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
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Adult survival and productivity studies of Leach's storm-petrels and Atlantic puffins
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GLS and GPS deployment on Leach's storm-petrels, Atlantic puffins and black-legged kittiwakes
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Mercury studies of Leach's storm-petrels, Atlantic puffins and black-legged kittiwakes
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Microclimate studies of Leach's storm-petrel and Atlantic puffin burrows
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Personality studies of Leach's storm petrels
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PIT-tag deployment on Leach's storm-petrels
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Whole island census of cliff-nesting seabirds
Baccalieu Island, Newfoundland, Canada
Research Assistant for Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2018 & 2019
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Adult survival and productivity studies of Leach's storm-petrels
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GLS deployment on Leach's storm-petrels
Farallon Island, California, USA
Seabird Research Assistant for Point Blue Conservation Science, 2017
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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
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Burrow camera to determine Cassin’s and Rhinoceros Auklet burrow occupancy
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Breeding success of Brandt’s Cormorants and Western Gulls
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Predation levels on Ashy Storm-petrels
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Tufted Puffin island census
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Surveys of cetaceans, pinnipeds, crickets, salamanders
Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Long Term Volunteer for the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, 2016
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Adult survival studies of European storm-petrels
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Productivity studies of lesser black-backed gulls and black-legged Kittiwakes
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European storm-petrel island census
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Great black-backed gull diet study
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Collection of population and mortality data of the grey seals.
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Manx shearwater rafting study
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GPS and GLS deployment on Manx shearwaters
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Surveys of plants, butterflies, cetaceans, seals, moths and reptiles