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Elaine Freezer
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A birder with a box of pencils Helps monitor #Seabirds Happily Married 🚫 No DMs Yorkshire and Hampshire https://www.instagram.com/elainefreezer
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Elaine Freezer @elainefreezer.bsky.social · Aug 6
I don't often share my bird drawings but as it's #WaderWednesday here's a graphite pencil study of an Avocet chick looking almost as elegant as its parents. It's been great to see lots of chicks this year on my patch #birdart #UKbirding. Wishing everyone a very happy day 💚🐦
Drawing of an Avocet chick
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 1d
Let's hope this results in the bird coming out of storage and going on display in Cincinnati. A great opportunity to tell a lesser known story of extinction.
#archaeobirds #zooarchaeology #seabirds 🪶
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Niels de Winter @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social · 1d
Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved
DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio
doi.org
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 2d
We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥
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Elaine Freezer @elainefreezer.bsky.social · 3d
A gorgeous Gannet posing for a photo plus some more Gannets in flight both taken at RSPB Bempton Cliffs for today's #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #Gannets
Photo of a Gannet Gannets in flight
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 3d
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a glorious European Shag on the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 12d
Herring Gull plumage varies vastly between hatching and becoming adults! Initially, they are leggy balls of black-speckled down, soon to embark on a shifting plumage journey!

Discover their plumage changes in this thread ⬇️ #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic displays a photo by Sam Langlois/BTO of a Herring gull chick. In the top right hand corner is the Seabird Monitoring Programme logo. The caption reads: 'Herring Gull plumage varies vastly between hatching and becoming adults! Initially, they are leggy balls of black-speckled down, soon to embark on a shifting plumage journey! Discover their plumage changes in this thread⬇️ #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social'
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 7d
Yes, that's right!
You have until October 31st to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP so that it can be utilised in understanding how species have faired this year! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic displays a Black Guillemot photographed by Edmund Fellowes/BTO with a thought bubble extending from its head and the internal text 'Just one month to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP!'. The SMP logo is positioned in the top left hand corner. The caption reads: 'Yes, that's right! You have until October 31st to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP so that it can be utilised in understanding how species have faired this year! #seabirds'
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Elaine Freezer @elainefreezer.bsky.social · 8d
Lovely serene photo
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Mckeedi @mckeedi.bsky.social · 9d
Resting gannets at RSPB Bempton Nature Reserve, East Yorkshire, UK #birds #gannets #seabirds #RPSB #RPSBBemptonCliffs #eastyorkshire #wildlife #coast #yorkshirewild
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
This consultation is an opportunity to put pressure on the HSE to restrict the use of these dangerous toxins. Consultation closes Tues 30 Sept 2025 - please take part!

#RaptorResearch #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/28/n...
New consultation on Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs): your opportunity to tell the HSE how damaging these are to raptors & other wildlife
In November last year, conservation campaign group Wild Justice published a report (Collateral Damage) highlighting shockingly high levels of rodenticides (rat poisons) found in Buzzards and Red Ki…
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@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social · 10d
Isle of May #puffins #SuperSeabirdSunday
Puffins on the Isle of May back in 2021
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 11d
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to post videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a Puffling (young Puffin) taking flight for 1st time ever #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Biosecurity for LIFE @biosecuritylife.bsky.social · 11d
Invasive Non-native predators, such as rats can have devastating impacts on seabird islands as they eat eggs, chicks and even adult birds.

When you're travelling to a seabird island, simple biosecurity actions can help prevent the arrival of invasive predators.

#biosecurityforwales #seabirds
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 13d
Very cool new #seabird paper showing no difference in breeding success between healthy and black-eyed gannets, but a worrying overall decline in productivity following the #avianflu outbreak. 🦠🐣

Read the paper here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #seabirds #ornithology
A breeding pair of Gannets on the Bass Rock with their chick. One of the adults clearly has a black eye, an indicator of past exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza, while the other is normal/healthy.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 15d
5/ The UK Seabird Indicator, comprising 13 species, has declined by 37% since 1986. Showing a shallow decline since 2000, the index has taken a sharper downward turn in the last five years which likely reflects the impact of Avian Flu. #Seabirds
A Guillemot perches on a rock against a blue sky. Wording to the left reads: Seabird Indicator. A graph below shows the UK Seabird Indicator with year and index of change. Three lines depict subsurface piscivores, piscivores and all species.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 15d
1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️

Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology
Image of two Turtle Doves perching on branches over water, one leans down to take a drink. Wording to the left reads: Wild Bird Indicators. For populations in the UK and England, 1970 to 2024. Out now!
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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 17d
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution of puffins on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 23d
Species Focus: The Guillemot - Noisy yet agile, they are a staple of many cliff faces around the UK and Ireland during the breeding season! More to come in the week on these splendid seabirds... #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic displays a picture of a Guillemot perched on a rock by Edmund Fellowes/BTO. It contains the SMP logo, the species' English and Latin name, and the following key facts with appropriate graphics: status: common, average age: 23, eats fish, lays one egg, is present year round, and there are 950,000 pairs around the UK. The post's caption reads: ‘Species Focus: The Guillemot - Noisy yet agile, they are a staple of many cliff faces around the UK and Ireland during the breeding season! More to come in the week on these splendid seabirds... #seabirds #birds'
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 21d
Part two of our Guillemot focus!
Some of their features can be challenging to see when they’re densely packed on ledges of sea cliffs, so here’s a closer look at some adaptations, biometrics, and plumage quirks! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic Displays four pictures of Guillemots, three by Sam Langlois and one by Philip Croft. Each picture has a small text description relevant to the photo. From left to right these are: (1) 61-73cm wingspan, (2) Backwards facing denticles to grip slippery fish, (3) 'Bridled' morph has a white orbital ring and trailing eye line, and (4) Feet well developed for swimming despite still being covered in down. The Seabird monitoring programme logo is in the bottom right corner. The caption is as follows: 'Part two of our Guillemot focus! Some of their features can be challenging to see when they’re densely packed on ledges of sea cliffs, so here’s a closer look at some adaptations, biometrics, and plumage quirks!'
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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 21d
74 MPs have signed the EDM for swifts. WOOHOOO!!!!! If yours hasn’t, email [email protected] for a template you can send to them. It’s so easy & also vital. And they can represent your view in about 2 minutes.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 27d
Bottom trawling is incredibly and depressingly destructive, and the new footage in the Ocean documentary makes that very clear. It’s not only unnecessary, but counter-productive. And yet the UK government has just decided against a blanket ban.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 23d
So true - summer definitely wouldn't be summer without seabirds 🥰🥲
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Elaine Freezer @elainefreezer.bsky.social · 23d
Sharing a couple of my photos and sketches from monitoring Common Terns this year for #SeabirdSeptember

Summer wouldn't be summer without Seabirds 🌊🐧🪿

#CommonTerns #Seabirds #UKBirding
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Three images going clockwise - watercolour Sketch of a juvenile Common Tern, watercolour sketch of chick, photo of adult Tern.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 29d
Just a reminder for more memories of #seabird fieldwork from this year! 🦅🕊️🪶🥚

#SeabirdSeptember
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 28d
Varied plumages makes identifying gulls tricky! This graphic identifies key features to look for on some of our common species. More tips on small gull identification can be found in the latest SMP news: www.bto.org/smp-news #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic displays a mixed flock of gulls with arrows and text boxes identifying species including Herring, Lesser Black Backed, Greater Black Backed, and Black Headed Gull and their key identifying features. These are 'Sub-Adults have a pale inner primary window', 'Classic pale grey back and wings of adults', and un-streaked head of summer plumage and streaked head of winter plumage for Herring Gulls. 'Small gull compared to the others here. Black head of summer plumage has been lost, but characteristic thin red beak is present' for Black Headed Gull. 'Thin billed and grey of back lighter than that of Great Black Backed Gull. Adults have bright yellow legs' for Lesser Black Backed Gull. 'Bulbous bill', 'Black wings', larger size than adjacent herring gulls', and 'Fleshy pink-toned legs' for Greater Black Backed Gull. The caption provides a link to the SMP newsletter: http://www.bto.org/smp-news where further identification tips can be found for small gulls.
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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · Sep 3
With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic displays two fulmars, one sat on a cliff face and the second about to land next to the other. The sitting bird has its beak open and there is a speech bubble with the text ‘IT’S SMP DATA SUBMISSION TIME!’ emerging from its mouth. The caption reads ‘With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds’
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