Danni Thompson
PhD researcher - drivers of individual specialisation in foraging behaviour with #FalklandsShags 🐦 | seabirds | photography | crafting
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonHello! We're now on #Bluesky! PhULMaR is a PhD lab group for those around the British and Irish Isles studying birds that use the #marine #environment. Currently headed by @bardseyben.bsky.social @dianepavat.bsky.social, we meet online on the last Friday of each month. Get in touch to join!
- Reposted by Danni ThompsonA female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius. This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
- The First GPS Observation of a Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Riding in a Long-Haul Garbage Transfer Truck | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶
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- What a great few days at #BOU2025. Loads of interesting & inclusive science, & a really supportive & friendly bunch of people. A great place to give the first talk of my PhD on #FalklandsShags & delighted to have been highly commended for my Bluesky thread 👇🏼 📸: @vulturecat.bsky.social
- 1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting. #BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonUncovering Alpine swift foraging behaviour using GPS tracking & DNA metabarcoding! For the first time we describe Alpine swift foraging movements and what factors impact foraging trips, short-term range area size, & the prey diversity fed to nestlings #BOU2025 #ornithology 1/7
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- 1/7 Variation between individuals is important as it determines how adaptable to change a population might be. Even generalist spp are often comprised of specialist individuals, but specialisation is often only studied across single traits which is limiting. #BOU2025 #ornithology #seabirds #ecology
- Really great first day & a half at #BOU2025. Lots of interesting & superbly presented science so far - looking forward to hearing more tomorrow & sharing some of my own work on #FalklandsShags.
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonTwo Senior Marine Ornithologist posts at the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government. Deadline for applications is 21/04/2025, 23:59 #seabirds #ornithology #renewables fa-evxn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
- Rose-ringed parakeet hanging around Larbert Loch nr Falkirk this week. Never seen one in the area before. #BirdingScotland
- Reposted by Danni ThompsonWe're getting some cracking photo submissions to the Gulls Eating Stuff project! Here are a few showing gulls predating a coot chick, a vole, a mole (!) and a GBBG that has just killed an adult moorhen. Keep 'em coming! Submit your photos of gulls eating stuff to citsci.org/projects/gul....
- Reposted by Danni ThompsonWeather radars continuously register the movements of billions of animals in the air! We have now published datasets covering large parts of Europe, providing an overview of the aerial habitat in a way no other method can. Data is available on Alofdata.eu , see our blogpost: go.nature.com/3F0wQ0L
- Reposted by Danni ThompsonNew #OA paper in the #seabird journal (@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social)! We GPS-tracked Black-legged #Kittiwakes breeding on an offshore platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In short, we show that they have a short foraging range compared to coastal... 1/6 www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37
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- Reposted by Danni Thompson📢 Webinar alert! I'll be presenting my PhD research as part of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Winter Webinar series on Weds 22th Jan. Sign up here on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/killer-wha...
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonCheck out Alex's @alexbrighten1.bsky.social first PhD paper! Looking at age and migratory patterns in alpine swifts, using stable isotope analysis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- EARLY VIEW in IBIS Stable isotope evidence for suspended moult and age-related differences in moult location in the trans-Saharan migratory Alpine Swift | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Alexandra L. Brighten et al | #ornithology 🪶
- Reposted by Danni ThompsonNew 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
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonPlease report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. 📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep... 📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae... 📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report #Ornithology #UKBirding
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- Really encouraging to have an emphasis on kindness & wellbeing in @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social ECR discussion on the Future of Seabird Research this morning. Thanks @jacquiglencross.bsky.social for pulling it all together & to the panel for insightful discussion! #seabirds
- Reposted by Danni ThompsonSeasonal field staff needed for @rspb.bsky.social projects in 2025 - advert live, closing date 12 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities across the UK! Get in touch if you’d like to know more about the #seabird roles 🌊 🐦 app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonThere's still room in this seabirder starterpack go.bsky.app/MPUTnm - please reskeet and let me know if you'd like to be included on this starterpackat://did:plc:r6lapka3lplh2cajcw6o7zk6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lajp6uotgu2q
- Reposted by Danni Thompson📣PhD position open in our group!📣 Come work on a super fascinating system: partial #migration in European shags. #Fieldwork, theoretical #modelling and #QuantitativeGenetics are all possible depending on interests. Please spread to good candidates of any nationality! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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- Reposted by Danni ThompsonJOB VACANCIES! We're seeking 3 Conservation Scientists to join our friendly team of #seabirders at the RSPB. We're an inclusive team where everyone is welcome. DEADLINE: Friday 3rd January. #conservationjobs #ornithology #seabirds #science Details: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
- Latest blog post explains how I'm using stable isotope analysis to gain greater insight into the lives of #FalklandsShags. www.dannithompsonphotography.com/post/from-th... #scicomm #science #ornithology #seabirds
- A great first full day at #CoimbraSeabirds. What a fab bunch of clear & interesting talks, & beautiful posters lining the walls. Grateful to everyone who came to check out my poster & chat about #FalklandsShags 💙 #seabirds #ornithology #PhDlife
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