Fieldwork

Over four years, I have had the opportunity to work with 20 seabird species and gain a variety of field experience on four islands in the UK, USA and Canada.

Gull Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Research Assistant for Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2018 & 2019

Adult survival and productivity studies of Leach's storm-petrels and Atlantic puffins
GLS and GPS deployment on Leach's storm-petrels, Atlantic puffins and black-legged kittiwakes
Mercury studies of Leach's storm-petrels, Atlantic puffins and black-legged kittiwakes
Microclimate studies of Leach's storm-petrel and Atlantic puffin burrows
Personality studies of Leach's storm petrels
PIT-tag deployment on Leach's storm-petrels
Whole island census of cliff-nesting seabirds

Baccalieu Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Research Assistant for Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2018 & 2019

Adult survival and productivity studies of Leach's storm-petrels
GLS deployment on Leach's storm-petrels

Farallon Island, California, USA

Seabird Research Assistant for Point Blue Conservation Science, 2017

Aiding the island biologists in continuing long term monitoring of the population, reproductive success, diet and timing of breeding of 13 Farallon Island seabird species
Burrow camera to determine Cassin’s and Rhinoceros Auklet burrow occupancy
Breeding success of Brandt’s Cormorants and Western Gulls
Predation levels on Ashy Storm-petrels
Tufted Puffin island census
Surveys of cetaceans, pinnipeds, crickets, salamanders

Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Long Term Volunteer for the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, 2016

Adult survival studies of European storm-petrels
Productivity studies of lesser black-backed gulls and black-legged Kittiwakes
European storm-petrel island census
Great black-backed gull diet study
Collection of population and mortality data of the grey seals.
Manx shearwater rafting study
GPS and GLS deployment on Manx shearwaters
Surveys of plants, butterflies, cetaceans, seals, moths and reptiles