Dr Tammy Davies
Conservation scientist & fan of interdisciplinary methods | Marine Science Coordinator @BirdLifeMarine.bsky.social | #TeamHB9 | #ImportantAreas #MPAs #ABNJ | She/her
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesIt’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 Dr Tammy Davies🎉 We’re on the verge of a historic breakthrough at #UNOC3. 49 countries have stepped up for the #HighSeasTreaty. Let’s not stall now & get the Treaty over the line. Now is the time to ratify and protect our shared ocean. #RaceForRatification highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/h...
- Attending #UNOC3? Come and say hi 👋 to the @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Global Team at the following events: #SaveOurOcean #SDG14 #BirdLifeScience #MarineFlyways @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @birdlifemarine.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesToday is #WorldOceansDay! 🌊 Most seabirds spend the majority of their lives at sea covering huge areas.🗺️ Our Seabird Tracking Database reveals where seabirds spend their time, enabling more targeted conservation actions.📍 Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesThe First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
- 💡New read! “Scaling up Ocean Conservation using Key Biodiversity Areas” 👉 bit.ly/43JB1XQ #30x30 #UNOC3 #SaveOurOcean
- Healthy seas provide vital resources and services for all. 🌏 Using @keybiodiversity.bsky.social within planning processes can ensure ocean benefits are safeguarded for future generations.🌊 Read the latest brief, “Scaling up Ocean Conservation using Key Biodiversity Areas” here👉 bit.ly/43JB1XQ
- 📚 I'm 9 months in to a 12-month leadership development program #HomewardBound that aims to elevate women in #STEMM to lead with influence and impact. 🙏 I'm fundraising to join the once-in-a-lifetime experiential component in Tanzania this November. 👀 Please take a look: gofund.me/f24e7942 #🧪
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesStoked to be able to share my first postdoc paper: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, published today in Nature Communications! 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- 👀 a search is underway for the Kacau ni Gau or Fiji Petrel! Good luck to the team for a successful expedition: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/05...
- Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘀😎 Last year, the EU challenged the UK’s decision to close sandeel fishing in English and Scottish waters of the North Sea. Sandeels are small, but they’re a key food source for #Puffins, Kittiwakes, and many other seabirds.
- Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies🐧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 Dr Tammy DaviesAfter 2 years' development, today we have launched @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social new DataZone! For information on each of the world's 11,000 bird species, 13,000 important sites for their conservation and profiles for 250 countries/territories and 16 global flyways, see datazone.birdlife.org
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesTracking 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...
- Always a great read! 🧪 ☑️This issue includes an article on 20years of the @birdlifemarine.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database, as well as updates from our @imma-network.bsky.social and @iucnshark.bsky.social friends
- After a temporary break from publication last year, the GOBI newsletter is back - packed with news from around the GOBI community and beyond. Happy reading! gobi.org/the-gobi-new...
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesA 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
- 1/10 How have 20 years of tracking data shaped #marine #conservation? 🌍This article by @tammyedavies.bsky.social & colleagues explores the #BirdLife #Seabird Tracking Database’s journey from data collection to policy impact🐧 A must-read 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
- Excited to participate in the MoveBON strategy workshop (led by @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @wildlabs.bsky.social) Looking forward to sharing the work we do at @birdlifemarine.bsky.social with the #SeabirdTrackingDatabase to support knowledge brokering at the science-policy interface 🧪🐧
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesGreat 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/...
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesFor 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 Dr Tammy DaviesTracking data from 48 long-distance pelagic #seabird species, shared by >100 collaborators, were analysed to reveal the consistent & repeatable #migratory routes, including a circumpolar navigation of the Southern Ocean & transhemispheric ‘figures of 8’ in the Pacific & Atlantic oceans 🧵2/5
- 🚨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 Dr Tammy DaviesNEW PAPER - we think we've discovered an open-ocean nursery for endangered shortfin #mako #sharks in the SE Pacific Ocean..... only trouble is, it's in a Global Fishing Hotspot - likely exacerbating popn declines already occurring @thembauk.bsky.social OA here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies🗺️ Is your country a High Seas champion? Tell us where you are in the world and we will tell you if your country has signed and/or ratified the Treaty already 👇 Discover our interactive #HighSeasTreaty Ratification Tracker to know more. ➡️ highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...
- Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies20 yrs ago I started comparing the 3 lists of threatened birds BirdLife had published and working out overall trends. The Red List Index resulted from the ensuing collaboration & is now used by the world's governments & UN. Our new paper reviews the history royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesJust published - led by @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social we conducted a systematic lit review to identify the top barriers and enablers for knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy (..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
- Timely review of the links between AI and conservation by @csandbrook.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪
- The latest Horizon Scan of conservation issues is now out in TREE doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🧪🐙🐧 including potential #marine issues. My 1st time contributing, and a fascinating process to be involved with!
- Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies🎂This week we celebrated 20 years of the Seabird Tracking Database (STDB) at @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social! seabirdtracking.org We had many activities with people attending online and in person. Here is a recap on everything that went on🧵:
- Reposted by Dr Tammy Davies🚨 Great news! Norway 🇳🇴 suspends #DeepSeaMining licensing plans in the Arctic for 2024-25, securing an important victory for the #DeepSea! Norway must solidify its commitment to ocean protection and support a moratorium on the destructive industry. www.wwf.no/nyheter/norw... #DefendTheDeep
- Reposted by Dr Tammy DaviesWisdom's still alive, she's back at her breeding grounds! This season she'll turn at least 74 years old. 🎉🎊💃
- Oh, yes, at this time of the year we're all waiting for Wisdom to return to her breeding grounds, the Midway atoll. Fingers crossed. Two things. Last year, she returned early December. And, apparently, 73 year old Wisdom got a new boyfriend in 2023. friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-a-lay...
