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@seabirdresearch.org Oct 11, 2026, 10:01 PM

Seabird Wire: Week in review, 5 to 11 October 2026.
The week's seabird stories from around the world, with the three biggest in…
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Seabird Research card: Seabird Wire: Week in review, 5 to 11 October 2026. 1. Seabird tracking can help decide on new Marine Protected Areas. 2. World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers. 3. Vaccinating Shy Albatrosses against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. 4. Scientist issues plea for fishers to watch out for seabirds returning from migration. 5. Next UK banknotes to feature barn owls, bumblebees, puffins and hedgehogs. 6. Penguin poop is melting Antarctic snow by keeping algae green.

Top story 1: Seabird tracking can help decide on new Marine Protected Areas. ACAP, 6 October. A publication highlights how tracking data from seabirds, including the Critically Endangered Tristan Albatross, can inform the designation of new Marine Protected Areas.

Top story 2: World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers. BBC News, 7 October. Chinstrap penguins on a remote volcanic Antarctic island have declined sharply, with researchers attributing the drop to climate change.

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@seabirdresearch.org Oct 11, 2026, 4:00 PM

Sailors called them Mother Carey's chickens.
Storm petrels were said to warn of bad weather at sea.
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Seabird Research card: Sailors called them Mother Carey's chickens. Storm petrels were said to warn of bad weather at sea. Have you heard other names for seabirds on your coast? Photo: an European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), by Aurélien Coste via iNaturalist.

@seabirdresearch.org Oct 10, 2026, 10:00 PM

From the Seabird Wire™: Vaccinating Shy Albatrosses against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
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Seabird Research card: Seabird Wire, Vaccinating Shy Albatrosses against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (ACAP).

@seabirdresearch.org Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 PM

Community image: Brown pelican.
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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). Photo Henrik Kibak via iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0.

@seabirdresearch.org Oct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM

From the Seabird Wire™: Pelican chicks hatch in London's St James's Park for the first time in 360 years
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Seabird Research card: Seabird Wire, Pelican chicks hatch in London's St James's Park for the first time in 360 years (Daily Mail). Photo: a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), illustrative photo, by Henrik Kibak via iNaturalist.

@seabirdresearch.org Oct 8, 2026, 8:55 PM

Wake up to global seabird news with the Seabird Wire™ on SeabirdResearch.org.
Seabird news and new research from around the world, updated twice a day.
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@seabirdresearch.org Oct 8, 2026, 4:00 PM

One thing you can do for seabirds: removing invasive species.
Clearing rats, cats and goats from seabird islands restores…
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Seabird Research card: Removing invasive species. Clearing rats, cats and goats from seabird islands restores nesting habitat and breeding success. Photo: a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), by Dario Taraborelli via iNaturalist.

@seabirdresearch.org Oct 8, 2026, 9:10 AM

New research on the Seabird Wire™: Convergent mutations underpin the repeated evolution of brown plumage in seabirds
Ibis, Oct 5.
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