#seabirds ecologist studying bycatch, plastic, migration, pollution.
soft spot for Leach's storm-petrel. Editor for Seabird.
Dr Ingrid Pollet
Transfer from the bush to the hive.
Cis folks - this is what I mean when I say allyship is having skin in the game.
Dr Ingrid Pollet
For decades, researchers have measured #PlasticPollution by counting individual pieces. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story: internal damage caused by plastic (eg. inflammation) is largely invisible
Laurianne has joined our Leach's Storm-petrel research team! This summer she is conducting field research on Kent Island. In September she will begin a Master's degree, co-supervised by myself and Dr. Ingrid Pollet. Welcome to our team Laurianne!
@ingridpollet.bsky.social @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social
We focus on the benefits to #seabirds of keeping #islands free of invasive non-native mammalian predators but removing invasive predators from islands or ideally using #biosecurity to prevent them reaching islands in the 1st place benefits the entire #ecosystem
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The local beekeeper is here!
Just a just days late for #WorldBeeDay, a swarm of bees circled our garden today!
After about 20 minutes, the bees settled in a forsythia bush.
It has been an honour to work with the long-term data set from Kent Isl. After a survival paper (doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2710), here is a mate-switching paper. Huge thanks to @liamtaylor.bsky.social on this one! A third one is under review.
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today is #WorldOceanDay ! 🌊
Seabirds navigate vast, predictable marine flyways – superhighways in the sky – across the open ocean, linking nations, ecosystems and hemispheres.🌏
Six marine flyways are used by more than 150 migratory seabird species.🗺️📍
Find out more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org
Invasive vermin decimated the island’s native flora and fauna – but its unique cockroaches and beetles are thriving once again
In long-lived socially monogamous animals, pair bonds play a crucial role in breeding success. In many predominantly socially monogamous animals, howe…
THE CHAFF PROJECT
Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great!
How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public.
Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.
