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PhD student at University of Exeter studying seabirds and their prey 🐦🐟

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Can African penguins be brought back from the brink? Better designed no-fishing zones could help A new court order seeks to protect African penguins, which are critically endangered.

Studying overlap with fisheries can help highlight important areas for protection 🐧 Check out my little article! After spending so long learning to write for scientific audiences, it was an interesting experience learning how to write for the public but I highly recommend!

25.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Thrilled to share my first PhD publication - gannets put more effort into diving when they are in groups 🐟🐟🐟

Out now in @meps-ir.bsky.social www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

+Thanks to my coauthors who put a lot of effort into collecting the videos!

#seabirds #ornithology #animalbehaviour

06.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is time to say Goodbye πŸ₯Ί Today is the last day of #Animove at #OTS #LaSelva in Costa Rica. It was two weeks of fun in the jungle with many motivated #animalmovement researchers learning different methods for analysing their data. Stay in touch!

12.12.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Advertisement for registration of WSC4 being open, picturing a gannet in flight and text details of the conference.

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

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

πŸ“… 7–11 Sept 2026
πŸ“ Hobart, Tasmania | πŸ’» Hybrid event

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

#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology

03.10.2025 08:27 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Sabiya Sheikh, for coming from the University of Exeter: " Mapping the Menu: Understanding Seabird-Prey Interactions to Inform Conservation Strategies" 🐧
@exeter.ac.uk

13.08.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Through our annual Monsoon Seawatch event, we encourage seabirders based in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu to follow the Land-based Seabird Monitoring Protocol, and report your sightings! More details here: birdcount.in/event/monsoo... #seabirds #ornithology

27.05.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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We are excited to launch our brand new blog, with the inaugural post penned by none other than our member and co-founder @sabiyasheikh.bsky.social! A PhD Student at the University of Exeter, Sabiya writes about Storm Petrel ringing in England: indianseabirdgroup.wixsite.com/website/blog

17.05.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏πŸͺΆ #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky

01.05.2025 11:46 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A juvenile kittiwake in the hand, wearing a 3-digit coded yellow colour ring, a red plastic ring and a metal ring.

A juvenile kittiwake in the hand, wearing a 3-digit coded yellow colour ring, a red plastic ring and a metal ring.

Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout (dla205@exeter.ac.uk) πŸ¦πŸ’πŸ’›

(Modelled by our very own VIP πŸ˜ŒπŸ‘‘)

#Seabirds #IrishSea

09.04.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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This #SuperSeabirdSunday watch an intense aerial showdown as a Lesser Frigatebird gives a Wedge-tailed Shearwater a run for its wings over the Sunda Trench, 60 miles east of Sumatra, Indonesia! Video shared with us by Sushil Kumar 🌊 #seabirds #ornithology 🌍πŸͺΆ

23.02.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩡

πŸ¦‘πŸ¦€πŸŒŽπŸŒπŸ§ͺ🀿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky

11.02.2025 10:26 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6
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Join us using the QR code tomorrow for our first webinar of the year @indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social

09.02.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tune in to this exciting new webinar series being hosted by the Indian Seabird Group using the QR code below on Sunday the 24th!

21.11.2024 13:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0