A superb few days in the arid desert south of the Morocco’s High atlas. 116 species up for the trip so far (in 4.5 days!). Thick-billed Lark, Temminck’s Lark, Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Lanner Falcon, Cream-coloured Coursers and loads of migrants. A superb Desert Horned Viper too. Off to the Desert today🇲🇦
A useful thread and recs 😊👟 I’ve just hit 1500km in my Asics Gel Kayanos (mainly on road)
Can we overcome the shifting baseline syndrome? At @au.dk they offer at three year PhD project Co-supervised by me, which aims to intertwine local ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge to gain insights into seabird breeding distributions prior to rat invasion
phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
One European shag with a metal ring and blue Darvic colour ring and one sitting on a nest.
Our next ECR talk is all about seabird ringing! 🐦 Join us to learn how ringing works, opportunities to get involved, and how ringing data supports key research and conservation.
🗓️: Friday 20th March
⌚: 09:30- 11:00 (GMT)
📍: Online
Signup here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📸: Will Brown
Urgh work is so inconvenient 😂 but highly recommend a visit to Batumi!
Then onto to Kazbegi for a week of Wallcreepers, Bearded vultures, Caucasian snowcock, Caucasian grouse & Fire-fronted Serins! 🏔🦜
Sharing a few photos from volunteering with @batumiraptorcount.org in Georgia last autumn! Highlights include counting 100,000+ birds in a day, stunning Oriental HBs & of course the wonderful people! 🦅💛🇬🇪
A Manx shearwater chick being weighed in a plastic bowl on weighing scales.
⚠️ There's just one week left to apply for both our Research Grants and Training Grants ⚠️
Deadline for both is 28th February!
More details can be found on our website here: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants
Blue rock thrush.
Barbary partridge.
Pied crow.
And some dodgy digiscopes of the resident Barbary partridges, Blue rock thrush & (presumably ship-assisted) Pied crow!
Hoopoe (ringed under license).
Dartford warbler (ringed under license).
Sardinian warbler (ringed under license).
Black redstart (ringed under license).
Some brilliant species in the nets too. Thank you to GONHS & Jews Gate Bird Observatory.
Just finished a week in Gibraltar. Amazing see the first Black kites, Short-toed eagles, Egyptian vultures & Black storks of the season coming in off across the Straits!!! 🇬🇮🦅🌊
Spring has broken in The Straits! 🌸🦅
The first Black Kites are crossing from Africa, joined by Barn Swallows, House Martins, and majestic White Storks.
Witness the greatest show on earth with our migration tours: www.ingloriousbustards.com
#IngloriousBustards #TheStraits #Migration #Birding
We're seeking at least two wardens to protect Cemlyn’s internationally important tern colony, protect biodiversity and engage with people. Find out more 👉 www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/cemlyn-warden
Salary: £22,293
Closing date: Monday 2 February
![A trail camera in a tree branch, in front of a bright blue sky.
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A trail camera in a tree branch, in front of a bright blue sky. [Image: Furkanvari/ Unsplash].
As well as Training Grants, we've also opened up our latest round of Research Grants 📷👛
❓: To fund #seabird research (eg. camera monitoring, ringing/tracking studies, counts/productivity assessments)
👥: All welcome to apply
💲: Up to £500
📅: Deadline 28 Feb
Details ▶️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants
Person lying on a forest floor grubbing for Storm petrels. Image: Ingrid Pollet.
2026 Training Grants are now open! 📢🕊️
Are you:
📏 Hoping to gain experience with #seabirds via unpaid work?
🧑 From a BAME background? (though others may apply too)
💸 A grant of up to £250 could help! (to cover travel, accommodation or food)
Info: www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grant
Apply by 28 Feb 💌
🚨JOB OPENING🚨
We are looking to employ a housekeeper for the 2026 season, part or full time roles available! Accommodation at the observatory included. For more information and to apply please contact alison@nrbo.co.uk
Please share!
Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year. Calling time on 2025 records (hopefully not premature!). Anglesey cumulative year total ended on 227. Included 2 BBRC plus 1 sub-species, 11 WBRC species (20 individuals) - 10 species accepted so far. 2025 report at: sites.google.com/view/anglese...
Short-toed Eagle. Photo by Nikolina Bukovac.
Recommended read: our 2025 Autumn Report is out!
As part of our tradition and commitment, we’ve compiled a comprehensive overview of the season’s highlights and phenological peculiarities — complemented by many beautiful photos of both birds and people!
👉 batumiraptorcount.org/autumn-report-2025
glad you guys are back! 👊
Seasonal field staff needed for @rspbscience.bsky.social projects in 2026 - advert live, closing date 11 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities!
Get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of the #seabird roles 🌊🐦
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
We can now announce our panel of #Seabird Career experts for this Friday's online panel session 📣
👩🔬 Laura Shearer @seabirdshearer.bsky.social
👩🔬 Helen Wade
👩🔬 Jenny Coomes @jaycee161.bsky.social
👨🔬 Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Sign up here by Weds to attend! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Episode 3 is live!
You want. You get. Our Aberdeen connection Mr. @andycarroll1973.bsky.social is dropping truth bombs #TheTwoJonnies #BirdWatching #Serious
thetwojonnies.podbean.com
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Two people wearing coloured coats, sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea. They are using binoculars to watch birds in the distance. [Photo: Danni Thompson]
Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
The second episode is live! Looks like we might be joined by our first guest next week too. Can you imagine! Available on Apple, Spotify etc. too. Like/ share/ subscribe!
♠
#TheTwoJonnies #Podcast #BirdWatching #Footwear @jonnybirder.bsky.social
thetwojonnies.podbean.com/e/the-two-jo...
We are recruiting. If you want to find rare birds and witness spectacular falls & live among 30,000 Manx Shearwaters get your application in for the Bardsey Island Assistant job (Mar-Oct 2026) before 10 Dec.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/2026-Assista...
#RareBirdAlert #BardseyIsland #ConservationJob
Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
A typical Batumi migration scene, illustrating the idea of an ‘aerial niche’. For Steppe Buzzards in our bottleneck, that niche is often somewhere between the clouds: great to watch, tricky to count.
Fascinating paper by @cnilsson.science et al: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
📸 @barthoekstra.bsky.social
It's tomorrow! Remember to join us at 12 midday (GMT)
Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species?
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
