top of page

SEGUL present at #WSTC7


During this week (4th-6th of May) members of SEGUL were excited to take part in the 7th World Seabird Twitter Conference, or #WSTC7.



We have compiled a summary of our presentations below, including research from Lucía Martín López, Finn McCully, Rhiannon Austin, Sophie Bennett and a special presentation by Lila Buckingham publishing @TheSeabirdGroup's EDI action plan. Sophie Bennet and Finn McCully, did also performed a key role at this conference by being the chair for five of the programmed sessions, Tracking and Distribution 1 #DistSesh1, Energetics & Physiology #EnerSesh, Contaminant and Marine Debris 2 #ContSesh2, Conservation Biology 2 #ConsSesh2 and Light Pollution #LightSesh.


 

First, Lucía Martín López who works on the Seabird Sound project shared her on-going post-doc research, investigating if #albatross movements are affected by experienced infrasound:



 

Lila Buckingaham, recently co-opted officer of the @TheSeabirdGroup EDI, presented the @TheSeabirdGroup's EDI action plan!


 

Next, Sophie Bennet PhD student with @UKCEHseabirds & @SEG_UL presented some of her recent work "Attendance at the colony in the non-breeding season affects breeding timing and success in common guillemots"


 

The penultimate SEGUL presentation was by PhD student Finn McCully. titled “Personality and parenthood: intrinsic behavioural differences and their impact on parental care coordination in wandering albatrosses"



 

Finally, post-doc Rhiannon Austin shared her amazingly titled work: "Pirates of the Caribbean lend a helping hand to hotspot identification and regional conservation in the Caribbean"

 

SEGUL extend their thanks to the #WSTC7 organising committee for this fantastic opportunity to share our research online.

Comments


bottom of page