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Seabird Ecology Group University of Liverpool
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Previous Group Members
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Jamie Duckworth 2018 - 2023
PhD: Behaviour and energetics of red-throated diver in relation to offshore windfarms
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Sophie Bennett 2018 - 2023
PhD: Year-round importance of breeding sites for common guillemots Uria aalge
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Lila Buckingham 2018 - 2022
PhD: Migration, energetics and non-breeding behaviour of seabirds
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Jack Thorley 2021 - 2022
Post-doctoral Researcher: Causes and consequences of individual variation in foraging behaviour in wandering albatross
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Lucia 2020 - 2021
Post-doctoral Researcher
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Tommy Clay 2017-20
Postdoctoral Associate: Linking seabird movement and meteorological data
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Ruth Dunn 2016-20
PhD: Annual cycles in the behaviour and energetics of North Atlantic seabirds
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Steph Harris, 2016-20
PhD: Linking individual variation in foraging behaviour and personality in a polar seabird
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Alice Carravieri, 2018-20
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship on the interactive effects of chemical contaminants and parasites on seabird.
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Teri Jones, 2016-20
PhD: Individual variation in sociality and social foraging strategies in the Australasian gannet (Morus serrator)
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Alice Trevail, 2015-19
PhD: Environmental drivers of the foraging ecology of black-legged kittiwakes
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Rich Howells, 2014-19
PhD (based at UKCEH): European shag diet and demography at a North Sea colony over half a century of environmental change
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