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Danni Thompson

@scottishseabird.bsky.social
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PhD researcher - drivers of individual specialisation in foraging behaviour with #FalklandsShags 🐦 | seabirds | photography | crafting

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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Seabird science attracts seriously talented photographers, and the WSC4 Photo Contest proves it. Hours in hides and on rolling boats went into every frame. Help pick the People's Choice Award, announced in Hobart. Voting closes Thu 10 Sept, 12pm pollunit.com/en/polls/-i1... #WSC4 #Seabirds
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Heather Q Mathews @hqmathews.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
You are what you eat! 🍣 Concentrations of #traceelements in seals were linked to #diet which were influenced by #environmental and #climate indices. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Trophic and environmental influences on trace element concentrations in Australian fur seals
Trace elements (TE) in living organisms can have detrimental health impacts depending on their concentration. As many TEs are obtained through diet, t…
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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Congratulations @alixkristiansen.bsky.social on your first paper from your PhD - it's out! @ecobird.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Home range and activity budget in the Falkland Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)
The Falkland Islands support globally important populations of seabirds and coastal birds, underscoring their value for international conservation efforts. However, substantial knowledge gaps impede t...
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PhULMaR @phulmar.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Hello! We're now on #Bluesky! PhULMaR is a PhD lab group for those around the British and Irish Isles studying birds that use the #marine #environment. Currently headed by @bardseyben.bsky.social @dianepavat.bsky.social, we meet online on the last Friday of each month. Get in touch to join!
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius. This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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Holly Niven @hollyniven.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Out now: A new predictive method: Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals. With @jasonmatth.bsky.social, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social and others. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 10/04/2025
The science behind the #SciArt! Lots of flowers have colours that can't be seen within the human visible spectrum. So I made a pin badge that changes colour to reveal a (visible) rainbow using the uv in sunlight! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1885...
A dandelion flower. Half is coloured as normal (yellow) and half is coloured based on the different way it is seen in the Ultraviolet spectrum. This half has a red centre and a white ring around the edge.An enamel pin in the shape of a flower with six petals, two leaves, and a plant pot. It is shown twice to illustrate colour change. On the left, the petals are white and it is indoors. On the right, the petals are pastel shades of the LGBTQ+ pride flag and it is outdoors in sunshine.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Thanks so much, Sophie ☺️ Really lovely to see you too!
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
If you haven't yet watched our recent panel discussion on #seabird careers & would like to, give us a DM & we'll send you the link 🍿 If you'd like access to events like this in the future, remember you can join the Seabird Group for only £15/ year as a student! 🕊️🎟️ Pic: @scottishseabird.bsky.social
Great Skua chick and egg being measured with calipers, taken by Danni Thompson.
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
NEW BLOG in #ornithology shows why we need dedicated people on #islands to count #seabirds - we can't do it from space: buff.ly/fmntPtk The corresponding paper is here: buff.ly/0D2gi1F
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
What a great few days at #BOU2025. Loads of interesting & inclusive science, & a really supportive & friendly bunch of people. A great place to give the first talk of my PhD on #FalklandsShags & delighted to have been highly commended for my Bluesky thread 👇🏼 📸: @vulturecat.bsky.social
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
NEW JOB in #ornithology to study the diet of #seabirds in Norway: buff.ly/vOjoAfc . Application deadline 7 April 2025.
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Alex Brighten @alexbrighten1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Uncovering Alpine swift foraging behaviour using GPS tracking & DNA metabarcoding! For the first time we describe Alpine swift foraging movements and what factors impact foraging trips, short-term range area size, & the prey diversity fed to nestlings #BOU2025 #ornithology 1/7
Presentation title slide showing Alpine swift in the foreground (photo credit: Reto Burri) and the Swiss town of Solothurn in the background with weather imminent.
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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Please please please fill this out 🙏 we are trying to understand people’s perspectives of hosting scientific conferences on Bluesky 🦋 and everyone’s viewpoint is super helpful #BOU2025 #ornithology 🪶 Please share with your networks / feeds
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
7/7 Huge thanks to @thomasbodey.bsky.social @bescott-abdn.bsky.social Ana Payo-Payo, Al Baylis, @raorben.bsky.social Amandine Gamble, @isotopesuk.bsky.social @ronamcgill10.bsky.social @jasonisotopes.bsky.social @quadratdtp.bsky.social @saerifi.bksy.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
6/7 Key takeaway: it’s important to remember that all populations are made up of unique individuals & this ultimately affects the results & conclusions of our research; we especially need to consider this when making inferences from studies at the population or even species level.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
5/7 Repeatability is really useful for comparing populations & addressing wider Qs, & indeed, we found specialists within our generalist spp. But only when considering multiple traits at the individual level can we start to identify nuance in variation, even for colonies with little repeatability.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
4/7 Using Kvalseth’s Coefficient of Variation to study individual repeatability, we found evidence of repeatability & variation among individuals & traits at all colonies. If only studying one colony/trait we'd reach different conclusions about how repeatable individuals are within a population.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
3/7 We deployed GPS & TDR tags to explore foraging behaviour & collected feather & blood samples to explore diet through stable isotope analysis (d13C & d15N). We extracted metrics & analysed repeatability using rptR, finding differences in repeatability both among & within colonies.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
2/7 By studying breeding #FalklandsShags at several colonies we asked: Are specialist birds consistently specialist across a range of traits such as diet & foraging behaviour, or does it simply depend on the trait being studied?
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting. #BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Really great first day & a half at #BOU2025. Lots of interesting & superbly presented science so far - looking forward to hearing more tomorrow & sharing some of my own work on #FalklandsShags.
A pair of Canada geese resting in the sunshine at the University of Nottingham
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Leah Gray @leahgray.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
1/6 🔍Investigating drivers of wader chick survival on Orkney Lapwing chicks face high mortality—our radiotracking study in 2024 explored survival rates, habitat effects & predation risks. What did we find? 🧵#BOU2025 #ornithology
Picture of a lapwing chick with a small radiotag attached to the back. Map of mainland Orkney above showing the location of study sites, which are in various areas across the island.
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Jared Wilson @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Two Senior Marine Ornithologist posts at the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government. Deadline for applications is 21/04/2025, 23:59 #seabirds #ornithology #renewables fa-evxn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Senior Marine Ornithologist
Do you want to use your scientific and research expertise to play an important role in decisions made on the sustainable delivery of marine renewables and the marine environment?
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Rose-ringed parakeet hanging around Larbert Loch nr Falkirk this week. Never seen one in the area before. #BirdingScotland
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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....
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Cecilia Nilsson @cnilsson.science · 05/03/2025
Weather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can. Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost: go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
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European data on animals aloft now publicly available
Weather radars detect more than weather, they also continuously register the movements of billions of animals (birds, bats, insects) in the air. Those data are now publicly available for large parts o...
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Rob van Bemmelen @robvanbemmelen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
New #OA paper in the #seabird journal (@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social)! We GPS-tracked Black-legged #Kittiwakes breeding on an offshore platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In short, we show that they have a short foraging range compared to coastal... 1/6 www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Fieldwork is not always safe, inclusive or equitable for LGBTQ+ people – but they are not alone. Researchers in the Faculty of Environment have created a toolkit to support fieldworkers to make sure they plan with and for LGBTQ+ colleagues. environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
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New tools support LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork
A guide to planning safe, inclusive and equitable fieldwork for LGBTQ+ people has been launched by a research team.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Wonderful photos! Quite likely one of Amandine Gamble's (Cornell Uni - doesn't seem to be on here yet) from the Falklands Wildlife Health Project
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A reminder that the deadline for our Research Grants is the 28th of February - this Friday! 🕊️ Get your applications in this week if you haven’t done so, via seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants.
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I had good experience with Avian ID, based in Cornwall
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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/... This is really hard - we're a nation of pet and bird lovers, and no pet owner wants to leave their pet susceptible to ticks and fleas but they'll be heart-broken to learn this may be killing the birds in their garden... #ornithology 🪶 #ukbirds
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Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments
Exclusive: Chemical in treatment for pet fleas and ticks is found in nests of blue and great tits, killing chicks
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Dr Julia Sutherland @jcqsutherland.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan. Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
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thomasbodey.bsky.social @thomasbodey.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Recognise how #communities are central to #island restoration? Keen to understand more about their socioeconomic and ecological motivations? PhD opportunity through the @netgain.bsky.social focal award with @DrFlurina and @environ_kat and myself tinyurl.com/3xzdxn7a
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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Check out Alex's @alexbrighten1.bsky.social first PhD paper! Looking at age and migratory patterns in alpine swifts, using stable isotope analysis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Cartoon alpine swift, with a grey and white body and pink feet, walks carrying a cartoon bag on a pole (travelling)
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New in #BirdStudy #Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu. Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology
Great Skua in Shetland
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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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Sarah Dalrymple @sarahdalgulls.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Job ad - Handa Island Ranger with SWT www.environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/103922-...
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Handa Island Ranger
An outstanding opportunity for a passionate, highly motivated and skilled job-share couple or individual person to effectively manage this remote and beautiful island, its wildlife and 8000-plus ...
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. 📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep... 📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae... 📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report #Ornithology #UKBirding
Image of a deceased Oystercatcher alongside the wording: Please report sightings of dead birds.
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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Posted by @alice-risely.bsky.social on the other place. It’s an excellent idea. The link is citsci.org/projects/gul... #Seabirds
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Holly English @hollyenglish.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Save the date! The next BES Movement Ecology SIG annual meeting is taking place on the 2nd-3rd of September 2025 in Norwich. More details to come in the new year! 🌍🧪👩‍🔬 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
A photo of buildings under a greyish blue sky. The text reads:
"Movement Ecology Annual Meeting
2-3 September 2025
Norwich
Organisers: Aldina Franco, Charlie Russell, Marcus Somveille, Luca Börger"
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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean! With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project 📍University of La Reunion Apply by Jan 15th #jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
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Danni Thompson @scottishseabird.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Really encouraging to have an emphasis on kindness & wellbeing in @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social ECR discussion on the Future of Seabird Research this morning. Thanks @jacquiglencross.bsky.social for pulling it all together & to the panel for insightful discussion! #seabirds
Four Magellanic penguins stood on a beach, one resting its head on another’s chest
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Seasonal field staff needed for @rspb.bsky.social projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& 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/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
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Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant - Seasonal Recruitment 2025 | RSPB
We are delighted to bring the details of our seasonal Research Assistants and Senior Research Assistants vacancies on a variety of projects within Great Britain in 2025. Full details of the roles curr...
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Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬 @crvscience.com · 12/12/2024
Marine heat wave confirmed cause of death for 4 million birds (Common Murres) in 2016. Half of Alaska’s Common Murre population at the time. Largest documented animal die-off in modern history. As little as 2C temp increase drastically their altered food chain. 🧪🌎🦉 www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions of seabirds—and they haven’t bounced back
Historic 2016 event may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem
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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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Fonti Kar @fontikar.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Embracing new code workflows is hard but @daxkellie.bsky.social has made this easier for ecologists in his talk. Check out his tips on how make your code more reproducible here daxkellie.quarto.pub/will-your-co... #ESAus2024
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Every year around now, I start to see grad students on social media bemoan that they’re going home for the holidays to a family that doesn’t understand their research, or what they do in general, and it breaks my heart. 🧵 🧪 #SciComm
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