Maggie Sheddan
Landing guiding on Bass 24years and The May for many . Happy place seabird islands and 🚢
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanAn innovative new bird-tracking project has been launched in Scotland to help demystify the migratory secrets surrounding the familiar Rock Pipit:
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanOur detection dog Reid has been helping check for rats in cargo going to Bass Rock for lighthouse restoration for @nlb-uk.bsky.social. These checks are important to help protect the large Northern Gannet colony on the island from invasive predators. #NatureRestorationFund @naturescot.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanAnother new year job opportunity! Join the Isle of May @ukceh.bsky.social team in #Edinburgh, studying six species of #seabird 🦅🐣🕊️🐧🐤🐦 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca... Deadline is 16th January. #ecology #seabirds #scotland
- #Bass intense wing flapping after a shower a few weeks back. The power, & strength building muscles for that first flight to the sea. where once crash landed tooheavy to take off They must learn to fish. Many now airborne and looking healthy @seabirdcentre.bsky.social
- #Bass beautiful morning @seabirdcentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanThe recently published Lothian Bird Report 2022 and Isle of May Bird Observatory Bird Observatory Annual Report 2023 are now in stock at Waterston House. #BirdingLothian
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- Reposted by Maggie SheddanNew paper on avian flu in seabirds from an Edinburgh Uni PhD student published! Edinburgh University has been working on the Isle of May with UKCEH and other partners to investigate the effects of this virus among seabirds. Read about it here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanThere’s still time to apply for our Assistant Bird Warden position! 🗓️ Deadline THIS FRIDAY 🐦 see below for more details 👇 @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #ukbirding
- 🦆🔭 Join our Team! We’re looking for a passionate ringer & birder to join our friendly team as Assistant Bird Warden! The role will involve monitoring autumn migration through daily census and bird ringing. To find out more 👇 www.mwt.im/jobs/calf-ma... 🗓️ Applications close Friday 18th July
- #Bass This young chick is trying to regulate its temperature with gular fluttering in the heat. @seabirdcentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maggie Sheddan*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
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- #Bass wonderful to see the intensity of new pairs bonding. They have to build trust,learn to stay at their territory while the partner leaves to feed. This 'pair' have another new pair beside them. No nests Will they stay the season? A new page for the rock @ScottishSeabirdCentre excting !
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- Reposted by Maggie SheddanORCA! Read the updated blog about yesterdays amazing encounter of Killer Whales off the Isle of May and thanks to Robert Melville for the images. the link: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanAlthough these figures are estimates (so should be treated with caution) these results suggest that the gannet population has not yet started to recover from the impact of the avian flu outbreak in 2022.
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanThe 2024 Bass Rock Gannet Count is complete✅ A high-resolution drone survey - carried out in partnership with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social School of Geosciences, @ukceh.bsky.social & @edinburghnapier.bsky.social in July 2024 - provided a detailed new look at the Bass Rock gannet colony. 📷©️G Macvean
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanThe @btobirds.bsky.social Blackbirds in Gardens is such an important survey! Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus go.nature.com/4dvj3g4 #ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanThings are about to get a lot busier for the Isle of May puffins as the chicks have started hatching…
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- Reposted by Maggie SheddanMy paper showing a significant decline of a Common Buzzard Buteo buteo population during an outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI)has just been published | www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... | Bird Study | #ornithology
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- Reposted by Maggie SheddanHelp resight kittiwakes in the Irish Sea!
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- #Bass looking good Quite a few eggs seen at due date. All the behaviour we expect Gaping bowing jabbing bonding, nest building and thieving! Looking.good It will take years to recover from HPAI but exciting to watch new birds take to sites @seabirdcentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maggie SheddanAny day now, ducklings will begin to appear, and we need your help to monitor them. We are asking for records of mallard broods anywhere in the UK this year to help us understand how many ducklings make it to adulthood. Submit your sightings here: citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch Please share!
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- #Bass. 1000's of Gannets retuned this wkend on live cam @seabird web. Wonderful to see them settling bowing, bill fencing and that gannet jabbing ! Poor photo (off cam) This was a dense beeding area.It will take time to recover(HPAI) Exciting to monitor, but look at that sea! No landing today😔
