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World Seabird UnionWSC4 merchandise is now available. Nine items featuring the conference albatross: T-shirts, a fleece hoodie, travel mug, insulated tumbler and canvas tote. Printed to order, dispatched worldwide, with a portion of proceeds supporting the World Seabird Union. www.bonfire.com/store/world-...
Don’t forget to sign up to our seabird pride panel discussion. Whether you identify as queer or not, come along and learn how to make our field more inclusive! 🏝️🏳️🌈🪶
The Seabird GroupJoin us for our next panel discussion 'Being queer in Seabird Science'! 🏳️🌈 🗓️ Friday 7th August ⏲️ 09:30 - 11:00 (BST) 📍 Online Sign-up here to receive the joining link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📷 @scottishseabird.bsky.social
Attending World Seabird Conference this September? 🐧 The official WSC4 merchandise store is now open! 👕🛍️☕ Get yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, tote bag and more here: www.bonfire.com/store/world-...
World Seabird Conference | Official Merchandise | BonfireThe World Seabird Union (WSU) is an international scientific body uniting seabird researchers and conservationists worldwide since 2010.www.bonfire.comJoin us for our next panel discussion 'Being queer in Seabird Science'! 🏳️🌈 🗓️ Friday 7th August ⏲️ 09:30 - 11:00 (BST) 📍 Online Sign-up here to receive the joining link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📷 @scottishseabird.bsky.social
Another new Seabird #38 paper? Yes, indeed! ✨ Anker-Nilssen et al. report their first experiences of the kittiwake hotel in Røst. #seabirds www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38
Seabird 38 - Seabird GroupThe Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.www.seabirdgroup.org.ukAs Pride Month comes to a close, we’re celebrating pride, visibility, and diversity — not just in June, but all year round. 🌈 The Seabird Group is committed to supporting our LGBTQ+ community every day. Grab your Pride merch here: seabirdgroup.teemill.com/collection/u... 📸 Justin Rivera, CC
We announced the location of The Seabird Group 2027 conference in our latest newsletter! (drumroll please... 🥁🥁🥁) Gdańsk, Poland! Hosted by @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social & team! We're really excited to put this together and stay tuned for updates! 🐧
Dr Alex BondThe big news is our next International Conference will be held in Gdańsk, Poland in Sept 2027! With the lovely @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social and team as the local hosts. It's going to be amazing! Watch for further news after the (northern) field season... #seabirds #ornithology #Seabirds2027
New postdoc alert! 👀🧪🏖️
Morten FrederiksenHappy to announce a postdoc position with me and Jakob Strand, to work on data from the revamped Danish beached bird survey organised by DOF BirdLife Denmark. How many seabirds end up on Danish beached, where do they come from, and why did they die? #seabirds ecos.au.dk/en/about-us/...
Our June 2026 newsletter has arrived in your inbox! 💌 We learn about the importance of @biosecuritylife.bsky.social and rescuing grounded shearwaters as well as celebrate 40-years of @smp-seabirds.bsky.social! Plus the usual Seabirder Spotlight, paper releases and some exciting news! 🗞️ #seabirds
Great to see our Pride t-shirt out in the wild with @lucy-wright.bsky.social ! 🏳️🌈😍🐧
Lucy WrightProud to wear my @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social gannet t-shirt today at Bury St Edmunds Pride. With LGBTQ+ rights diminishing in the UK and elsewhere Pride seems particularly important just now. Love is love, people are people, be kind. It's not complicated.
The 2026 SMP Newsletter is here! Read it (and sign up to receive future editions) here: www.bto.org/our-work/sci... to find out about the SMP's 40th anniversary, latest developments, the science of seabird poo, and more! #birds #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Concerning news from Mousa, Shetland! 🐀 Follow @biosecuritylife.bsky.social for tips on keeping our seabird islands safe from invasive species 🏝️
Biosecurity for LIFEWorrying news from Mousa in #Shetland with sightings of rat on the island. #Mousa is home to the largest population of European Storm Petrel in the UK, a sparrow sized ground nesting #seabird particularly vulnerable to invasive predators. @rspbscotland.bsky.social www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/04/30/w...
Another new Seabird #38 paper❓ Yes, indeed! 🙌 Kwant-Heida et al. (2026) explore corridor use by seabirds in an offshore wind farm. Read the full article here 👇 doi.org/10.61350/sbj...
Seabird 38 - Seabird GroupThe Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.doi.org🎺 Roll-up, roll-up! Another new paper has just been published in Seabird #38! 🎺 Hunter et al. (2026) explore the wintering-site fidelity of Brünnich's guillemots in Greenland. 👇 Read all about it here 👇 seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-2
Seabird 38 - Seabird GroupThe Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.seabirdgroup.org.uk🗞️❗ Another early release from Seabird #38❗🗞️ Scotwin et al. investigate feeding rate and breeding success in Atlantic puffins. Have a read here 👇: seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-1
Seabird 38 - Seabird GroupThe Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.seabirdgroup.org.ukOur Chair @thelabandfield.bsky.social has found some real treasures in the archive @btobirds.bsky.social ! 🔎🌟
Dr Alex BondI'm at the @btobirds.bsky.social continuing to sort the @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social archive. Today is expedition reports from Operation Seafarer in the Kate 1960s including this trip to the Roan Islands, Sutherland, done by the Dunrobin School, June 1969.
Attending #WSC2026 and have some spectacular seabird photos? 📸 Enter the Seabird Photo Contest below! ⬇️
World Seabird UnionEnter our Seabird Photo Contest at #WSC2026—open to all in-person attendees! Submit your best seabird shot by 1 Aug (midnight UTC) for a chance at prizes & People’s Choice. Enter now: bit.ly/4d572zROpens a new window 🐦✨