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Joshua Wilson

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PhD Student at the University of Southampton and the British Antarctic Survey studying the movement ecology of Southern Ocean predators. All things tracking, stats, coding, and most importantly, penguins 🐧

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Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · Nov 13

Excited to announce that my first paper has been published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social

We used Bewick's and Whooper Swan tracks to quantify how often swans roosted outside protected areas, and identify environmental drivers of this behaviour.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#ornithology

Using satellite tracking to assess the use of protected areas and alternative roosts by Whooper and Bewick's Swans

Protected areas are one of the major tools used in the conservation of biodiversity, but animals are unlikely always to remain within these human-made boundaries. Understanding when and why species c....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · 1d

🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 5d

Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)!

📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event

Join the global #seabird community to connect, collaborate & conserve 👉 worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...

#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology

Advertisement for registration of WSC4 being open, picturing a gannet in flight and text details of the conference.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 6d

While saying they want to "preserve nature" the Conservative Party have just pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act.

This makes no sense.

How do more floods, more droughts, and rising temperatures "preserve" nature?

That's what scrapping the Act will lead to.

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Dr Chris Clements @expecocons.bsky.social · 7d

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

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Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 8d

Fascinating couple of days at the Royal Society for the conference on Global Impacts of Climate Extremes in the Polar Regions. Great to meet some world leading experts across the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere. A range of truly eye opening talks on how climate change threatens Antarctica

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 13d

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds

Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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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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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 18d

🌊 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

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 20d

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing! Hope you see lots of great birds

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22d

🚫 Full bottom trawling bans in marine protected areas are the ONLY way to ensure a healthy ocean 🌊

If you agree, the time to use your voice is now: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...

"We MUST seize this opportunity," our director @hugotagholm.bsky.social 🔽

The window to have your say is closing in ⌛

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 23d

Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Get in touch if you want to know more

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Jonathan A. Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 23d

Join Mia Wege and me to study niche partitioning among three Antarctic mesopredators!

Fully-funded PhD opportunity at U Canterbury, please email [email protected] if you're interested!

Applications will be reviewed until filled.

Fluffy Weddell seal pup looks straight into the camera

We are seeking a motivated PhD student to investigate how multiple mesopredators share space and resources in the Southern Ross Sea. The project will address questions about niche partitioning (both spatial and temporal) and foraging ecology in the Southern Ocean using three years of animal tracking data deployed on penguins (n = 60) and seals (n = 30). Specifically, we wish to uncover aspects of three-dimensional space use in Adélie penguins, emperor penguins, and Weddell seals at Cape Crozier, in the southern Ross Sea. There exists one of the largest colonies of Adélie penguins, a small colony of emperor penguins, and a small group of Weddell seals. We ask: How are these animals using the same space at the same time? How can that part of the ocean support hundreds of thousands of central-place foragers in a relatively small foraging halo, during the short summer window of time? Answers to these questions will provide fine-scale insights as part of the larger project which seeks to understand the metacommunity structure of marine mesopredators in the Southern Ocean and will inform conservation in the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area (one of the largest in the world). With the first 10-year evaluation of the MPA coming up, this project will have immediate real-world impact.
We cannot guarantee Antarctic field work as part of the PhD project.
Funding: Rutherford Discovery Fellowship ($27,000 NZD/year for three years + fees), plus potential school-supported (School of Earth and Environment) conference travel opportunities.
Requirements: Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Ecology, Marine Biology, Geography, Zoology or Statistics required; good communication skills (written and verbal), with previous publication experience a bonus; strong work ethic, strong initiative, and team attitude; previous experience handling biologging data (in any system), large datasets, and data wrangling a plus.

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Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks!

Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 27d

I felt this in my soul

Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 27d

I was lucky enough to see one of these beautiful penguins in 2022 in Oamaru, and it was a really special experience to see something so rare and incredible. I hope this guy is still going strong. The tireless work of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust no doubt gives this species a fighting chance.

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Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 27d

Hoiho are extremely endangered in New Zealand, having declined about 80% since 2008 to just 143 nesting pairs last season. Recent bycatch of presumably breeding adults has driven calls for fisheries restrictions, let's hope they work!

Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · 27d

Amazing news from New Zealand that fishers have voluntarily stopped set-netting around Hoiho habitats, and have restricted fishing in Otago waters to nighttime only. Crazy that fishers acted before the government but great when change is supported by fisheries!

www.thepost.co.nz/environment/...

Fishers back emergency closure for hoiho, piling pressure on ministers

The industry will immediately suspend set-netting between Taiaroa Head and Green Island, and restrict fishing to night-time only in all other Otago waters.

www.thepost.co.nz

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Camille Schatz @cschatz.bsky.social · Sep 8

My first PhD chapter got published in @nordicoikos.bsky.social! We show that sooty albatross populations are impacted very differently by global changes.
👉 Take a look here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
@predateursmarins.bsky.social @cebc-chizelab.bsky.social
#seabirds #Demography #ecology

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Antarctic winter (Jun-Aug) averaged 1.0C above the 1991-2020 normal. It was the 12th warmest on record.

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Prof Mary-Anne Lea @pelagicblue.bsky.social · Sep 6

Five forecasts early climate models got right

5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you

From rising global temperatures to the fast-warming Arctic, early climate models predicted the changes half a century ago.

theconversation.com

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Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · Aug 29

That would be a dream! Reach out if you’re ever short a man

Joshua Wilson @oshuwilson.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congrats! The New Zealand penguins are fascinating I’d love to study them one day

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Jeff White @jeffwwhite.bsky.social · Aug 28

New open access paper out! We evaluated the population structure and conservation needs for 3 crested penguin species in NZ. Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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