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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It has been a windy few days. Razorbills have been wind dancing in the updrafts almost at arms reach

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Been dodging a few showers today. Looks like we have a pot of gold on one of our guillemot monitoring plots

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Puffin and the Sun Dog.

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The SMP is lacking breeding success data. In 2025, colony count data were submitted for 861 sites, but breeding success data were submitted for just 133 sites. If you can monitor seabird breeding success, email us at smp@bto.org! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Image of two Arctic Tern chicks, with the text: Breeding success data helps us understand short-term changes in populations.

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The squallor of a guillemot colony. After overnight rain some of the ledges are a quagmire. Got to admire their resilience to lie in this for hours at a time

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Feeding time for these wee Shag chicks on the Isle of May today 🐣 #seabirds #superseabirdsunday #fieldwork #ornithology

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Shags have had a tough few years on the Isle of May following a large mortality event in winter 2023/24 and a smaller event earlier this year. Thankfully both 2024 and 2025 saw above average productivity, so hopefully the population can recover in time. 🐣 #IsleOfMay #seabirds #ornithology

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The 2025 #seabird breeding results are in from the Isle of May: Razorbills fledged 0.63 chicks per pair - right on the long-term average. Even better: 91.2% survival, well above the long-term average of 83.9% Strong productivity + excellent survival = a really encouraging year for #Razorbills. 💚

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Lots of reports of dead seabirds in the aftermath of recent storms. Please keep an eye out for any dead colour ringed Shags and send details to shags@ceh.ac.uk #seabirds #ornithology #winterstorm

The image contains a header at the top reading "Wanted: Shag resightings". Below this is a picture of a Shag weraing a blue colour ring with the code "UXE" and a text box of the information needed if you see a colour ringed Shag. This information is: date, location, colour of the ring, three letter code, and a photo if possible. All the information can be emailed to shags@ceh.ac.uk

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Josie Hewitt @josiethebirder.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Join us! A great opportunity to join the @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social team working on the Isle of May. Great team, great place, great birds... what more could you want?! #seabird #fieldwork #job #ornithology #superseabirdsunday

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Results are in for the Isle of May seabird breeding season. Fulmar breeding success was 41%. An average season with the long term mean at 40% @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Epic day yesterday with watches, puffin fledgling rescue, puffin chick weighing, kittiwake logger deployment and puffin netting from 5am to 9.30pm. Similar vein today with everyone out for 5am with mire kittiwake watches and concurrent puffin netting. We'll have a fair bit of seabird data by the end

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Happy new year everyone! ✨🎉 Our training grant applications are now open! The deadline for applications is the 28th of February. To apply for our training grants, click the following link or use the website as stated below: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Welcome to the last Super Seabird Sunday of the year where we ask you to share seabird photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines like these Gannets of the Bass rock. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

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wordsanddeeds.bsky.social @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Gulls Eating Stuff sounds like a great cit sci project. Upload your photos of gulls eating stuff here: citsci.org/projects/gul... (I once saw one gulp down a half-grown duckling - no photo, just an indelible image seared into my brain 🤮) @alice-risely.bsky.social #UKbirding #gulls #ornithology

A herring gull standing on a balcony railing and about to take a morsel of food from a person's hand; buildings and River Mersey in the background.

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Exciting #seabird opportunity working with Manxies on Skomer, Rum, and Copeland! #seabirds #ornithology

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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🚨Calling for seabird tracking data! 🚢We are collating seabird data for the Humboldt Current region to assess fisheries bycatch risk. 🤝This is a collaborative project with Global Fishing Watch funded by @nfwfnews.bsky.social. You can be part of it! Go to: www.seabirdtracking.org/humboldt-cur...

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Humboldt Current seabird tracking data call for fisheries bycatch risk assessment - Seabird Tracking Database

The BirdLife team are collating seabird tracking data for the Humboldt Current region and adjacent High Seas to assess fisheries bycatch risk as part of an

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Josie Hewitt @josiethebirder.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Any thoughts from more experienced wader ring readers - seems to match the Norwegian Barwit project on IWSG register, but not listed on www.ringmerking.no/cr/? Red cr on left tib, engraved flag YN(EEH) on right tib. @waderstudy.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social #waders #colourringing

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

If #WildFlowerHour has inspired you to want to learn more about our wonderful wildflowers, why not consider taking a short plant ID course in 2025? bsbi.org/training-cou... We also have Training Grants to help you pay for courses: bsbi.org/grants @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @naturelark.bsky.social

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Training courses – Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

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Lucy Wright @lucy-wright.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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...

Two fieldworkers sit on a clifftop amongst the grass and wildflowers watching seabirds with a telescope and binoculars. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the sea is shimmering turquoise, and all is good!

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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Live #seabirds #shearwaters continue to wash up in eastern #Australia. This means the #wreck event is ongoing. Please send us your #BeachedBird #CitizenScience data! Here’s how ➡️ adriftlab.org/news/reporti...

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Josie Hewitt @josiethebirder.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Thanks to all at ECOTOP & @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social for organising such a great conference. Lovely to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, & learn more about the amazing breadth of seabird research going on around the world!! Also enjoyed my first poster session #CoimbraSeabirds

A person standing next to a poster that describes the mass mortality of European shags that occurred in Scotland during winter 2023-2024 as a result of severe and prolonged storms.

Team photo of the UKCEH seabird group stood next to the Coimbra Seabird Conference sign

A photo looking down at a pathway in the Coimbra Botanic Gardens. The path is surrounded by trees and shrubs.

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

A great turn-out for the 16th International #Seabird Group Conference! 🥳 #CoimbraSeabirds We’re only halfway through, and already had lots of fantastic seabird presentations! Huge thanks to the ECOTOP team at the University of Coimbra for putting on such an excellent event 🤩

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Josie Hewitt @josiethebirder.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

Lots of Puffins and Kittiwakes around to welcome us back to the Isle of May for the summer field season. Great to be back on the island and see it start springing back to life after a tough winter for many of our #seabirds. #island #fieldwork #scotland

Lots of Atlantic Puffins sat on a hill next to their burrows on the Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Scotland.

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 01/02/2024

CALL FOR KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS #BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1-3 April 2025 We're seeking nominations for keynotes at #BOU2025 Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/fronti... Nomination deadline: 30 April | #ornithology

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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Applications open for seasonal seabird assistants on RSPB Coquet Island, an incredible seabird island off Northumberland and the only UK colony of Roseate Terns. Fancy an incredible summer? 🌍 #Seabirds www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/99250-s...

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Seasonal Seabird Assistant - Coquet Island x2

We are looking for two seasonal field workers to join the team on the island this season for 3 months in the peak of the breeding season to help in reserve monitoring and management. The ideal ...

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