SEAPOP

Tracking #seabirds has become increasingly important to collect data about their space use - but how to attach the loggers? Colleagues from @NINAnature Bergen have developed a clamp system, which helps to keep loggers in place for several weeks to months. seapop.no/en/2026/03/new…

Using advanced modelling, we can now better measure the lethal and non-lethal effects of #offshore #wind power plants on #seabirds - read more here: seapop.no/en/2026/02/new… @NINAnature

Drones and artificial intelligence - in SEAPOP we have started to monitor #seabird population with drones. Pictures are analyzed using artificial intelligence. Here's the #method to get from drone pictures to numbers of birds per species: seapop.no/en/2026/01/dro…

Marine industries & #seabirds - how can they coexist? Marine spatial planning is the word. Using SEAPOP data, the MARCIS project just launched an MSP-tool for seabirds in the North Atlantic seapop.no/en/2026/01/the…

How far do black guillemots migrate during winter? Do individuals revisit the same wintering areas in consecutive years? You find the answers to these and more questions in our latest publication @NINAnature #seabird #migration seapop.no/en/2026/01/dif…

New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic @NINAnature seapop.no/en/2025/12/oce…

#biologging #research is booming - but do #loggers actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication seapop.no/en/2025/11/log… @NINAnature #seabirds #biologging

How does the offshore wind development in Norway affect seabirds and how do SEAPOP and SEATRACK respond to knowledge needs? Have a look at the recordings of our webinar (in Norwegian language) seapop.no/2025/10/havvin…

Going west or going east? Wintering strategies impact population trends in Brünnich’s guillemots from Svalbard - work by the Norwegian Polar Institute #seabirds seapop.no/en/2025/10/div…

See more: seapop.no/en/2025/10/can… Collaboration between @NINAnature & Norsk Polarinstitutt

#Seabird monitoring used to happen with tally counters, binoculars and telescopes – but times are changing. #Drones and fixed #cameras have been implemented for monitoring in many national programs, also SEAPOP. Our latest publication sums up the advantages and challenges.

SEAPOP launches new data products that show #seabird distribution, environmental value and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. Data can be downloaded free of charge in form of maps (raster or vector format) seapop.no/en/2025/08/nye…

Our annual key-site monitoring report is out, with information about breeding success, changes in population numbers etc. per monitored colony. seapop.no/en/2025/07/rep… @NINAnature & Norsk Polarinstitutt

Our annual pamphlet with a summary of last year's breeding season and updates about survival and other news from the Norwegian colonies is out (in Norwegian only). A shorter version in English is coming soon. seapop.no/2025/06/ny-ars… #seabirds

#Fieldwork for @SEAPOP4 has started. Counting kittiwakes in Rørvik. @NINAnature

more info here: seapop.no/en/2025/04/sea… and full paper here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Using 40 years of data from Svalbard, our latest study shows that early break-up of sea ice due to #globalwarming contributes to making some of the islands safer for common eider ducks to breed, as Arctic foxes cannot reach them. @NINAnature @Polarinstitutt

SEATRACK got a new website with better functionality and better access to documents: seatrack.net Click yourself through and learn more about the non-breeding distribution of north-Atlantic seabirds! seapop.no/en/2024/12/new…

New report about seaweed harvesting on possible effects on #seabirds and #shorebirds from @NINAnature. GPS #tracking data collected through SEAPOP show a strong overlap in area use for some coastal seabird populations with areas that are trawled. nina.no/Om-NINA/Aktuel…

New article on #plastics in #faeces samples of shag chicks. 25 out of 36 samples contained microplastics > 100 µm; we found 17 particles per g dry mass and clear evidence for parental transfer of plastics #seabirds #pollution @NINAnature @SEAPOP4 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…