Latest posts tagged with #AdriftLab on Bluesky
In November, #AdriftLab gathered for one of our famous #WritingRetreats. This one was a little different, with 2 team members about to relocate after being promoted into exciting research positions in NZ & NY. So, while we wrote & shared ideas, we also prepared for the inevitable separation
Apologies for (another) sad photo. If you live between #Wollongong & #Ulladulla, can you please send us a DM - #birds are washing up on beaches in this area. We need help recording where, how many & which species
#CitizenScience #seabirds #shearwaters #AdriftLab #BeachedBirds
Bigggg #AdriftLab science Friday: submitted one paper, sent feedback to a co-author, and got another paper ready to submit to NATURE!!
Just received a draft manuscript from the amazing @ingridpollet.bsky.social and I **could not** be more excited about #AdriftLab ’s new research - ahhhh, so innovative‼️ 🤯 #seabirds #plastic #SublethalEffects
#AdriftLab recently completed another #WritingRetreat. The success of this approach - bringing our team together and blocking out dedicated time for deep thinking & writing - has been such a game changer. Gone are distractions like email, and in their place, creativity & productivity abounds
Another SPECTACULAR #AdriftLab #WritingRetreat, this time with the brilliant and hilarious @amycsteel.bsky.social. In 4 days we finished TWO new papers on #bushfires and #cyclones. So much love for this collaborative and efficient approach to writing!!
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As if Alix doesn’t have enough papers (5 data chapters + 9 bonus papers - yes, that’s 16 in 3 years!), soon we’ll gather for another of our famous #WritingRetreats to smash out 2 new papers. Can’t wait to drink tea, eat 🍰, laugh & write for 5 days with our talented team 😍 #AdriftLab #seabirds
Acknowledgements: the beautiful folks at Living Ocean & Global Surf Industries #ArtForOceans
#MarineConservation #EcoArt #seabirds #AdriftLab #philanthropy #fundraising #surfing
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#ornithology friends in south-eastern #Australia: please be on the look-out for #seabirds on beaches. Sadly, they will probably start washing up in ~2 weeks… #CitizenScience #BeachedBirds #AdriftLab #OzBirds
Grateful for support of territory governments, local partners, Blue Belt Programme & the Pitkern community! Stay tuned for gorgeous #birds, fabulous teamwork & stunning islands #ProtectWhatYouLove #MarineScience #AdriftLab #OperationGarnet #UKOT #HendersonIsland #OenoAtoll #SeabirdSaturday
New #AdriftLab paper celebrates what can be achieved through #LongTermMonitoring & #banding studies (send us a DM if you'd like a PDF) #NewPaper #seabirds #shearwaters #BreedingEcology #demography doi.org/10.1080/0158...
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Over the weekend, the #AdriftLab team returned to Larapuna to remove 1000s of sea spurge & #MarineDebris. We covered 15 km of beach & submitted data to 5 different #CitizenScience programs
#ProtectWhatYouLove #volunteering
#InvasiveWeeds #AMDI
⭐#NewPaper alert⭐ Dr Megan Grant's last chapter of her #AdriftLab #PhD thesis focuses on the key role #seabirds play in transporting nutrients from the ocean to their breeding sites (in this case, #LordHoweIsland)
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In 2017, #AdriftLab published a paper on #plastic accumulating on a remote island. A few days later we discovered it had been featured in a skit about the #kardashians on #saturdaynightlive 😳🤩 Check it out via the link below! ⬇️
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Last week HRH King Charles III learned about all the amazing research happening at #AdriftLab & the remarkable #birds we’re so lucky to work with. King Charles shares our teams’ passion for environmental #conservation. We’re hoping for a dinner invite soon 😉 #WPY60 @nhm-london.bsky.social
New research from #AdriftLab found:
🪹 100% of sampled #GreatBowerbird bowers contain plastic decorations
🐦 Most bowers had >250 debris items
♻️ Common items: lids, clothes pegs & tile spacers
📿 #entanglement in ribbons & wire is a concern
🏞️ Bowers in a #NationalPark still had high debris loads
#NewPaper from #AdriftLab
🔹 #shearwaters exposed to #Mercury & #PCBs have significantly reduced #thyroid #hormone levels
🔹Worrying bc thyroid hormones regulate vital functions (eg. development & growth) & are part of the mechanism underlying migration #seabirds
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While undertaking fieldwork on #LordHoweIsland this month, the #AdriftLab team completed 21 #cleanups of four beaches. In total, we removed 2943 #plastics weighing 33kg (carried on our bicycles). All debris was sorted & uploaded to Australia’s national database #AMDI
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Few people get to see these gorgeous, charismatic birds & this is something our #AdriftLab team struggles with. You can’t care about what you don’t know about, so…how do we (a small, poorly funded team) share the magic of these birds with the world? Thankfully, there are photographers like Ingrid 🙏
Alarming and heartbreaking that the amount of plastic being found in shearwaters on Lord Howe Island is just getting worse!
#plasticpollution #environment #AdriftLab #morethanhuman
Thank you for featuring the hard work of our #AdriftLab research team 🐦🏝️💙♻️
Building on the successes of our 2024 DucieBird project, #AdriftLab are thrilled we've been selected for the 2025 expedition: from Mangareva to #Pitcairn, #HendersonIsland & #OenoAtoll in the #SouthPacific
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The embargo lifts on a HUGE #NewPaper tomorrow - stay tuned for amazing #AdriftLab #SciComm delivered by @alixdejersey.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
#GoodScienceGoodPeople #seabirds #PlasticPollution #OzBirds
VICTORIA & TASMANIA friends: #LittlePenguins have started washing up on beaches again - please send #AdriftLab your data and photos!
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This lovely little paper originated from one of our famous #AdriftLab #WritingRetreat which we held on #LordHoweIsland last October. Over a one-week period, we wrote and analysed the data together in between eating cake, drinking tea, cracking (bad) jokes & catching #seabirds
If you live in SE Australia, please watch for beach-washed #seabirds & send your observations to #AdriftLab ⬇️
Two #seabirds with metal leg bands were reported to #AdriftLab this week during #BeachedBird surveys (these are ongoing, please keep sending us data!). The #CitizenScientists took excellent photos which ensured we could read the full number & report it to the banding office #ABBBS
You can’t do amazing #Bushfire #Science without the #AdriftLab mascot (Vienna Sausage #dachshund)
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CONGRATS to our amazing MSc student, Celestine, who won the 2025 Mouv’Occitanie scholarship. Celestine is investigating whether #shearwaters from different regions are larger or smaller (as body size often varies with latitude) #AdriftLab #GoodScienceGoodPeople #SeabirdSaturday #OzBirds
#AdriftLab received the 1st report of a #BeachWashed #FairyPrion. At this time of year, fledglings are departing. If they can’t find enough food right away, or if their parents struggled to feed them, the juveniles wash up in poor condition (or dead)
#OzBirds #MarineScience #seabirds #Tasmania
