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Dr Ingrid Pollet
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#seabirds ecologist studying bycatch, plastic, migration, pollution. soft spot for Leach's storm-petrel. Editor for Seabird.
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 6h
You know the Laughing gull, but do you know the Laughing Razorbill?
This one was encountered in Newfoundland in 2023.
#seabirds #Auktober
A Razorbill with its head tilted back and its bill wide open. The same Razorbill, sitting, head in a more natural position.
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 12h
"Did someone say.... euphausiid shrimp?" 👀

Crested Auklet to continue the #Auktober celebrations
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 1d
By now issue #60 of our newsletter should've hit your inbox! 📩

This time is a hefty one, inclu. round ups from many #seabird breeding colonies around the UK! 🐣

We've got herons predating kittiwakes, brood patches in stormies & we spotlight Lindsay Young - VP. Research for Pristine Seas (NatGeo) ⭐
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 1d
8 months and 1 week since I submitted a manuscript to Wetlands Ecology and Management @springernature.com @springer.springernature.com. At least 4 weeks since they received reports from 3 reviewers. You'd think they would have a decision by now.
Nope. Still waiting.
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 2d
I've been remiss in celebrating #Auktober, so here are four delightful pics of the smollest one, the Least Auklet from Kiska Island, Alaska (where there are 1.2 million PAIRS in about 2 km sq).

Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d
Website Manager position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Websit...

Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩

[Common tern image: Debs Allbrook]

#seabirds #teamtern #WebManager
A Common tern sitting on a red Fire Point box.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d
Newsletter/ Social Media Support position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Newsle...

Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩

[White tern image: Hayley McLennan]

#seabirds #teamtern #AssistantEditor
A White tern flying across the sea with a backdrop of bright blue sky.
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d
Social Media Manager position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Social...

Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩

[Humboldt penguin image: Ahmet Yüksek]

#seabirds #penguins #SocialMedia
A Humboldt penguin standing on a rock.
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 4d
Come and have fun with me!
#seabirds
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d
Assistant Journal Editor position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Assist...

Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩

[Arctic skua egg image: Danni Thompson]

#seabirds #SEABIRDJournal #science
A hand holding an Arctic skua egg.
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 4d
No good news will make up for this sad news today. 💔
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d
Secretary position on our ExComm! Description ➡️ www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/Secret...

Apply by sending max. 200 words to [email protected] explaining why you're interested 🤩

[Bridled guillemot image: Andreas Trepte, www.avi-fauna.info]

#seabirds #guillemot #auktober
A Bridled guillemot in flight.
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 4d
NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 6d
Pour yourself a coffee and have a read of this tragic story about the last pair of Great Auks for #Auktober ♥️
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Niels de Winter @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social · 7d
Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved
DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio
doi.org
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 8d
Come work with me!!
It will be fun.
#seabirds
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 8d
We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 10d
Important date for your diaries ‼️

Our AGM is Wed 12 Nov - 12 midday (online) 📔👩‍💻

ALL our members are welcome & we'd love you to join us if you can. A number of roles have also come up within the committee - details on how to apply to follow.

Not yet signed up? www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/membership
Membership - Seabird Group
The 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.uk
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 11d
Exciting news!! The World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social 4th World #Seabird Conference is now open for registration! 🕊️🌏

🏢Hobart, Tasmania. 📅7-11 Sept 2026

Click the link for all the info 🤓
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir... #WSC4
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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 11d
Registration is OPEN for the 4th World Seabird Conference (WSC4)!

📅 7–11 Sept 2026
📍 Hobart, Tasmania | 💻 Hybrid event

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

#WSC4 #seabirds #Hobart2026 #ornithology
Advertisement for registration of WSC4 being open, picturing a gannet in flight and text details of the conference.
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 13d
🎉BIG NEWS 🎉 the “Art for Oceans” Surfboard Auction will go live this Friday, 3rd October

Funds raised will support whale conservation & Adrift Lab’s #plastics research on #LordHoweIsland

Explore the collection 👉 www.artforoceans.org.au
Art for Oceans – Surfboard Auction — Living Ocean
Join us at Club Palm Beach - The Bistro Barren for Living Ocean’s inaugural surfboard auction and cocktail evening, featuring 20 unique boards by Australia’s top artists. Can’t attend? Our online sil...
www.artforoceans.org.au
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 14d
October 2024, right??
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 16d
Here is my postcard!
A red-footed booby, which is the answer of today's quiz.
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 17d
For #SeabirdSaturday, please enjoy this adorably grumpy Kermadec Petrel chick on #OenoAtoll 🥰
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 22d
Monday mood.
View from a train window with the rain.
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 23d
As always, it was inspiring to listen to you.
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Dr Ingrid Pollet @ingridpollet.bsky.social · 25d
According to river otters, burrow-nesting seabirds are otter-ly delicious!
#seabirds
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 26d
New study finds river otters 🦦 prey on seabirds across 73 North American islands!

🔹 Otters prefer small burrow-nesting seabirds
🔹 They’ll swim up to 8 km across open water to reach colonies
🔹 Most attacks occur on nearshore islands

Full study: bit.ly/4mhJZCz
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World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social · 26d
New study finds river otters 🦦 prey on seabirds across 73 North American islands!

🔹 Otters prefer small burrow-nesting seabirds
🔹 They’ll swim up to 8 km across open water to reach colonies
🔹 Most attacks occur on nearshore islands

Full study: bit.ly/4mhJZCz
bit.ly
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