Dr Joanne Morten

Figure showing photgraphs of three seabird species (Atlantic Puffin, Sooty Shearwater and Eider Duck) plus illustration of new paper, a hand collecting seabird eggs and text reading: 'intentional take of seabirds for human consumption'

🚨New global review and next steps🚨

Intentional take of #seabirds for human consumption is happening in at least 56 countries and affects >100 migratory species. Data on sustainability, population impacts, and human health risks are often missing.

Read more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypbadzyr

#BLScience

BirdLife Emerging Scientist Scholarship - BirdLife International Are you seeking a career in conservation science and have a particular interest in seabirds or understanding species extinction risk? The BirdLife Emerging Scientist Scholarship could be for you.

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

We are looking for an emerging scientist with an interest in #seabirds and #conservation for a 🌟new scholarship position🌟

⏱️Deadline: 13/03/2026
🐧Fixed term 12 months, 35 hrs/pw
📌Cambridge/ Hybird

Come join our fantastic team!

Full #job details ➡️ tinyurl.com/BLIemergings...

cartoon image showing a scientist surrounded by screens depicting seabird research (e.g. tracks, maps, seabirds)

📢New blog post available now

@ingridpollet.bsky.social shares findings on disparities in seabird research presented at conferences and what lessons we should learn

➡️ tinyurl.com/STDBblogFeb26

Open access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#SeabirdResearch #monitoring #tracking #threats

Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full po...

Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦
In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

image of computer screen and seabird tracks with text that reads: - Over 30 million locations uploaded (a 70% increase in total locations) - 186 datasets uploaded -62 species tracked including 12 new (new total = 194 species) - 43 new colonies tracked

What a 2025 it has been for the Seabird Tracking Database, some highlights in the image! 📈

See our latest blog post for even more details➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/seabird-trac...

A massive thank you to the 363 seabird researchers who have contributed their data over the last 21 years 🐧🌊🌏

Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea seabird tracking data call for KBA assessment - Seabird Tracking Database BirdLife International are leading a project to support efforts to delineate marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea

BirdLife are hosting a workshop on a project we are leading to identify #KBAs in the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea region on the 6th Nov at 07:00 UTC.

For more details and registration visit: www.seabirdtracking.org/lord-howe-ri...

#HighSeas #seabirdtracking #Tasman

Photos of a reef manta ray, red-footed booby, and a hawsbill turtles with biologging devices attached to them. The journal logo is also featured, alongside the article title and author list. Some text reads: "Tracking data reveal that very large marine protected areas offer protection for mobile marine megafauna including benthic foragers (turtles), pelagic planktivores (manta ray), and oceanic predators (seabirds)".

New research led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social combines tracking data to show the value of large marine protected areas in encompassing diverse megafauna movements 🐢

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

@jappliedecology.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

map showing the location of the NACEs MPA and all of the seabird species that use the area.

It's Marine Protected Areas Day🌊

MPAs are vital to protect marine habitats & biodiversity

Analysing seabird tracking data led to the designation of NACEs in 2021💙600,000km2 protected & the first high seas MPA identified from tracking data

➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies/naces-mpa/

#MPADay

World Albatross Day 2025 ACAP logo

Happy #WorldAlbatrossDay 2025!

To celebrate we are highlighting some of the dedicated work of many, that has positively impacted the world’s 22 albatross species

Check out our new blogpost:
➡️ tinyurl.com/yu5x6s8z

@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 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.

Nesting Red-footed Booby

📢New blog is out!

Joshua Coste shares details about his research on Red-footed Booby homing behaviour in the Indian Ocean 🌊

➡️ tinyurl.com/RFB-navigation

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

@iomarinescience.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
@zslscience.bsky.social

Database Instructions - Seabird Tracking Database Instructions for researchers on how to participate in this extraordinary collaborative project by contributing your tracking data to the Seabird Tracking Database.

📢Let’s keep protecting penguins and marine ecosystems!

If you want to contribute or request tracking data, check out the Seabird Tracking Database guidelines:

www.seabirdtracking.org/instructions/

Picture of a Gentoo penguin in the shore with waves behind and a rainbow on top. Picture by Jonathan Handley.

🐧Happy World Penguin Day!

These species offer more than just their charisma! Their study and protection benefit whole ecosystems 🌎

Did you know that...?
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#WorldPenguinDay

Tracking Ascension Island's seabirds across borders - Seabird Tracking Database Protected areas are a vital tool for safeguarding marine wildlife, but seabirds and other marine species often travel beyond these havens.

Tracking 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...

Delineating Marine Flyways from Seabird Tracking Data - Seabird Tracking Database The detailed methods developed to identify marine flyways from seabird tracking data have been described in a new paper published in Global Ecology and

📢New blog is out!

@joanne-morten.bsky.social shares details of the collaborative research project to identify marine flyways using seabird tracking data

seabirdtracking.org/delineating-marine-flyways-from-seabird-tracking-data/

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004

Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists

Great 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/...

The broad themes (community, threats, sites, policy) associated with how seabird tracking data can contribute to global policy frameworks and indicators

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 🧪🐧

🚨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

image of the seabird tracking database homepage

The Seabird Tracking Database seabirdtracking.org provided an opportunity to identify the marine flyways

A MASSIVE THANK YOU 👏to all data contributors, collaborators & GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social who supported this work

More info, including a beautiful animation ➡️ tinyurl.com/yek8dwt4

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infographic of the Atlantic Ocean Flyway and the migratory routes of an Arctic Tern and South Polar Skua using the flyway

infographic of the North Indian Ocean Flyway and the East Indian Ocean Flyway, and the migratory route of a Barau’s Petrel using the East Indian Flyway

infographic of the West Pacific Ocean Flyway and the Pacific Ocean Flyway, and the migratory routes of an Antipodean Albatross and Buller’s Shearwater using the Pacific Ocean Flyway

infographic of the Southern Ocean Flyway, and the migratory route of a Grey-headed Albatross using the flyway

The marine #flyways concept can help coordinate collaborative #conservation efforts for migratory #seabirds, building on the successes of the existing flyways for land and waterbirds

➡️ birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/our-work/flyways/

@migratoryspecies.bsky.social

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photograph of arctic tern in flight

The six marine #flyways cover extensive areas of the world’s oceans and illustrate the broad-scale movements and connectivity of multiple #seabird populations and species during their annual cycle

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Figure 1 from the paper showing a world map centred over the Pacific Ocean, with the colony locations of tracked seabirds and the six delineated marine flyways

Tracking 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

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So excited that the #MarineFlyways paper is finally out - what an incredible and exciting project to be a part of!