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Federico De Pascalis

@fdepa1.bsky.social
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Researching animal movements🐦Mediterranean and tropical seabirds🌊Ocean lover. www.researchgate.net/profile/Federi… www.movecolab.it

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Marie-Morgane Rouyer @mariemrouyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨 New paper in @consletters.bsky.social, one of the main outputs of my #PhD ! 🥳 You can read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... Summary below
Paper presentation - Highly mobile seabirds reveal areas of conservation importance across the Atlantic Ocean
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German Ornithological Society @dornitholges.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Now online in Journal of #Ornithology Telemetry alone may not be reliable for a correct determination of population-level migration timing: lessons from Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Telemetry alone may not be reliable for a correct determination of population-level migration timing: lessons from Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae) - Journal of Ornithology
Tracking technologies have revolutionized the study of bird migration, offering unparalleled insights into ecology, behaviours and flyways. However, due to the typically small proportion of individual...
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New research reveals a substantial decline in the number of European Storm-petrels caught by researchers over the course of a 27-year study Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social #seabird 🪶🧪
A small dark seabird with white at the top of its tail (European Storm-petrel) cupped in a person’s hand against a black background.
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
In our #NewPaper, we developed a minimally invasive test to detect the hidden harm from plastic ingestion in live #seabirds. By looking at proteins in the blood, we identified a biological signature of plastic-associated damage doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Federico De Pascalis @fdepa1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Happy to see our new paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Biology Letters! 🌊🐦 A look into how the smallest seabirds deal with the windscape during movements across the open ocean. tinyurl.com/57vvpfsp
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Storm petrels trade movement speed for information gain
Abstract. Animals travelling through air or water can benefit from surrounding flows. This is evident in procellariforms, oceanic birds capable of undertak
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Another hard year for the #birds & our team. In 2 weeks we removed 1.1 kg of #plastics from Australian #shearwater chicks (>8850 pieces). Balloons clips, clothes pegs, tiling spacers, strapping tape, drink lids, nurdles, toys, cutlery - the list goes on & on 😞 #SeabirdSaturday #PlasticPollution
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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Schumm et al. Non‐Breeding Distribution and Activity Patterns of Antarctic Storm‐Petrels Inferred From Geolocator‐Immersion Loggers and Stable Isotopes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology #seabirds
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Non‐Breeding Distribution and Activity Patterns of Antarctic Storm‐Petrels Inferred From Geolocator‐Immersion Loggers and Stable Isotopes
Outside the breeding season, small pelagic seabirds are particularly challenging to study due to their large geographic ranges and high mobility. Consequently, their non-breeding distribution and act...
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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🚨New paper alert 🚨: First GPS tracking of a Black storm-petrel Hydrobates melania By Jorge Cristerna et al. #seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...
A Black storm-petrel flying over the water. Photo by Gllen Tepke.  Macaulay Library ML 261331651
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Ioannis Kalaitzakis @ioannis-kalaitz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Extremely happy that my Master's thesis is published! Thank you @mariemrouyer.bsky.social and @ana-sl-rodrigues.bsky.social for your guidance, as well as thanks to all the co-authors!
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Joe Morford @morfjoe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Migrated to Bluesky as I'm excited to share our new paper on collective route memories in homing pigeons: rdcu.be/e73Qk We found flocks remembered old routes better than pigeons flying alone, likely because different birds remembered different parts of the route!
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 11/03/2026
26 kinds of gadfly petrels are being proposed for listing under CMS at #CMSCOP15. These birds are already threatened or near threatened, they move across 64 countries & territories and face serious pressures both on land and at sea. Read the proposal in EN, SP or FR: www.cms.int/document/302...
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Nicholas @petrel-nut.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This parent and hatchling Red-tailed tropicbird for my #SuperSeabirdSunday offering. With as many as 10 nesting within metres of the Park’s Hut on Phillip Island, off Norfolk last week- it was always advisable to have the phone handy
Large white bird with dark eye markings and curved red bill sits on the ground in dappled shade with the downy head and breast of its chick emerging from under its left wing. Ted-tailed tropicbird.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 16/02/2026
🔈 KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom ➡️ Robert J. Fletcher (Uni of Cambridge) ➡️ Stephen Pringle (Uni of Kent) ➡️ Jane Reid (NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen) ➡️ Paul Woodcock (JNCC) Join us! Submit your abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The RSPB is looking for surveyors to census the UK’s largest Storm Petrel colony on Mousa, Shetland. We need 2-4 volunteers who are comfortable working and camping in a remote location with limited facilities, to help complete playback surveys during mid-July 2026. 🪺🏝️🏕️
A European storm petrel nesting among rocks in Mousa, Shetland.
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🌊 Share your seabird research at #WSC4! Submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations by 15 Jan 2026. Travel awards available for students & early-career researchers. Connect globally & shape seabird science! 🐦✈️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n8cjmsk #SeabirdScience #MarineConservation #WSC4
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
An incredible opportunity to work with the @rspb.bsky.social and Storm petrels as part of your Master's degree! 🕊️ #research #seabirds
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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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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species? Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Who gets the spotlight? Disparities in seabird research attention at scientific conferences
Seabirds are among the most threatened bird groups globally, yet research effort is unevenly distributed among species, with some taxa receiving exten…
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 10/10/2025
Why does a pigeon-sized bird purposely throw itself into hurricane-force winds? With the help of lightweight GPS trackers, WHOI biologist Francesco Ventura has unlocked the Desertas petrel’s secret to success: cyclones! 📲 Find out what surprised researchers the most from BBC: go.whoi.edu/Petrel
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Jacopo G. Cecere @jgcecere.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
To celebrate 30 years of AEWA, we created a video showing the migration tracks of waterbirds GPS-tagged in Italy. Caring for waterbirds. Connecting countries. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... video by @fdepa1.bsky.social, Silvia Giardina and me
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 11/06/2025
A petrel breeding diversity hotspot: Raivavae Island (Austral Islands, French Polynesia), with a need for conservation action | marineornitho... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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Jacopo G. Cecere @jgcecere.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Tracking data and teamwork once again show their value for wildlife conservation. Our study led by Timothée Poupartand and Thibaut Bettignies reveals mismatches between the Natura2000 marine network and seabird distributions, urging for better protected areas off France l1nq.com/kwIzl
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martinaustad.bsky.social @martinaustad.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Excited to share this paper on shearwater diets in the Mediterranean! link.springer.com/article/10.1... Thanks to a great team, Lucie Michel and co-authors including @fdepa1.bsky.social @jgcecere.bsky.social , part-funding by @dornitholges.bsky.social, @hannahpepe.bsky.social for the post graphics!
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Because of the massive increase in #IngestedPlastic this year (number, mass and size of particles) were finding intact items inside our baby #seabirds. This means we’re able to get information on brands…including THIS! ⬇️ #SoyFish #PollutionIsADesignChoice #shearwaters @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
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Joan Ferrer Obiol @joanferrerobiol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 🪶 Evolutionarily distinct lineages of a migratory bird of prey show divergent responses to climate change 🪶 👉 rdcu.be/ehvAA #LesserKestrel #ornithology #ClimateChange #Conservation 🧵👇 1/6
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 29/04/2025
Obituary in IBIS Mike Harris (1939 - 2023) doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... One of the world's best known, most loved and most outstanding seabird biologists #ornithology
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Most worryingly, we found evidence of neurodegeneration in <90-day-old seabird chicks with high levels of ingested plastic - protein expression signatures akin to what we see in human patients with dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (3/5)
Four hundred three pieces of plastic removed from sable shearwater A. carneipes 90-day-old chick.
On the left are five plastic items (0.073 g) removed during lavage, and on the right are the 398 items (41.812 g) that remained inside the stomach after lavage. The 398 items could not be removed during lavage as the large volume of plastic created a blockage. Instead, these items were recorded during necropsy after the bird was deceased. Pumice (128 pieces, 6.819 g) and squid beaks (not counted) also ingested by the bird are displayed in the petri dishes
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Ollie Padget @olliepadget.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
!PhD opportunity! We are recruiting a student to use biotelemetry and modelling to understand bycatch in Europe's most endangered seabird, the Balearic shearwater. If you are interested come to our online Q&A session on 12th Dec. See advert below!
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Megan S. Reich @megansreich.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Super stoked to share our latest research on the migratory patterns of painted lady butterflies across the Sahara! 🦋🏜️ www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration
Chemistry; Nature conservation; Ecology; Entomology
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Jacopo G. Cecere @jgcecere.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
At the 2024 Movecolab.it meeting @ecotos.bsky.social presented his PhD project on #plastic ingestion in Mediterranean shearwaters. Plastic has been found in 16 out of the 18 Scopoli's shearwaters (dead for bycatch) checked last week. Great collaboration with Susanne Kuehn and Jan van Franeker
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
An exciting PhD opportunity to investigate the migration strategies of a fascinating tropical #seabird with a unique long-term geolocator dataset and great supervisory team! 🤩 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🔗 #ornithology #seabirds #RoundIslandPetrels
A Trinidade petrel flying over Round Island, Mauritius, with a geolocator clearly visible on it's left (lower) leg.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 27/11/2024
Tracking the non-breeding range of Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, a Critically Endangered seabird of the South Pacific Ocean | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | Bird Conservation International | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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Tracking the non-breeding range of Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, a Critically Endangered seabird of the South Pacific Ocean | Bird Conservation International | Cambridge Core
Tracking the non-breeding range of Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, a Critically Endangered seabird of the South Pacific Ocean - Volume 34
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Federico De Pascalis @fdepa1.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
As I just joined Bluesky, let me introduce myself! I’m an #ecologist currently based in #Italy, deeply fascinated by how #seabirds manage to thrive in the challenging marine environment. I have a passion for working in tropical ecosystems and yes, I have a soft spot for #storm #petrels!
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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
New paper alert! Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution! In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets. Link to paper here: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Competition and Facilitation Influence Central Place Foraging Ecology in a Colonial Marine Predator
Analysis of combined deployments of GPS loggers with cameras or temperature–depth recorders reveals that despite experiencing intraspecific competition for food, northern gannets engage in dynamic, c...
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