Ellie Owen
@ellingbry.bsky.social
Posting about the #seabird conservation work of the National Trust for Scotland. #citsci #puffarazzi #NTSseabirds
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEW PAPER in #ornithology and #conservation reviews the marine threats to #seabirds and other marine #megafauna and confirms that #fisheries are a severe problem: buff.ly/5SXNdqr
Shouting at seagulls may stop them from stealing food
Yelling
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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On the importance of incorporating
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A behavioural approach to key area identification in seabirds for threat mitigation and spatial management - Animal Biotelemetry
Background Identifying key areas of animal distribution using individual movement data is fundamental for conservation planning, threat mitigation, and spatial management. Methodologies which define t...
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On the importance of incorporating
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Do you sometimes see/report/handle dead wildlife as a scientist (including volunteer community scientists)?
If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?
I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!
context:
If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?
I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!
context:
a woman is holding up a help wanted sign in a window
Alt: Gif of a woman taping a "help wanted" sign to a window.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Do you sometimes see/report/handle dead wildlife as a scientist (including volunteer community scientists)?
If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?
I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!
context:
If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?
I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!
context:
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It's family values day here at Team Hākoakoa. You'll struggle to find a bird more devoted to its chicks than Skua. Just look at that fuzzy brown face. How could you not vote Skua for #birdoftheyear2025? #Skua @forestandbird.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's family values day here at Team Hākoakoa. You'll struggle to find a bird more devoted to its chicks than Skua. Just look at that fuzzy brown face. How could you not vote Skua for #birdoftheyear2025? #Skua @forestandbird.bsky.social
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“Rich Grenyer, a biologist at the University of Oxford, said de-extinction is a “dangerous” distraction and that gene-edited animals are “at best a sort of simulation, rather like those unnerving animated AI portraits of dead relatives some… people create”.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years
Thousands of dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences, a ‘de-extinction’ company – but experts warn of ‘moral hazard’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Rich Grenyer, a biologist at the University of Oxford, said de-extinction is a “dangerous” distraction and that gene-edited animals are “at best a sort of simulation, rather like those unnerving animated AI portraits of dead relatives some… people create”.”
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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This is a game changer for marine conservation. Now we need to build on the momentum and designate high seas marine protected areas to conserve Key Biodiversity Areas @keybiodiversity.bsky.social
🌊 A historic day for our oceans! 🌍
With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation.
Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal
Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
With 60 ratifications, the High Seas Treaty will now come into force – a milestone for global ocean conservation.
Let’s keep building momentum and turn 60 into global! #60toGlobal
Discover more 👉 highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif... @highseasalliance.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is a game changer for marine conservation. Now we need to build on the momentum and designate high seas marine protected areas to conserve Key Biodiversity Areas @keybiodiversity.bsky.social
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Thermoregulation is very important for humans and seabirds alike. Stay hydrated this week people!
#NTSSeabirds
#NTSSeabirds
August 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Thermoregulation is very important for humans and seabirds alike. Stay hydrated this week people!
#NTSSeabirds
#NTSSeabirds
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A Fulmar glides through the sunset with Carn Mor beyond. A quiet night up there, with many of our nocturnal seabirds now departed.
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
September 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A Fulmar glides through the sunset with Carn Mor beyond. A quiet night up there, with many of our nocturnal seabirds now departed.
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Coming up online this Friday! 🗣️📓🐦 Deadline to sign up is this Wednesday 3rd September: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Seabirds
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Coming up online this Friday! 🗣️📓🐦 Deadline to sign up is this Wednesday 3rd September: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Seabirds
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NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology studying foraging distribution of coastal #seabirds in #France: buff.ly/qBWQMVZ
June 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology studying foraging distribution of coastal #seabirds in #France: buff.ly/qBWQMVZ
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These two studies do not contradict each other but reinforce the desperate need to get strongly regulated and strictly enforced MPAs in place - not just boxes on a map with little effect
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
These two studies do not contradict each other but reinforce the desperate need to get strongly regulated and strictly enforced MPAs in place - not just boxes on a map with little effect
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On Monday there were a number of sightings of minke whales in the area. Marine Station staff and volunteers were lucky enough to get some great views and even captured this wee bit of video footage. Especially exciting for some, for whom it was a first!
July 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
On Monday there were a number of sightings of minke whales in the area. Marine Station staff and volunteers were lucky enough to get some great views and even captured this wee bit of video footage. Especially exciting for some, for whom it was a first!
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The ‘our ocean’ podcast has some great #seabird content including guillemot jumplings and gulls - menace or marvel :)
Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
#NTSseabirds
The ‘our ocean’ podcast has some great #seabird content including guillemot jumplings and gulls - menace or marvel :)
Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
#NTSseabirds
Seagulls - Menace or Marvel?
Podcast Episode · Our Ocean · 08/08/2025 · 39m
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August 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The ‘our ocean’ podcast has some great #seabird content including guillemot jumplings and gulls - menace or marvel :)
Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
#NTSseabirds
The ‘our ocean’ podcast has some great #seabird content including guillemot jumplings and gulls - menace or marvel :)
Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
#NTSseabirds
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The Bonxie in the foreground is one of the few remaining ringed birds (WSWR) from an intensive study conducted between 2007 and 2009 here on #StKilda. Great to see this bird, ringed as an adult in 2009, still going strong post #HPAI outbreak.
#NTSSeabirds
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Bonxie in the foreground is one of the few remaining ringed birds (WSWR) from an intensive study conducted between 2007 and 2009 here on #StKilda. Great to see this bird, ringed as an adult in 2009, still going strong post #HPAI outbreak.
#NTSSeabirds
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
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A dark day for Scotland’s seabirds.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
July 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A dark day for Scotland’s seabirds.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
We're incredibly concerned that Scottish Government have granted consent for the Berwick Bank offshore windfarm, which could catapult some of our most vulnerable species toward extinction 🚨
We will carefully scrutinise the details and consider our next steps.
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Results from the 2023 #StKilda Gannet census are to be published in the December issue of #ScottishBirds, revealing relative stability in what is once again the world's largest colony, despite fears that #HPAI may have had a greater impact on the population
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
A bird’s-eye view of the gannet colony at St Kilda
The first drone census at St Kilda has revealed the islands are now home to the world’s largest gannet colony.
www.nts.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Results from the 2023 #StKilda Gannet census are to be published in the December issue of #ScottishBirds, revealing relative stability in what is once again the world's largest colony, despite fears that #HPAI may have had a greater impact on the population
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Really pleased to have contributed to this epic survey of >59,000 pairs of gannets! The St Kilda colony was less impacted by HPAI than other colonies, perhaps because steep cliffs reduced disease transmission. Flatter areas of the colony suffered greater losses.
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
Results from the 2023 #StKilda Gannet census are to be published in the December issue of #ScottishBirds, revealing relative stability in what is once again the world's largest colony, despite fears that #HPAI may have had a greater impact on the population
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
A bird’s-eye view of the gannet colony at St Kilda
The first drone census at St Kilda has revealed the islands are now home to the world’s largest gannet colony.
www.nts.org.uk
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really pleased to have contributed to this epic survey of >59,000 pairs of gannets! The St Kilda colony was less impacted by HPAI than other colonies, perhaps because steep cliffs reduced disease transmission. Flatter areas of the colony suffered greater losses.
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
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Front page! It was a real pleasure to work on this story with @craig-nisbet.bsky.social @stkildawhs.bsky.social @ellingbry.bsky.social on the first drone census of the gannet population at St Kilda, which has determined that it is once again the world’s largest colony #NTSSeabirds
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August 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Front page! It was a real pleasure to work on this story with @craig-nisbet.bsky.social @stkildawhs.bsky.social @ellingbry.bsky.social on the first drone census of the gannet population at St Kilda, which has determined that it is once again the world’s largest colony #NTSSeabirds
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Most Guillemot jumplings will have jumped by now from #StKilda and be heading out to sea with their dads, whilst some Kittiwake chicks aren't far from fledging age now either.
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
July 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Most Guillemot jumplings will have jumped by now from #StKilda and be heading out to sea with their dads, whilst some Kittiwake chicks aren't far from fledging age now either.
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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Check out the fabulous seasonal highlights board updated today by our amazingly talented biosecurity volunteer, Hebe! Those stormies are incredible 😍
@n-t-s.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@n-t-s.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Check out the fabulous seasonal highlights board updated today by our amazingly talented biosecurity volunteer, Hebe! Those stormies are incredible 😍
@n-t-s.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@n-t-s.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
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intimate views of the #StKilda Gannet colony are a rare privilege, due mainly to difficult access, but we were able to land on Boreray a couple of weeks ago in order to conduct a census, for which the results will be shared when analysed. Glorious seabirds! 😍
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
July 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
intimate views of the #StKilda Gannet colony are a rare privilege, due mainly to difficult access, but we were able to land on Boreray a couple of weeks ago in order to conduct a census, for which the results will be shared when analysed. Glorious seabirds! 😍
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
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Out on the seabird cliffs with NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette today. They’ve been completely brilliant at helping to monitor the Kittiwakes on Mingulay. Chicks ahoy! 🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥
#NTSSeabirds
#NTSSeabirds
July 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Out on the seabird cliffs with NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette today. They’ve been completely brilliant at helping to monitor the Kittiwakes on Mingulay. Chicks ahoy! 🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥
#NTSSeabirds
#NTSSeabirds
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One of many young Fulmars taking shelter under their parents during a grey and drizzly couple of days on #StKilda this weekend. #SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSseabirds
#NTSseabirds
July 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
One of many young Fulmars taking shelter under their parents during a grey and drizzly couple of days on #StKilda this weekend. #SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSseabirds
#NTSseabirds
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Fab NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette helping to collect guillemot diet study data.
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
#NTSSeabirds
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
#NTSSeabirds
July 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Fab NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette helping to collect guillemot diet study data.
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
#NTSSeabirds
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
#NTSSeabirds