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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · 7d

#Seabird monitoring used to happen with tally counters, binoculars and telescopes – but times are changing. #Drones and fixed #cameras have been implemented for monitoring in many national programs, also SEAPOP. Our latest publication sums up the advantages and challenges. seapop.no/en/2025/10/c...

Can new technologies improve seabird monitoring?

Traditionally, seabird monitoring has largely involved direct visual observations of e.g. abundance and breeding success. Although often performed according to detailed national guidelines…

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · 23d

SEAPOP launches new data products that show #seabird distribution, environmental value and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. Data can be downloaded free of charge in form of maps (raster or vector format) seapop.no/en/2025/08/n...

New data products from SEAPOP

SEAPOP has recently published new data products that provide information and overviews of three important parameters related to seabirds along the Norwegian coast and the adjacent marine areas: their…

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our annual key-site monitoring report is out, with information about breeding success, changes in population numbers etc. per monitored colony. seapop.no/en/2025/07/r...
@ninanatureresearch.bsky.social & Norsk Polarinstitutt

Report from the seabird monitoring in Norway in 2024

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our annual pamphlet with a summary of last year's breeding season and updates about survival and other news from the Norwegian colonies is out (in Norwegian only). A shorter version in English is coming soon. #seabirds seapop.no/2025/06/ny-a...

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · May 5

Counting kittiwakes in Rørvik with @bksandercock.bsky.social. #Fieldwork for @seapop.bsky.social has started. #seabird #research @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Apr 24

Using 40 years of data from Svalbard, our latest study shows that early break-up of sea ice due to #globalwarming contributes to making some of the islands safer for common eider ducks to breed, as Arctic foxes cannot reach them. seapop.no/en/2025/04/s...

Sea ice affects population dynamics in common eiders

Sea ice is significant for the ecology of many arctic species. The Arctic is now heating up four times more quickly than any other place on earth, and we need to know the consequences the resulting…

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Dec 13

SEATRACK got a new website with better functionality and better access to documents: seatrack.net Click yourself through and learn more about the non-breeding distribution of north-Atlantic seabirds!
seapop.no/en/2024/12/n...

Home - SEATRACK

SEATRACKSeabird tracking The SEATRACK programme aims to map the non-breeding distribution of seabirds breeding throughout the North Atlantic and understand how changes in environmental conditions and ...

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Nov 29

New report about seaweed harvesting on possible effects on #seabirds and #shorebirds from @ninadehnhard.bsky.social & colleagues at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. GPS #tracking data from SEAPOP showed overlap in area use for some coastal seabird populations with areas that are trawled.

Er høsting av tang og tare en trussel mot fuglelivet?

Kommersiell høsting av viltvoksende tang og tare er en viktig næring langs norskekysten. Tang og tare er et uunnværlig råstoff i en rekke industrier, fra matproduksjon og dyrefôr til legemidler og bio...

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · Oct 7

New article on #plastics in #faeces samples of shag chicks. 25 out of 36 samples contained microplastics > 100 µm; we found 17 particles per g dry mass and clear evidence for parental transfer of plastics.
#seabirds #pollution @seapop.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Birte Maaseide collecting a faeces sample from a shag chick in the colony at Sklinna, central Norway.

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Oct 7

Every other year, SEAPOP organizes a seminar and gives a run-through the topics we are working with. The presentations of this years' seminar (in Norwegian) are now accessible here: seapop.no/2024/10/vell...

Vellykket SEAPOP-seminar avholdt i Asker

SEAPOP holder seminar hvert andre år, og denne gangen ble det arrangert under tittelen «Stille kyst – status og trusler for norske sjøfugler». Etter en innledning ved koordinatorene Per Fauchald og…

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wordsanddeeds.bsky.social @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social · Sep 17

Stark viewing: before-and-after photographs showing dramatic change to Norway's coastlines as seabirds have vanished:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rob Barrett and Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard @seapop.bsky.social
Arcgis story map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0906...
#birding #ecology

Stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway’s seabirds

When Rob Barrett set out to survey one of the country’s largest colonies in the 1970s there were too many birds to count. Now, his pictures and archive images show a species decline echoed around the ...

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Sep 24

New study investigates the impact of multiple #threats ( #pollutants and #climate) to #seabirds and investigates causes of decline in great black-backed #gulls seapop.no/en/2024/09/m...

Modelling tool reveals causes of decline in great black-backs

Our seas are under growing pressure from multiple threats caused by human activities. For seabirds, the most important threats include climate change, pollution and overfishing. We need to understand…

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · Jul 20

The fieldseason on Sklinna was a success also this year. Lots of data collected, lots of loggers deployed. Want to know more? - read my blog post:
ninadehnhard.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/y...
@seapop.bsky.social #seabirds #biotracking #fieldwork

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · Jul 6

GPS #biotracking of #shags on Sklinna done for this season. We got 59 of 60 trackers back. GPS & dive loggers help us identify important foraging areas, critical for marine spatial planning. #seabirds #mpa @seapop.bsky.social

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Annette Fayet @annettefayet.bsky.social · Jun 28

#Postdoc position in #seabirds spatial population dynamics at NINA Tromsø.

Apply by 1st September.

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#jobs

Norsk institutt for naturforskning | Postdoctoral position in spatial population modelling in seabirds

IntroductionNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) is the leading research institute for applied ecology in Norway. Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral research associate posi...

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Jun 26

Are you joining us in Asker 25-26 September to the SEAPOP Seminar? The title this year: Stille kyst - status og trusler for norske sjøfugl. The seminar will be in Norwegian. More info and link to registration: seapop.no/2024/06/velk...

Velkommen til SEAPOP-seminar!

Det er gledelig å kunne ønske velkommen til et nytt sjøfuglseminar på Holmen Fjordhotell i Asker. Det blir som vanlig god mat, sosialt samvær og, ikke minst, gode foredrag og diskusjoner om sjøfugl og...

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · Jun 6

Another encounter with #fishing nets that are killing #seabirds. We couldn't save the shag anymore, but the guillemot got to live. #fieldwork at Sklinna #Norway for @seapop.bsky.social

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · May 30

Kittiwake count in Rørvik. #Seabirds #fieldwork for NINA & @seapop.bsky.social. Looks like the #avianinfluenza outbreak last year had no major impact on this population #HPAI #H5N1

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · May 10

It seems that several hundred birds are affected, many of which are oiled to such a degree that they will not be able to survive.

SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · May 10

Several #seabird species, especially common guillemots and #puffins in the SEAPOP-colony Hornøya, are currently affected by an #oilspill. The source of the oil is unknown. Article in Norwegian - pictures speaking for themselves #pollution
www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...

Oljesøl dreper utrydningstruede sjøfugler i Finnmark – jakt på kilden til utslippet

Tung, seig olje har rammet hundrevis av utrydningstruede sjøfugler i naturreservatet på Hornøya i Finnmark. Ingen vet hvor dødsfellen befinner seg i havet.

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Annette Fayet @annettefayet.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great #scicomm project led by my colleague Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard illustrating the dramatic declines of #seabird populations in Norway.

The article is in Norwegian but the photos speak for themselves.

www.nrk.no/trondelag/xl...

#ornithology #birds

Hvorfor forsvinner fuglene fra fuglefjellene Syltefjord, Runde, Røst og Hornøya?

På 50 år har 8 av 10 fugler forsvunnet fra de norske fuglefjellene.

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Mar 13

2/2 Here's the link to maps & the publication: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Mar 13

Offshore wind energy development is needed to balance the #ClimateCrisis - but it is a threat to biodiversity, including #seabirds. New maps are now available that show seabird #vulnerability in Norwegian waters, produced with SEAPOP data and by Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Feb 26

Wintering area and diet during moult are reflected in the birds' stable isotopes and shape the body conditions of invididuals for their following breeding season

SEAPOP.bsky.social @seapop.bsky.social · Feb 26

Fresh off the press: new study on winter-feeding and migratory strategies of Atlantic puffins and black-legged kittiwakes from Røst, Norway #seabirds #migration #stableisotopes
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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