Alex Fink

Breeding Bird Survey in Bavaria | Tern Warden @birdwatchIE | PhD in Cell Migration | #Puffineer | Ex-Volunteer on Heligoland, Farne Islands, Rathlin |

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@TheSeabirdGroup Very excited about this! Thank you for sharing these!
Is there any way of accessing poster abstracts or summaries for non-attendees?

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@bardseyben @RobThomas14 @sjurdur @TheSeabirdGroup Surely that’s a Faroese Hummingbird’s egg! 😜

I’ve seen this in tern eggs but then it was usually just one in a clutch of three

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@d_brueckner @biozentrum @UniBasel_en That’s amazing!!! Congratulations, David!!!

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@ChrisCachiaZamm @BirdWatchIE Look, that’s the days I am not posting about ;) although, to be fair, weather has been mostly good until now

Sending you some waterproofness x

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

Wonderful and beautiful day in the “office” today! @BirdWatchIE

(Doing productivity monitoring of seabirds from a distance using the scope so that no birds are disturbed.)

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

Alt Text: 1st pic - gannets as seen through a scope. One bird is standing up and looking down at its new chick
2nd pic: several gannets with all-black eyes
3rd pic: gannets with normal eyes (small black dot-like pupil)

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

First gannet chick (1st pic) of the season on Ireland‘s Eye spotted during ongoing seabird productivity monitoring work for @BirdWatchIE

Also 1st time (for me) seeing gannets with all-black eyes, a sign they survived an HPAI infection (compare birds in 2nd+3rd pics). Survivors!

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

Pictures taking through the scope at a very safe distance with no disturbance to any birds.

[Leigh lock @leighlock1]

20 year anniversary of the completion of the rat eradication project on Lundy. Then there was a handful of puffin remaining and extinction from ‘Puffin Island’ loomed. Last week we counted 700 puffin in Jennys Cove alone! Amazing recovery. Other auks and kittiwakes increasing too

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@bardseyben @sjurdur Are these actual living houseplants?! Wow! This looks fab! Have a great time!

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@ChrisCachiaZamm @SteelySeabirder I miss them more than anything else. They’re the most perfect of terns (i.e. super perfect!)

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@SteelySeabirder I love their chi-vik ❤️

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@NatureNymph @BirdWatchIE Absolutely! I am sure they will!

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

Beautiful day to decide on the @BirdWatchIE seabird monitoring plots around Bray Head. Many bird species are on eggs, and the Kittiwakes were busy collecting nesting material.

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

More pressure put on our seabirds (as if HPAI and maritime heatwaves weren’t bad enough)!

[SEAPOP @SEAPOP4]

Several #seabird species, especially common guillemots and #puffins in the SEAPOP-colony Hornøya, are currently affected by an #oilspill. The source of the oil is unknown. Article in Norwegian - pictures speaking for themselves
#pollution https://t.co/fBoaJTARrK

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@NaturNaomi Same, only my first alarm will be at 4 🙈😬

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

@FatPaulScholes1 good shout, thanks for sharing your experience!

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

#audiomoth people: is anyone willing to sell their audio moth? I need two urgently and they are not available at short notice. Please DM.

Also: has anyone tried alternatives to audio moths? (Which?) has anyone tried using hydro moths as audio moths (with different casing)?

[BirdWatch Ireland @BirdWatchIE]

(AL) We are continuing to receive calls about oiled #seabirds, primarily Guillemots, from all along the #Wicklow and #Wexford coast. If you find an oiled seabird in the coming days, do not touch it. This is for your own safety. Instead, follow the steps below 👇

#oilspill

[Alex Fink @Alex_the_finch]

Please watch out for oiled birds or oil along Wicklow and Wexford coastline and report to the authorities stated in the thread:

[BirdWatch Ireland @BirdWatchIE]

(AL) 🧵(1/4) Oiled seabirds, including Guillemots, are being reported along the #Wicklow and #Wexford coastline. The source of this oil has yet to be established but we understand that the @IrishCoastGuard is investigating this at present.