Seabird Tracking Database

My work centres on using seabird tracking data to inform area-based management initiatives, and working with our Partners and other organisations on marine spatial planning and marine protected area proposals. This has included providing technical support for a candidate marine protected area on the High Seas (the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Seamount MPA), and the description of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs). I also manage a project in the West Indian Ocean that promotes the inclusion of seabird data in decision making processes in the region, and support the work of our Partners with their marine efforts.

My main role is to undertake analyses of tracking data, in particular to identify priority sites for conservation at national, regional and global levels, and to help address seabird bycatch. I also manage within BirdLife a project that links habitat preference, activity patterns and detections from novel bird-borne radars to quantify interactions of tracked wandering albatrosses with legal and illegal fishing vessels in the South Atlantic.

My main role is the identification of priority conservation sites for seabirds and marine megafauna under the frameworks of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, and Key Biodiversity Areas. Priority conservation sites are identified by incorporating estimates of predator abundance into key at-sea areas identified from the analysis of distribution data, primarily those data derived from animal tracking. Furthermore, I facilitate the inclusion of these sites into marine spatial planning initiatives.

I manage the Seabird Tracking Database and analyse data for seabird conservation. My work focusses on assessing threats to seabird populations, such as fisheries, offshore wind energy, plastics, invasive species, and climate change. Most of my projects involve mapping seabird distributions and behaviour from tracking data and other information, including developing analytic methods using R code.

I am a seabird ecologist with a background in using biologgers to unravel foraging and migratory behaviours. My central role is to develop methods to identify marine flyways across the globe using seabird tracking data. Identifying these key migration routes is vital to inform coordinated conservation measures at a global scale.

I am a Marine Biologist with experience on spatio-temporal analyses and visualizations. My main role is to provide scientific and technical support to BirdLife’s marine programme, including data preparation and analysis of seabird tracking data to inform decision-making processes, and work relating to the identification, reassessment and validation of marine IBAs and KBAs.

I joined the team in 2024 after working with BirdLife’s Irish partner. I am a marine biologist with experience in spatial analysis of marine megafauna. As part of my work,I have used tracking, boat-survey and colony abundance data to analyse seabird distributions for conservation outputs. I have previously done site-based work for the Marine IBAs in Ireland. My current role is creating offshore wind sensitivity maps as part of various AVISTEP projects. This includes identifying seabird species at-risk of collision and displacement from wind turbines.

The BirdLife International Marine Programme (BIMP) works on a range of marine issues impacting seabirds, including bycatch (trialing mitigation measures, promoting evidenced-based solutions, and working with Regional Fisheries Management Organizations), and promoting evidence-based regulations and guidance through a variety of national, regional, and international policy mechanisms. Read more about our work here: https://birdlife-hatch.org/topics/31466/page/the-birdlife-marine-programme