Urban gull project as part of the Bio-Inspired Flight Lab at the University of Bristol.
Bristol, England
Joined January 2017
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Follow our 11 urban lesser black-backed #gulls tagged with GPS in #Bristol #UvABiTS #UoB #urbangulls >>>> alturl.com/r862d
A very exciting #postdoctoral #research associate position is open in @UOBFlightLab at @BristolUni!
Interested in exploring how birds sense the airflow over their wings? Apply now - closes 10 October!
bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…
#jobs #postdocposition #postdoc #postdocjobs
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If you missed it, our blog about daily life of #urbangulls has been nominated!
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The herring gull group at the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus now has its own website - and a name! Introducing Project C-Gull - projectcgull.com
I think this means we're a fully fledged research group now...
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This is amazing news! I still can't believe the interest in the paper. #teamgull #ornithology #phdlife #seabirds #gulls @UrbanGulls.
Huge thanks to Shona from the Press Office of @BristolUni to get the story out!
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Fab to hear @AnoukSpelt talking about her research on the feeding patterns of @UrbanGulls on @BBCr4today - this research is gaining lots of media interest and hopefully will help people realise how clever - and misunderstood - gulls are 🤞
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p78… (around 7.43am).
Second paper out of the research conducted by the #urbangulls Project in #Bristol! The gulls in Bristol can apparently adapt to our time schedules.
Another paper to come soon about their navigation in the city..... watch this space!
#teamgull #research #ornithology
My second #PHD chapter is now out in @IBIS_journal! Find out if #gulls adapt their foraging schedule to our rhythms! Special thanks to my co-authors Oli, Cara, Jane, @BaranesJudy, @PeterRock01 & Shane! #teamgull
Blog -> ow.ly/zc9o50CfcTY
Paper => ow.ly/IubO50CfcTZ
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Check out our new article on my favorite subject - #drones ✈️+ #volcanoes 🌋. Focusing on the aerial robotics, we give details of the hardware used and analyse the conditions faced by the platform when flying directly over the active vent! doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.5…
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How do birds cope with gusts and turbulence? Using suspension based on the same mechanism that describes the 'sweet spot' on a bat.
Our new paper describes how it is done. @RoyalVetCollege @BristolUni #birdsofprey #owls #aerodynamics #flight #sweetspot royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
Urban Gulls Bristol retweeted
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet has launched on Netflix! Who else needs to see this?
#ALifeOnOurPlanet #AttenboroughFilm
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Although urban herring #gulls can be approached more closely than rural birds, they remain wary of human eye contact | They still pay attention to the human eye
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.20…
#seabirds #ornithology
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Incubating Kelp ~Gulls in South Africa are able to exploit various resources from different foraging habitats, regardless of colony location | Seem to rely less on anthropogenic habitats than expected
doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-0…
#seabirds #ornithology
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We are excited to congratulate Anouk Spelt @anoukspelt for earning a PhD from the University of Bristol last month! Check out her new paper in @SciReports featuring @urbangulls alturl.com/nc5sm. Great work, Anouk!
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Anyone with experience in building artificial nesting sites for kittiwakes (or similar species)?
What works and what doesn’t?
Urban kittiwakes are not always popular, and I am looking for the best solutions for facilitating alternative nesting sites.
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The National Nuclear User Facility (#NNUF) project aims to provide easier access to advanced facilities for nuclear-based research. @BristolUni is hosting a sub-section dedicated to robotics including #UAS. Here is our latest addition ready for fixed-wing radiation surveys.
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Its gull chick fledging time, please beware that though they can fly they haven't learnt road safety yet! Please try to avoid hitting them when driving! They are a declining and protected species (like all our wildlife). I've seen and responded to many badly injured gulls already
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Condors flap for 1% of time when foraging. Even in winter w weak thermals, we predict condors will flap ~2 s/ km. This supports the idea that extinct birds w twice the wingspan could have flown w minimal flapping #ornithology #PNAS @ERC_Research @NatGeo bit.ly/3j3LXYa
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**Our new wind tunnel** waiting to ship from Poland! Now in search of PDRA to research bird flight in collab with @HedenstrmAnders bit.ly/2CZt0oQ Closes 2nd Aug. Pls RT! #flight @ERC_Research
