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Dr Tammy Davies

@tammyedavies.bsky.social
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Conservation scientist & fan of interdisciplinary methods | Marine Science Coordinator @BirdLifeMarine.bsky.social | #TeamHB9 | #ImportantAreas #MPAs #ABNJ | She/her

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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are looking for Marine Sites Science Officer to support our Marine Programme by analysing seabird tracking data to identify important areas ⏱️Deadline: 03/07/2026 🐧Fixed term 2 years, 35 hrs/pw 📌Cambridge/ Hybrid Come join our fantastic team! Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/marinesitesj...
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Marine Sites Science Officer - BirdLife International
We are looking for a Marine Sites Science Officer to support the implementation and progression of BirdLife’s Marine Programme.
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨New global review and next steps🚨 Intentional take of #seabirds for human consumption is happening in at least 56 countries and affects >100 migratory species. Data on sustainability, population impacts, and human health risks are often missing. Read more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypbadzyr #BLScience
Figure showing photgraphs of three seabird species (Atlantic Puffin, Sooty Shearwater and Eider Duck) plus illustration of new paper, a hand collecting seabird eggs and text reading: 'intentional take of seabirds for human consumption'
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
It’s World Albatross Day! 🗺️ Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊 From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏 Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...
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World Albatross Day: The Life and Challenges of an Albatross
Albatrosses are impressive, long-lived birds that cover huge distances across oceans! From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.
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High Seas Alliance @highseasalliance.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🎉 We’re on the verge of a historic breakthrough at #UNOC3. 49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/h...
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Attending #UNOC3? Come and say hi 👋 to the @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Global Team at the following events: #SaveOurOcean #SDG14 #BirdLifeScience #MarineFlyways @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifemarine.bsky.social
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Today is #WorldOceansDay! 🌊 Most seabirds spend the majority of their lives at sea covering huge areas.🗺️ Our Seabird Tracking Database reveals where seabirds spend their time, enabling more targeted conservation actions.📍 Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 03/06/2025
The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
💡New read! “Scaling up Ocean Conservation using Key Biodiversity Areas” 👉 bit.ly/43JB1XQ #30x30 #UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
📚 I'm 9 months in to a 12-month leadership development program #HomewardBound that aims to elevate women in #STEMM to lead with influence and impact. 🙏 I'm fundraising to join the once-in-a-lifetime experiential component in Tanzania this November. 👀 Please take a look: gofund.me/f24e7942 #🧪
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Donate to Tammy’s transformative leadership journey to Tanzania, organized by Tammy Davies
Hi! I’m Tammy! Driven by an admiration for the wonder of the natura… Tammy Davies needs your support for Tammy’s transformative leadership journey to Tanzania
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Lily Bentley @lilybentley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Stoked to be able to share my first postdoc paper: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, published today in Nature Communications! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean - Nature Communications
Animal migrations are extensive and crucial for ecosystem health but are in decline. This study identifies 1,787 sites and links among them for 109 marine species, highlighting the need for internatio...
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
👀 a search is underway for the Kacau ni Gau or Fiji Petrel! Good luck to the team for a successful expedition: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/05...
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Search underway for Fiji Petrel
We’re always game for a good round of hide and seek. So we’ve teamed up with National Geographic’s Pristine Seas and our Partner in Fiji, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti, to try to find one of the rarest…
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘀😎 Last year, the EU challenged the UK’s decision to close sandeel fishing in English and Scottish waters of the North Sea. Sandeels are small, but they’re a key food source for #Puffins, Kittiwakes, and many other seabirds.
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🐧Happy World Penguin Day! These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎 Did you know that...? 🧵👇 #WorldPenguinDay
Picture of a Gentoo penguin in the shore with waves behind and a rainbow on top. Picture by Jonathan Handley.
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Stu Butchart @stubutchart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
After 2 years' development, today we have launched @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social new DataZone! For information on each of the world's 11,000 bird species, 13,000 important sites for their conservation and profiles for 250 countries/territories and 16 global flyways, see datazone.birdlife.org
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BirdLife DataZone | BirdLife DataZone
BirdLife International is a world-leader in conservation science. The BirdLife DataZone provides decision-makers and conservation practitioners with biodiversity data, knowledge and tools.
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders: Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊 Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
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Tracking Ascension Island's seabirds across borders - Seabird Tracking Database
Protected areas are a vital tool for safeguarding marine wildlife, but seabirds and other marine species often travel beyond these havens.
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Always a great read! 🧪 ☑️This issue includes an article on 20years of the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database, as well as updates from our @imma-network.bsky.social and @iucnshark.bsky.social friends
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A good Friday afternoon read 📙 on how @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database has changed the face of marine conservation! MPAs, bycatch, policy and more 🕊️📈 #Seabird #SeabirdTracking
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Excited to participate in the MoveBON strategy workshop (led by @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @wildlabs.bsky.social) Looking forward to sharing the work we do at @birdlifemarine.bsky.social with the #SeabirdTrackingDatabase to support knowledge brokering at the science-policy interface 🧪🐧
The broad themes (community, threats, sites, policy) associated with how seabird tracking data can contribute to global policy frameworks and indicators
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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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Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Ph.D. @autumnlynn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
For first post on @bsky.app seems fitting to share our blue sky and #marine flyways 🌊 paper out yesterday. A global collaboration of researchers led by @birdlifemarine.bsky.social sharing #tracking data to describe common #seabird #migration routes over the #ocean.
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Tracking data from 48 long-distance pelagic #seabird species, shared by >100 collaborators, were analysed to reveal the consistent & repeatable #migratory routes, including a circumpolar navigation of the Southern Ocean & transhemispheric ‘figures of 8’ in the Pacific & Atlantic oceans 🧵2/5
Figure 1 from the paper showing a world map centred over the Pacific Ocean, with the colony locations of tracked seabirds and the six delineated marine flyways
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways applying a novel approach onto #seabird #tracking data: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
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Prof David Sims @thesimslab.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
NEW PAPER - we think we've discovered an open-ocean nursery for endangered shortfin #mako #sharks in the SE Pacific Ocean..... only trouble is, it's in a Global Fishing Hotspot - likely exacerbating popn declines already occurring @thembauk.bsky.social OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High Seas Alliance @highseasalliance.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
🗺️ Is your country a High Seas champion? Tell us where you are in the world and we will tell you if your country has signed and/or ratified the Treaty already 👇 Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker to know more. ➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
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Stu Butchart @stubutchart.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
20 yrs ago I started comparing the 3 lists of threatened birds BirdLife had published and working out overall trends. The Red List Index resulted from the ensuing collaboration & is now used by the world's governments & UN. Our new paper reviews the history royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Measuring trends in extinction risk: a review of two decades of development and application of the Red List Index | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Red List Index (RLI) is an indicator of the average extinction risk of groups of species and reflects trends in this through time. It is calculated from the number of species in each category on t...
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Denis Karcher @deniskarcher.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Just published - led by @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social we conducted a systematic lit review to identify the top barriers and enablers for knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy (..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Timely review of the links between AI and conservation by @csandbrook.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪
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Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Conservation Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Conservation AI—the deliberate application of artificial intelligence technology to achieve conservation goals—has great potential to boost productivity, make existing conservation actions more effic....
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Dr Tammy Davies @tammyedavies.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The latest Horizon Scan of conservation issues is now out in TREE doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🧪🐙🐧 including potential #marine issues. My 1st time contributing, and a fascinating process to be involved with!
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🎂This week we celebrated 20 years of the Seabird Tracking Database (STDB) at @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social! seabirdtracking.org We had many activities with people attending online and in person. Here is a recap on everything that went on🧵:
Image of a gannet and its track
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🚨 Great news! Norway 🇳🇴 suspends #DeepSeaMining licensing plans in the Arctic for 2024-25, securing an important victory for the #DeepSea! Norway must solidify its commitment to ocean protection and support a moratorium on the destructive industry. www.wwf.no/nyheter/norw... #DefendTheDeep
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Norway Halts Seabed Mining Plans After Socialist Left Party Intervention - WWF
This decision represents a major victory for ocean conservation.
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Johan Lind @johanlind.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Wisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃
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Imane Romangin @imanebliss.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
1/10 How have 20 years of tracking data shaped #marine #conservation? 🌍This article by @tammyedavies.bsky.social & colleagues explores the #BirdLife #Seabird Tracking Database’s journey from data collection to policy impact🐧 A must-read 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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