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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · May 28

⚠️ BTO research predicts devastating declines in seabird populations in Britain & Ireland under future climate change. Some species face staggering losses by 2050, with up to 90% declines for Puffin and more than 70% declines for Arctic Tern and Fulmar. ➡️ bit.ly/seabirds-climate #Ornithology

Image of a Puffin on water (credit: Sam Langlois) with a large arrow pointing downwards beside it. Wording reads: Puffin abundance down by 90% by 2050. Seabird abundance projections under climate change. #BTOScience Bit.ly/seabirds-climate

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · May 4

We witnessed an exhilarating apex predator event yesterday as the 64s Orcas cruised through Bressay Sound here in Shetland. We've recorded them attacking birds many times in the last 25 years but the skill to hunt this drake Common Eider was incredible.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

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Nicholas @petrel-nut.bsky.social · Apr 5

A sleepy view of a pair of Black-winged petrels on a lazy afternoon, Phillip Island Norfolk. #SuperSeabirdSunday🪶

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Mar 30

A curious Skokholm puffin

#SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

A curious puffin stands among green vegetation and white flowers, tilting its head.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Mar 27

⚠️ Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. #UKBirding
📌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

Deceased Common Gull on ground with wings outstretched. Image by Dawn Balmer.

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Skokholm Island @skokholmisland.bsky.social · Mar 21

Yesterday the Puffin army returned, creeping closer and closer which allowed us to do a whole-island count. A staggering 13,174 were counted rafting, the highest number since 1934! Today, they made their first 2025 landfall, two days earlier than the 2013-2024 first birds ashore mean. Welcome home!

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thank you! Fingers crossed for you, they're fantastic birds to watch and photograph 😊

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Mar 9

A puffin with a beakful of nesting material

#SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

A puffin standing amongst green vegetation and white flowers with a beakful of vegetation

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Mar 6

Early release: The first paper from Seabird 37 has been released! 📰

"Tracking of Black-legged kittiwakes from an offshore platform in the Dutch North Sea during summer" 🕊️🗼: @robvanbemmelen.bsky.social et al. (2025).

Read the full paper here 👀 -> doi.org/10.61350/sbj...

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Nicholas @petrel-nut.bsky.social · Mar 4

The Southern Shark Ecology Group has been tracking Tigers in the waters around Norfolk Island, with arrival and departure the same as Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. A huge 75% of their diet is seabirds! We are in the 1st stage of a collab to see if shark and shearwater migration areas match.#Seabirds🪶

Large shark held against a boat with tether ropes. Ocean around boat is calm. A person is leaning on side of vessel

Grassy trail on a slope at night with several large birds alighted in the medium foreground and distance

Large grey seabird being held with on leg extended. The leg has a bulky device affixed to the leg. The lighting shows it is nighttime.

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Mar 1

Wilson's storm petrels, feeding in shallow waters (on amphipods, I think). Watch closely to see some fully submerging. This is the second time I've seen them diving. At Melchior Islands. #seabirds

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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · Feb 22

From pilfering chips to swallowing whole starfish, gulls are known for their voracious appetites.

University of Salford ecologist @alice-risely.bsky.social wants people to upload their snaps of hungry gulls to the project's website: citsci.org/projects/gul...

#seabirds

Scientists probe gulls' 'weird and wonderful' eating habits

Photographs of gulls eating anything from chips to starfish will help solve a scientific puzzle.

www.bbc.com

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Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · Feb 10

Ok #superseabirdsunday, I'll play! Here are some northern #fulmars doing what they do best at the flow edge of Admiralty Inlet in #Nunavut #Arctic #Canada

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Feb 9

Fluffy fulmar chick

#SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

A fluffy fulmar chick sitting on a bed of pebbles and grass near a rocky background.

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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · Jan 20

From a family of great penguins to the solo little penguin, get to know your penguin family tree this #PenguinAwarenessDay! 🐧💙

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Nicholas @petrel-nut.bsky.social · Jan 4

Subtropical breeding, surface-nesting Kermadec petrel chick on Phillip Island off Norfolk. Study in its 8th year. At one of our sub-colonies aptly named ‘Mars’. Feeling immensely privileged to have such access. #SuperSeabirdSunday 🪶

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Jan 5

A black guillemot making its voice heard #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

A black guillemot perched on a rock, its red legs and feet are visible. Its beak is open, showing the bright red colour of the inside of its mouth. The background consists of rocks.

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Jan 4

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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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Dec 30

Thank you Lisa!

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Dec 30

Thanks Mark!

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Dec 29

Portrait of a razorbill #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

A close-up of a razorbill perched on a lichen-covered rock. The background is the deep blue of the sea.

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Dec 25

Had a lovely Christmas bonus this morning while walking the dogs, when a juvenile white-tailed eagle flew super low over the village 🥰🦅

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Gwennan @gwennanbutler.bsky.social · Dec 22

An adult Herring gull with their three chicks #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

An adult Herring gull standing on a rock. To the right of the adult stands three of its grey fluffy chicks.

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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · Dec 20

Great skua recovery at Hermaness and Noss national nature reserves is slow following the H5N1 influenza strain outbreak of 2022. Juan Brown of NatureScot shares more in an article for Sky News https://buff.ly/3BynKqX #seabirds

Seabird recovery 'painfully slow' after threatened species hit by killer bird flu

It could decades for the population of great skua at Shetland's national nature reserves to get back to pre-virus levels.

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