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Shoney Wind / Nathalie

@shoneywind.bsky.social
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Environmental professional working in offshore wind in UK. Designer of Shoney Wind's kittiwake artificial nesting and supplementary feeding tower called 'Kittiwakery'.

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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
So ill be posting the good and bad news from Kittiwakery ANS 2025 season over the next few weeks... First, we have been over-run with corvids in 2025 inc jackdaws, carrion crows and magpies.. see exhibit no 1 - if you look very carefully you can see 4 jackdaws inside and outside Kittiwakery...
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
So a wee reminder of the videos from 2024 on the Kittiwakery ANS.. we will be posting 2025 videos soon. The key 2024 videos are here: www.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
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Shoney Wind Kittiwakery
The Kittiwakery concept was first conceived in 2019 by NJ Stevenson of Shoney Wind (SWL), following research into kittiwake thermoregulation, and a global review of successful and failed artificial n...
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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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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Anthropomorphized comments. #UrbanKittiwake #seabirds #kittiwake #kittiwakehotels #RissaTridactyla www.shoneywind.com/kittiwakery-...
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BioSS @bioss.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨 Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team. Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec... 📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025 #StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Amuses me no end!
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Good opportunity for someone
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/02/2025
Identifying urban hotspots of potential bird and pedestrian encounters through corridor overlap | link.springer.com/ar... | Urban Ecosystems | #ornithology 🪶
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The UK Government has rejected a request for the emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide to crops in 2025:
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UK Government rejects 'emergency' use of neonicotinoids
The UK Government has rejected an emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide for 2025. The neonicotinoid thiamethoxam has been banned in the UK since 2018, but had been approved for use on British sugar beet crops annually from 2021 to 2024 under the previous Conservative government. The W...
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Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Looking for a #bird related volunteer opportunity to kick off 2025? Help us count our #fulmar survey photos to update our population estimates! Email me if you're interested. #seabirds #conservation #arctic
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Deadline for these exciting seasonal roles with RSPB is fast approaching! Go, go, go 🏃 #ornithology #seabirds #ukbirding #birdingScotland #BirdingWales
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Seabirds need your help. Check out the Seabird Action plan consultation which was recently released by the Scottish Government and more importantly they want your feedback on the subject. Check out the blog for the details: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
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Gerry M @gerrygadgee.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Kittiwake #northumbria #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #photography #blueskybirds
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 04/12/2024
Decades of artificial nests towards African penguin conservation—Have they made a difference? | besjournals.onlineli... | Ecological Solutions and Evidence | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74. Go on girl. 😍
A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads:

"SHE DID IT AGAIN!  

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.  

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male."  

This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/12/2024
Breaking news! November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline. Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale
Post reproductive mother and Son copyright David Ellifrit Center for Whale Research
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
No5 #seabirds #kittiwake So you can go here to view example playlists by face or behaviour, so far, ive only added 48 videos that takes about 8 mins to view them all. You can click on different playlists by behaviour, or click on SSE v NNW face etc... up to you m.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
No4 #seabirds #kittiwake To give you an idea of how many days it took to go through ‘real’ motion detections.. between us, it was 26 days. We had estimated 37 videos per hoir and it actually translated to 14 videos p/h .. again a serious underestimate of effort.. CPUEK might be a new metric..
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
No3 #seabirds #kittiwake From our rapid subsampling of videos half way through the season, SWL had estimated 40% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in them. Erm. No. 70% of videos had 'real' kittiwake in, so we underestimated the task ahead of us...
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
No2 #seabirds #kittiwake Of the 1268 false motion detections, most were either a) vessels on the Tyne b) feathers on fake-fluffy chicks waving in the wind or c) flies. Thank goodness we didnt have more cameras in place! More to follow..
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
#seabirds No1. Kittiwakery camera/videos update: So Biodiverse Consulting installed 2 cameras on 2 ledges of 20 possible ledges on the Shoney Wind Ltd & FLI Structures Kittiwakery on the NNW and SSE faces...... So 4236 motion detection videos later.. of those, 2968 videos had kittiwake.
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Kittiwake warden job in Dunbar.. will be a really interesting job. please share. myjobscotland.gov.uk/404495
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Kittiwake Warden - Dunbar Area - EAL10750 | East Lothian Council | myjobscotland
View details and apply for this parks & countryside (property / land) role in Dunbar with East Lothian Council on myjobscotland
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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A close look at the fine details of a Kittiwake
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#Seabirds Assumed male #kittiwake “ACH” was ringed as an adult at Saltmeadows by NRG in 2019. ACH was seen by @andyrickeard.bsky.social on the Nface Saltmeadows 24 Mar-8 May 24. #Kittiwakery ANS trail cam saw ACH almost daily, earlyJune-25 July. Ring at 11 sec. See youtu.be/co0t6PW8VkE
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SSE face location E6, kittiwake "ACH" on artificial nest - standing on 24 July (IMG 0161)
YouTube video by Shoney Wind Kittiwakery
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Do you like #petrels, islands and data analysis? Well the RSPB’s Conservation Scientist role could be the one for you! Deadline closing very soon (20 Nov) ⚠️ Please get in touch if you have any questions #seabirds #ornithology app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Conservation Scientist (Fixed-Term) | RSPB
The RSPB Centre for Conservation Science is responsible for the science that informs delivery of the RSPB’s conservation programmes for species, habitats and landscapes. We are seeking a Conservation ...
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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
#Seabirds: strategic ornithological compensatory measures: review Published 18 November 2024 A review of potential strategic ornithological compensatory measures, assessing their practical and ecological feasibility in the Scottish context. www.gov.scot/publications...
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Seabirds: strategic ornithological compensatory measures: review
A review of potential strategic ornithological compensatory measures, assessing their practical and ecological feasibility in the Scottish context
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 19/11/2024
Social learning is triggered by environmental cues in immigrant birds | doi.org/10.1371/jour... | PLOS Biology | #ornithology 🪶
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This is very much a) a rough first cut and b) my first EVER attempt at using Canva video...It gives a direction of kittiwake travel in terms of manual v digital... we have client approval to move to a machine learning/AI in 2025...so take this as a teaser.. www.dropbox.com/s/a32gmg6yxi...
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Shoney Wind / Nathalie @shoneywind.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
In the process of migrating away from Twitter... Meanwhile we are building a video library from 2 motion detection cameras installed on Ledge D on the SSE and the NNW face of Kittiwakery. We will be creating playlists of different behaviours.. watch this space www.youtube.com/@ShoneyWind_...
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Shoney Wind Kittiwakery
The Kittiwakery concept was first conceived in 2019 by NJ Stevenson of Shoney Wind (SWL), following research into kittiwake thermoregulation, and a global review of successful and failed artificial n...
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