Amy King

End of an era 💙 This week, we say a heartfelt thank you to Dave Paynter, our incredible Reserve Manager, who is retiring after an amazing 44 years of dedicated service. @slimbridge_wild

New opportunity for a Seabird Research Officer in Bempton! If you’re interested please see below for details! 🐧 #ornithology app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Caree…

Seabird Research Officer with @Natures_Voice based at @Bempton_Cliffs, Bridlington, 37.5 hpw for 7 months c-js.uk/3ZMbBqv

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Welcome to #CoimbraSeabirds at the incredible @UnivdeCoimbra 🎉 Let's make some seabird history! 🪶 "We accepted the challenge by @KittiwakeGirl, and are delighted to organize the 16th International @TheSeabirdGroup Conference for the first time in Portugal" Jaime Ramos

Fresh from the sea! A decent 3pm meal for this hungry chick today. Several regurgitations in a five minute period. #scarborough #kittiwakes

The Kittiwake nest of the year goes once again to the Scarborough Flyer PH pair who raised two chicks on their challenging lamp. Always a rowdy Friday and Saturday night for this family! #scarborough

Vote for nature this election day 🗳️ #BirdsAtPollingStations

#birdsatpollingstations repping for the cranes and seabirds #rspb

@BirdLife_Malta @MaltaGov 😞

📢 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚. In a decision which has just been communicated in Court, Judge Francesco Depasquale has rejected BirdLife Malta's request to stop the @MaltaGov from opening a spring hunting season on the European Turtle-dove in 2024 as recommended by the ORNIS Committee. In a nine-page decree, the Judge also revoked the decision taken five days ago in which the Court had provisionally accepted BirdLife Malta's request for a Warrant of Prohibitory Injunction to stop the season on this Vulnerable species. This means that the Government can now proceed with the announcement of this year's spring hunting season, which is normally opened between the 10th and the 30th of April for Common Quail and European Turtle-dove. Last year hunting for #TurtleDove was allowed from 17th April until the end of the month.

Come join the @RSPBScience Marine Team! 🌊 We're looking for a new Conservation Scientist (possibly multiple, subject to funding) to help deliver on a range of field-/analysis- based #seabird projects. Any questions, please get in touch! Details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Caree… 🔗

REAKING news from Thailand! Welcome Orange K9 and A6, newly color-marked Spoonies! These Spoonies were colour-marked & equipped with satellite transmitters at the Gleua Café, Thailand as part of the "Migratory Shorebird Research Project" led by the DNP! #SaveSpoonie

THEY'RE BACK! A very early (for #Scarborough) flock of 15 #Kittiwakes rafting off Marine Drive late afternoon. I wonder if this chap will soon be adding to his monster nest!

Today we say goodbye to Rich Hearn as we come together to remember him & lay him to rest. Donations in Rich's memory can be donated to this link, going towards Slaty Egret conservation in Botswana richhearn.muchloved.com/?fbclid=IwAR2y…

As part of a project to develop ESAS seabird monitoring on ferries undertaken by volunteers, we are hiring! MARINELife VSAS Surveys coordinator post for England, in partnership with JNCC. Part-time one year post starting in April. See details in the attached. @TheSeabirdGroup

This really is sad news. Such a wonderful man, who taught me a lot, helped enormously with some setups of my ringing projects, and was always fun to be around.

The 3 successful applicants of our 2023 Training Grant tell us what they got up to over the summer: 🏝️ Amelia Corvin-Czarnodolski > @SkokholmIsland 🏝️Joel Tragen > @bardseyobs 🏝️Catrin Ferguson > @CalfObs Applications are currently open for 2024! seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants 🔗