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Jacqui Glencross

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Marine Ornithology Advisor at NatureScot PhD on African penguins at the University of St Andrews ECR rep for The Seabird Group she/her

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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Come and join us for a pre-conference catch up at The Telegraph hotel from 3pm on Monday!
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Attending #WSC4? Join our ECR networking event in Hobart! Meet fellow researchers, reconnect with colleagues and make new connections over complimentary desserts. 9 Sept, 8–9:30 pm Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart Free to attend! Register: bit.ly/4giX8KP #SeabirdScience
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Make sure you remember to sign up on the google form so we can send you the links to the meetings!
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Attending #WSC2026 virtually or in-person? Come and meet fellow early career seabirders! A chance to meet new people and ask questions 🐦🐧🐣
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thank you to @penguinacho.bsky.social, Ellie Leech & Andie McQuillan for a brilliant 'Being queer in seabird science' panel discussion this morning! ❤️🏳️‍🌈💭 There's still time to fill out our EDI survey so we can work to make The Seabird Group more inclusive for all. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Seabird Group Diversity and Inclusion questionnaire
The Seabird Group is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion within the seabirding community. Summary statistics on these data will be used to monitor our progress on increasing diver...
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Come and join a colony! Recruiting new guillemates now! 🐧🐦
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Still time to sign up to our seabird pride talk! Sign up here: forms.gle/WYMaUgLnnq5A...
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Come and join us for our next panel discussion! Everyone is welcome!
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As Pride Month comes to a close, we’re celebrating pride, visibility, and diversity — not just in June, but all year round. 🌈 The Seabird Group is committed to supporting our LGBTQ+ community every day. Grab your Pride merch here: seabirdgroup.teemill.com/collection/u... 📸 Justin Rivera, CC
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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...
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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 🐦✨
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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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...
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Learning from the past to inform future seabird conservation (PASTBIRD)
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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
One European shag with a metal ring and blue Darvic colour ring and one sitting on a nest.
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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!
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Can African penguins be brought back from the brink? Better designed no-fishing zones could help
A new court order seeks to protect African penguins, which are critically endangered.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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
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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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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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 💌
Person lying on a forest floor grubbing for Storm petrels.
Image: Ingrid Pollet.
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Come and join us for another seabird careers Q&A session!!
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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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
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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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Alice Carravieri @alicecarravieri.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📢 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
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 22/10/2025
📢 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 🪶
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BES ALDER Network @besaldernetwork.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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
Who are we? ALDER (Advancing LGBTQIA+ Diversity, Equality & Representation) is a Network for the LGBTQIA+ ecologist community to interact, share and support each other.
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UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🐬 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
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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 secretary@seabirdgroup.org.uk to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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 🛰️🌊
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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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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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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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...
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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...
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Guillemates 2025-26: Mentor
Sign up deadline: 19th September. The Guillemates is an initiative to create a support network for Seabirders. Individuals can sign up to be a part of the initiative for a year (with the option to sig...
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Sign up for our next ECR talk where we will be discussing peer review with our panel! Friday 5th September 9.30 am BST!!
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The Guillemates is back for another year! Sign up now! If you've got any questions, message me or send me an email at ecr@seabirdgroup.org.uk
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🪶 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
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Deadline for proposing a symposium or workshop for #WSC4 is 1 Aug 2025! #seabirds 📆
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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🦠 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
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Trying to keep the gulls away from my @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #seabirdpride top! Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈🐦
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Debs Allbrook @debsallbrook.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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 (dla205@exeter.ac.uk) 🐦💍💛 (Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑) #Seabirds #IrishSea
A juvenile kittiwake in the hand, wearing a 3-digit coded yellow colour ring, a red plastic ring and a metal ring.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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...
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Gannet pride by Maggie Watson, Seabird Pride 2025 Edition - Unisex
We are proud to present the winning design from our 'design a tshirt competition' for Seabird Pride 2025, made by Maggie Watson. Profits made from all...
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thank you to everyone who came along to our @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social ECR talk this morning! And thank you to our wonderful panel! 🐦🐧🦆
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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/...
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Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa
Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists
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Ecol. Solutions & Evidence | Applied Ecol. Resources @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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 🌎🧪
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Georgina Mace Prize 2024: Shortlist Announced for Early Career Award
Each year, Ecological Solutions and Evidence awards the Georgina Mace Prize to an outstanding paper in the journal by an author at the start of their research career. The following six papers,…
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Introducing Dr Glencross! Viva done ✅ 3 hours of penguin chat with my wonderful examiners 🐧🐧
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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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.
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Pakshi Pitti: Insights into the nesting seabird populations of the Northern Indian Ocean
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Got some artistic skills? Enter our Seabird Pride t-shirt competition! 🕊️🏳️‍🌈🎽 Details below ⬇️ #SeabirdPride2025
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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).
A lone puffin flying above the sea [Photo: Bryan Walker]
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Jonathan A. Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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)
A picture of the head of a kittiwake, a seabird found breeding around the UK
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
PhD thesis submitted! 🎉
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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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: ecr@seabirdgroup.org.uk
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