Beth Clark
Seabird Science Officer: analysing data & managing the Seabird Tracking Database @birdlifemarine.bsky.social | she/her http://seabirdtracking.org
- Reposted by Beth ClarkTracking data spanning a decade reveal contrasting foraging trips between Yelkouan Shearwaters on Malta Learn more about this research in the latest blog post by @martinaustad.bsky.social of @birdlifemalta.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/shearwaters-... Read the full paper ➡️ tinyurl.com/MarBioAustad
- Reposted by Beth ClarkThe Seabird Tracking Database has been updated! With lots of new features, these updates improve user experience and ensure dataset legacy To learn more visit ➡️ seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac... and go to data.seabirdtracking.org to try out the new search and mapping features!
- Reposted by Beth ClarkMy first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟 Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Beth Clark#Wisdom is back! The world’s oldest known living banded bird, Mōlī (Laysan albatross) queen, has returned to Kuailhelani (Midway Atoll). #Birds
- Reposted by Beth ClarkOur new renewable energy sensitivity maps for Australia show where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.🌏 Produced in collaboration with @birdlifeoz.bsky.social. Many thanks to Australian bird experts who gave data & feedback! www.seabirdtracking.org/avian-sensit...
- Reposted by Beth ClarkBirdLife are hosting a workshop on a project we are leading to identify #KBAs in the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea region on the 6th Nov at 07:00 UTC. For more details and registration visit: www.seabirdtracking.org/lord-howe-ri... #HighSeas #seabirdtracking #Tasman
- Reposted by Beth Clark"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟 New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social 🧪🌍🪶
- Reposted by Beth Clark🐦 The true meaning of a birds-eye view! Scientists use lightweight cameras fitted to the wing of red-footed boobies to capture feeding behaviour for the first time 📽️ @ruthedunn.bsky.social
- Reposted by Beth Clark@birdwatchireland.bsky.social, with support from @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social , @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social and collaborators, have published 73 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Seabirds. Learn more➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/birdwatch-ir... With massive thanks to all involved!
- Reposted by Beth ClarkIt’s World Albatross Day! 🗺️ Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊 From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏 Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...
- Reposted by Beth ClarkHappy #WorldAlbatrossDay 2025! To celebrate we are highlighting some of the dedicated work of many, that has positively impacted the world’s 22 albatross species Check out our new blogpost: ➡️ tinyurl.com/yu5x6s8z @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 1/4
- Reposted by Beth Clark*Job Opportunity* #Seabird #Ecologist with @n-t-s.bsky.social. @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social #ornithology #biosecurity #seabirdersaturday www.nts.org.uk/volunteering-jobs/job-search/highlands-islands
- Reposted by Beth Clark📢New blog is out! Joshua Coste shares details about his research on Red-footed Booby homing behaviour in the Indian Ocean 🌊 ➡️ tinyurl.com/RFB-navigation Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social
- Reposted by Beth Clark🐧Happy World Penguin Day! These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎 Did you know that...? 🧵👇 #WorldPenguinDay
- Reposted by Beth Clark🌊 Excited to share the Marine Megafauna Conservation Toolkit! 🐧 It contains step-by-step methods with R code (including for tracking data) for identifying critical sites (e.g. Key Biodiversity Areas) & guidance for conservation practice, policy & advocacy. ➡️tinyurl.com/MMFCToolkit
- Reposted by Beth ClarkIntroducing our new BirdLife DataZone! 💻 The DataZone brings together everything on bird populations, important sites for conservation, urgent threats and actions required, and policies needed to sustain nature.🌎🐦 Discover the science underpinning global bird conservation 👉 datazone.birdlife.org
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- Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders: Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊 Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
- It's great to be working with Ascension Island Government again after visiting to track #seabirds in 2018! 🗺️ Read about our project here:
- Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders: Learn how our Darwin+ project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊 Led by Ascension Island Gov with @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, GFW, MMO & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social www.seabirdtracking.org/tracking-asc...
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- Reposted by Beth ClarkA good Friday afternoon read 📙 on how @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database has changed the face of marine conservation! MPAs, bycatch, policy and more 🕊️📈 #Seabird #SeabirdTracking
- Reposted by Beth ClarkGreat news for the Critically Endangered African Penguin! 🐧 South Africa has agreed to establish no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies, a huge victory thanks to the relentless efforts of our National Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social 🌍💙 Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Reposted by Beth Clark📢New blog is out! @tcansse.bsky.social shares their research on Black-faced Cormorant foraging behaviours seabirdtracking.org/foraging-efficiency-related-to-site-fidelity-in-black-faced-cormorants/ Full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13371
- Reposted by Beth Clark🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways applying a novel approach onto #seabird #tracking data: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation
- Reposted by Beth ClarkSo excited that the #MarineFlyways paper is finally out - what an incredible and exciting project to be a part of!
- 🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Beth ClarkFor first post on @bsky.app seems fitting to share our blue sky and #marine flyways 🌊 paper out yesterday. A global collaboration of researchers led by @birdlifemarine.bsky.social sharing #tracking data to describe common #seabird #migration routes over the #ocean.
- 🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Beth Clark🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Beth ClarkGot some artistic skills? Enter our Seabird Pride t-shirt competition! 🕊️🏳️🌈🎽 Details below ⬇️ #SeabirdPride2025
- Reposted by Beth ClarkThe next round of our Research Grants are open now for applications! If you have something you'd like funded why not apply? It could be for ringing studies, productivity assessments, seawatching projects, tracking studies, or others 🕊️💍🥚🌊 Details -> www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants (closes 28th Feb).
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- Reposted by Beth ClarkEstablishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth. www.nature.com/articles/s41... New article from Davidson et al. explains the need and pathways for improving tracking data archiving and sharing tools @movebank.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Beth ClarkNew in #BirdStudy #Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu. Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology
- Reposted by Beth ClarkCheck out our new paper! We compare indicators for monitoring the impacts of island restoration on coral reefs. Massive thanks to our huge list of collaborators, which enabled us to look at seabirds, nutrients, microbes, algae, corals, and fish! 🐦🦠🌱🪸🐠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Beth Clark🚨Calling for seabird tracking data! 🚢We are collating seabird data for the Humboldt Current region to assess fisheries bycatch risk. 🤝This is a collaborative project with Global Fishing Watch funded by @nfwfnews.bsky.social. You can be part of it! Go to: www.seabirdtracking.org/humboldt-cur...
- Reposted by Beth ClarkPostdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean! With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project 📍University of La Reunion Apply by Jan 15th #jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology
- 🐧BirdLife needs seabird tracking data! We're looking for Humboldt Current region data for assessing fisheries bycatch risk🎣 seabirdtracking.org/humboldt-cur... This project with Global Fishing Watch is funded by @nfwfnews.bsky.social. @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Beth Clark🚨Puffins are starving! We urged Commissioner Costas Kadis to back the sandeel fishing ban in UK & Scottish waters. Sandeels are vanishing, leaving seabirds like Atlantic Puffins without food The EU is challenging the ban, risking declines & fragile ecosystems www.birdlife.org/news/2024/12... #birds
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