Lucy Wright

Where do Leach’s storm-petrels forage during the breeding season? Using GPS tracking data from six colonies, we mapped their distribution in the western North Atlantic, highlighting areas of potential overlap with offshore oil and gas activities. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... #seabirds

Understanding the potential impact of offshore renewables on breeding birds is key to mitigating any negative impacts That’s why for the last 4yrs the RSPB have recorded data on Guillemot and Razorbill at South Stack RSPB Reserve to create a baseline before tidal energy deployment in the area

Can we use vomit as a time machine? Snow petrel stomach oil piles up at nests for millennia, recording Antarctica's past, but only if we know what birds eat today. Our new paper led by @zhongxuanli.bsky.social provides a key step to reading those archives doi.org/10.3354/meps... #OceanSky 🦑🦉🌊🧪

Nature can't recover on paper. The UK's goal to protect and effectively manage 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030 isn't about colouring in 30% of a map. A new UK Govt report gets that right: protected areas only count if they're properly managed, monitored and funded.

Great news for nature! The Scottish Government has refused plans for a golf course on Coul Links that would have irreparably damaged this precious place.  Thank you to the tens of thousands of you who spoke up to save Coul Links. Your voices made a difference.

Today, The Scottish Government announced that they have REFUSED plans to develop a golf course at Coul Links in Sutherland. This fragile landscape is home to some of our rarest and most threatened wildlife, so this a huge win for nature! 1/3

To reverse nature loss, change what drives it | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record Nearly 1/2 of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️🐦 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Genuinely SO HAPPY to see this out. My last - and favourite - chapter of my PhD - 7 years after submission 😅 We found, using GPS + HMMs, that adult breeding nightjars avoid poor conditions + forage more when light, cloud, + temp are favourable. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We've got some great opportunities to join us at BTO! Discover more and apply for our jobs and voluntary roles online at www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology

See our new paper showing how climate change could impact marine biodiversity over the next 75 years. Future projections for fish, benthos and zooplankton. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

💫 Seabird Group AGM elections 💫 We're looking for a new Social Media Manager! 📱 Full role description here: 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1... To apply, please send a short description (max 200 words) to secretary@seabirdgroup.org.uk by 25/10/2026 💌 📸 @scottishseabird.bsky.social

We're excited to announce our MSc projects for 2027 are live! 🧪🪶 Our postgraduate opportunities page now also advertises placement projects for PhD students too Find out more here: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

There is still a chance to submit your symposium proposal to #EOU2027 in Brno! #ornithology

Aging storm petrel with biometrics: It's all there for you! #seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_...

Job Alert! 🔉 We're looking for two part-time Field Surveyors for the Winter survey season from November - March to conduct wintering bird surveys. To discover more and apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📍 Survey areas: Yorkshire Dales & the Fens. 📝 Deadline for applications: Sunday 18 October 2026.

Three marine research positions: Post-Doc - Marine Food Web Rewiring: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Post-Doc - Biodiversity and Recovery Dynamics: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Project coordinator / research assistant - w/@timlamont.bsky.social hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

New paper on the population size of common murres in Oregon. Bald eagles might be the main factor in movement between colonies. www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_... #seabirds #OpenAccess

Come to University of Canterbury to do a PhD on penguin genetics with Sarah Flanagan and me! Everything you need to know is in the link below, check it out and please spread the word 🧪🦑🌍🦉🐧 www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/uc-gra...

🚨 New paper in @consletters.bsky.social, one of the main outputs of my #PhD ! 🥳 You can read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... Summary below

Such an impressive compilation of data from tracked birds across (most of) the global range and diversity of Whimbrel in this new collaborative paper in Ibis: look at the map - so many major transoceanic movements onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Just out! Spatial epidemiology of Avian flu in seabird populations. #HPAI, #Bayesian, #Conservation, #Panzootic, #Gannets, @jwejeglinski.bsky.social @heyjoode.bsky.social , @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @rspb.bsky.social @au.dk @heriotwattuni.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are saddened by the passing of renowned seabird biologist and Memorial University Professor Emeritus Dr. Bill Montevecchi (1945–2026). His pioneering research on seabirds and marine ecosystems has left a lasting legacy and inspired generations of scientists. bit.ly/4bmd65a

Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪

Earlier this year @n-t-s.bsky.social hosted a "Focus on Fulmars" workshop, looking at how to improve monitoring & research efforts to understand Northern fulmar population change. A short report is now available for those interested! ⬇️ www.researchgate.net/publication/... #seabirds #ornithology

Postdocs available at ERI working with the talented and lovely @masden.bsky.social - see below #ornithology #conservationjobs

Proud to wear my @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social gannet t-shirt today at Bury St Edmunds Pride. With LGBTQ+ rights diminishing in the UK and elsewhere Pride seems particularly important just now. Love is love, people are people, be kind. It's not complicated.

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Individual acoustic monitoring and colour-ringing yield comparable estimates of male annual survival in a migratory songbird, but differ in breeding season detectability | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Niall H. K. Burton et al | #ornithology 🪶

Non-breeding birds form a large proportion of #seabird populations, yet they are often overlooked in research & difficult to account for in environmental assessments. A new #OWSMRF report highlights why this matters & how we can close evidence gaps 👇 jncc.gov.uk/news/new-rep... 🧵

One of the (many) reasons that I recently left mainstream university life, was that I didn't want the rest of my career to be taken up with marking "work" produced using AI. This is a great article about the challenge...

It will be 2040 before the Grassholm gannet colony is expected to recover from the effects of HPAI #birdflu (even assuming it isn't hit again by the disease or other threats). #BirdingWales

I feel privileged to have made a small contribution to this excellent new paper by @heyjooode.bsky.social showing the effects of the recent HPAI on gannet mortality and predicting population recovery times! #seabirds #science

Worrying news from Mousa in #Shetland with sightings of rat on the island. #Mousa is home to the largest population of European Storm Petrel in the UK, a sparrow sized ground nesting #seabird particularly vulnerable to invasive predators. @rspbscotland.bsky.social www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/04/30/w...

important work continues from this group monitoring HPAI and its downsteam impacts in gannets!

Wonderful to work with such a great group of co-authors including @jwejeglinski.bsky.social @jasonmatth.bsky.social @keithchamer.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social @claudiatapiah.bsky.social @liamlangley1.bsky.social @gannetrocks.bsky.social @lucy-wright.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

Our new research shows that HPAI increased Northern Gannet mortality by a factor of ~6 and ~4 at two of the world’s largest colonies. We predict this impact will take almost two decades to recover from. #biologicalconservation #seabirds #hpai Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887

New research gives insight into European Storm-petrel movements and behaviour at sea. Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.3354/meps... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @meps-ir.bsky.social 🧪 🌎️ 🪶 #seabirds

🥳 New paper alert 🥳 The first of the data chapters from my DPhil, and the works from my first few field seasons on Skomer, is out! "Shearwaters make efficient navigational decisions, even at very fine scales" - doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... A huge thank you to everyone involved 🩵

"According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

📖 New Policy Direction Using the marine flyways concept to accelerate ocean conservation🌍 This paper identifies 151 migratory and pelagic seabird species that use all or part of the marine flyways, of which almost half are globally threatened 🕊️ 🔎 buff.ly/HBA61VN

Watch our local organising committee preview what you can expect at WSC4, from albatrosses and shearwaters to little penguins, all within reach of Hobart. bit.ly/4vnwNBU WSC4 | Hobart, Australia | 7–11 September 2026 #WSC4 #MeetInAus

Last chance to apply to join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist working on our #ClimateChange research portfolio! Apply online at www.bto.org/jobs 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. #Ornithology

How to feed your garden birds without spreading disease theconversation.com/how-to-feed-... @rspbscience.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social 🐦

Biosecurity for Scotland have received funding from the Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF) to continue our work for a further 12 months. This funding will allow us to build on our momentum as we continue supporting our island sites with their biosecurity. 1/2

Deadline approaching for this exciting opportunity to join our @bou.org.uk team and help to deliver IBIS journal, conferences and much more

Join me & @olliepadget.bsky.social at @livuninews.bsky.social! #postdoc #seabird movement & navigation in response to environmental cues @ukri.org. Developing new loggers w/ micro-engineers & computer scientists @yorkuniversity.bsky.social. Job tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5 Press release tinyurl.com/2zuzktv5

Extremely proud to see @wadertales.bsky.social be awarded the @bou.org.uk Janet Kear medal,for his excellent and tireless work on behalf of our Union and community #BOU2026

📢 The winner of Best IBIS ECR Paper 2025 is.... Pilar L. Maia-Braga's How much sampling is enough? doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... Many congratulations Pilar! bou.org.uk/ibis/ibis... And huge thanks to Leica for the prize! #ornithology 🪶

✨New paper!✨ An individual‐based model to quantify the non‐breeding season impact of wind farms on #seabirds doi.org/10.1002/2688... @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social @seatrackscience.bsky.social @signecd.bsky.social @masden.bsky.social

Two paid Marine Futures Internships in Bangor with the @northwaleswt.bsky.social www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/marine-... For candidates who are passionate and enthusiastic about the seas, are willing to learn, organised, self-motivated, and can work well in a team.