Ariel Heswall

Really honoured to have had the opportunity to give a TEDx talk and raise public awareness about looking at threats to #seabirds from their own sensory perspective!!! 🐧 👀 #lights #plastics #bycatch #ornithology #conservation #research

Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday! Our friends at @PacificSeabirds produce the most amazing Regional Reports. But did you know they recently got a glow-up? Check out their amazing new dynamic webpage that helps us all learn from one another, network, and connect. pacificseabirdgroup.org/news/2023-regi…

🚨Australian Avian Genomics Initiative – Call for Partnerships 2024!🚨 There are several seabirds on the list of priority species, including the Australasian Gannet, Imperial Shag and Greater Crested Tern. bioplatforms.com/avian-rfp-2024/ IMAGE: Hein Waschefort (under CC BY-SA 3.0)

Hey there! Exciting news from our friends at @OSNZBirdsNZ – registration is now open for the 2024 New Zealand Bird Conference and the AGM. The conference will be held in beautiful Nelson from June 1-3. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity birdsnz.org.nz/news/nz-bird-c…

With the recent stormy weather we have had a sudden influx of unwell young kererū! We’ve reopened our second nursery as a ‘kererū ward’ to care for these young ones. Help us to get these beautiful manu back on their wings 💚 birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/urgentappeal/

Important update: we have adjusted our opening hours slightly. This is to ensure that our small team is able to continue providing quality care to our current high numbers of patients. Thank you for your understanding 💚

Thanks to TV 3 and William Waiirua for featuring us in their story on Good in the Hood charities supported by Z Energy! Read more: newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle…

Hi 👋🏻 Cookie here! Did you know that every year over 100s of Cook's petrels get grounded in Auckland city from #lightpollution with sometimes fatal injuries! Why not vote for a Cook's petrel for #birdofthecentury and raise awareness of this issue 🥰 @birdcarenz @Forest_and_Bird

Don’t miss the chance to bid on one of our charity auctions! trademe.co.nz/a/search?membe… Thanks to FangnFinn, Ronja Schipper, and Cathy Casey for donating the items 💚

Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @ke_cain @AucklandUni, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how #sleep disruption impairs vocal #learning in young #birds! 🐦💤🎶 royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/fun…

We are in search of expired or unwanted insulin syringes to provide subcutaneous fluid therapy to our tiniest patients! If you or your workplace can help us with these syringes or any other useful supplies, please get in touch! support@birdcareaotearoa.org.nz 0278169219

New job opportunity: Marine #Ornithologist - Natural Resources Wales ▪️Salary: £37,308 ▪️Location: Flexible ▪️Closes: 11 October ▪️Full details here 👉cmscoms.com/?p=36303 Sign up for our CMS/OCF #OceanJobs alerts here 👉 bit.ly/3MiyV7i #MarineJobs #EnvironmentJobs

🔊 Listen now! We only know where ~20% of southern NZ dotterels go to breed – on the mountaintops of Rakiura. Where do the others go? @cconcannonsci meets a team hoping to uncover this critically endangered bird's secret breeding site @docgovtnz @otago rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Post-doc position available: Linking long-term bird population datasets with environmental data at the University of Antwerp. Details here: cutt.ly/owvXxklb #ornithology

We are excited to launch the Marine Flyways concept this World Migratory Bird Day. Join us on the 12th Oct to learn more about how the Marine Flyways concept can assist in the collaborative conservation for seabirds. More info and sign-up here: tinyurl.com/bdcs9zbn

Thanks so much to local toy store Animal Kingdoms for supporting our work! 100% of the purchase price of their New Zealand Natives Collection is being donated to BirdCare. This would be an awesome Christmas present! Check it out on their website: animalkingdoms.co.nz/collections/ne…

Interested in a Master's studying birdsong? Lab alumna Karan Odom is a #NewPI at University of the Pacific. She's seeking Master's students to study hormonal & genetic regulation of female song and sexual dimorphism in song. Details: karanodom.com Please share and RT!

Thanks to @ethiqueworld for donating this box of goodies to use for our monthly volunteer awards! 😍 Ethique makes solid, plastic free bars and concentrates. Highly recommended (for humans, not birds)! ethiqueworld.com

This red-eyed owl looks extremely weird, but is 100% real. It is an albino [📹 black star Houssem]

Great to start the Storm-petrel study season out in the Faroes. A handful of fluff balls in the nestboxes already, but most have hatched out in the last couple of days - really hoping we'll be able to deploy some @pathtrackltd GPS tags on the adults in the coming days!

Support BCA and be in to win an amazing tattoo from the talented Katy Hayward Art of Gray Warbler Studio! Tickets are $10 each and available here - katyhaywardart.com/product/birdca… #katyhayward #katyhaywardtattoo #birdtattoo #tattoo