arrival is a general pattern also for birds travelling to the Arct...
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
The Norwegian Polar Institute has a vacant researcher position in marine ecology, focusing on seabird and prey interaction. The deadline to apply is April 7, 2025! bit.ly/42FYXeb
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Samantha Patrick @samanthacpatrick.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Looking for #PhD in behavioural and applied ecology? Our project will determine the importance individual level variation in #seabird #foraging for assessing the impact of wind farms @jon-seabirds.bsky.social @jaycee161.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Emily Runnells @e-runnells.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
So exciting that our paper on #puffin wing molt is out! We're learning more about oceanic life history, and how to protect this beloved species beyond the breeding colony, bit by bit. #stableisotopes, #seabirds, #ornithology - worth a read. Thank you #gulls, for the feather samples.
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SEATRACK project @seatrackscience.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#JobAlert 🪶 Come work with us at @seatrackscience.bsky.social ! 3-year #research position with a focus on #seabird and prey interaction 🐟🪶🌏 📍Based in Tromsø, Norway ☃️ www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Caitlin Frankish @cfrankfish.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#JobAlert 🪶 Come work with us! 3-year #research position with a focus on #seabird and prey interaction 🐟🪶🌏 📍Based in wonderful Tromsø, Norway ☃️ www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Researcher position in marine ecology/seabird ecology  (277350) | The Norwegian Polar Institute
Job title: Researcher position in marine ecology/seabird ecology  (277350), Employer: The Norwegian Polar Institute, Deadline: Monday, April 7, 2025
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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#JobAlert 🚨 ❄️🦆🐟🦐 #Research #Scientist focused on #seabirds and #prey interactions, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research. 3-year term based in #Tromso, #Norway. 🇳🇴 More information here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Emma Vogel @efvogel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳 Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
SEATRACK got a new website with better functionality and better access to documents: seatrack.net Click yourself through and learn more about the non-breeding distribution of north-Atlantic seabirds! seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...
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Home - SEATRACK
SEATRACKSeabird tracking The SEATRACK programme aims to map the non-breeding distribution of seabirds breeding throughout the North Atlantic and understand how changes in environmental conditions and ...
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