Steph Trapp

PhD student @UniExeCEC studying movement and habitat use of overwintering shorebirds. Trainee ringer.
MSc Marine vert ecology and conservation @ExeterMarine

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

A mad final week of #wader gps tagging with @UniExeCEC and @Fingalcoco - 75 tags deployed at 3 sites on curlew, redshank, oyc and black-tailed godwit. Phenomenal effort from the whole team braving the snow and ice with big smiles from start to finish. Bunch of heroes! ☃️🥶🫡

[Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrinarosheen]

We are hiring a Field Assistant for 2025.

🌊Are you starting your career as a seabird biologist?
🏀Excited at the prospect of remote work on UK islands?
🌧️❄️Happy to work outside in unusual 'summer' weather conditions?

For more info on applying: https://t.co/uS0VFpze5O

[Jen Gill (she/her) @JenGill3]

After >20 years of tracking, our ringed black-tailed godwits have revealed that the autumn and winter sites used by juveniles are (nearly always) the ones they will use throughout their lives.
New @AnimalEcology paper (https://t.co/gAM3TJDqrK) and
#wadertales blog:

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

One of our Dublin juvs from last season has ditched Ireland in favour of Devon - spotted here one month after capture in Oct 2022, and back again this winter. Thanks @ironfists67 for posting your sighting!
@McIntosh_Aimee @EcologicalKrc @Luke_ozharris @Josh_LJenkins @StuBearhop

[Richard Moore South West wildlife @ironfists67]

Redshank at South Huish marsh, South Devon. 17/02/24. I've searched the internet trying to find information and failed. I would be interested to know where the bird was ringed if anyone has any ideas.

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

@ironfists67 Thanks Richard - it is Irish, ringed as a juvenile in October 2022 in Fingal, north Co. Dublin and re-sighted at South Huish for the first time in November 22.

[Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne]

Oystercatcher THE at Kilcrea , Donabate, Co. Dublin during the week. Ringed in January 2022 as a juvenile on nearby Portrane beach.

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

@katrinarosheen @OxfordBiology @JNCC_UK Wooooo congratulations!!🥳🥳

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

Presenting my first ever poster at #EOU2023 - some early analysis on links between winter range urbanisation and migratory behaviour in oystercatchers 🏙 @StuBearhop @xav

[Niamh Fitzgerald @nmhfitzgerald]

Taking a step towards better protection of nature at North Bull Island, Dub. A refuge to thousands of wintering waterbirds, nesting birds, unique plants, seals, snails, amphibians etc. Certainly worth protecting! Tell @DubCityCouncil your thoughts on it. https://t.co/6yzLbyQEvG

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

@ljohnsbirding1 @ornitela @StuBearhop @EcologicalKrc @XavHarrison @Fingalcoco All of them have gps tags, and most also have blue colour rings and white flag with black three-letter code (sorry not the clearest picture!)

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

Seeing a great range of migration destinations in this season's @ornitela tagged oystercatchers. All but one have now left our #Dublin winter study sites and will be getting ready to breed 🐣
@StuBearhop @EcologicalKrc @XavHarrison @Fingalcoco

[Clare Addyman @AddymanClare]

Much less picturesque #fieldwork this time around, habitat quality #sampling in each of our selected protected estuaries 🌊 Though sunshine and above 0 temperatures are an absolute treat ☀️ @mindtheTrapp @ExeterMarine

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

@kiwibyrne Thanks for the record! 🙂

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

Frozen jellyfish on the estuary this morning. #brrr 🥶

[Clare Addyman @AddymanClare]

Unrealistically proud of you guys for smashing out the last couple days of fieldwork and getting all the tags deployed for all the different species and areas being monitored @Sharon75569682 @mindtheTrapp @josiethebirder ❄️💙

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

The aim is to investigate the birds' winter use of terrestrial and urban habitats outside the boundaries of Protected Areas in north Co. Dublin and the Dublin Bay #Biosphere.🐥
All catching and tagging undertaken with the correct licenses.

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

A mad final week of #wader gps tagging with @UniExeCEC and @Fingalcoco - 75 tags deployed at 3 sites on curlew, redshank, oyc and black-tailed godwit. Phenomenal effort from the whole team braving the snow and ice with big smiles from start to finish. Bunch of heroes! ☃️🥶🫡

[KRCEcological 🇺🇦 @EcologicalKrc]

And it’s now night-time wader #Dublin catching ⁦@Fingalcoco⁩ ⁦@UniExeCEC⁩ ⁦@StuBearhop⁩ ⁦@mindtheTrapp⁩

[Clare Addyman @AddymanClare]

The look of absolute love 🧡 A very successful day for our oyster catcher #ringing and #tagging mission! Hopefully tonight mist netting at the same location will bring us some Godwit & Redshank luck 🍀 @mindtheTrapp @ExeterMarine

[Steph Trapp @mindtheTrapp]

Day 4 of wader catching in Fingal - lovely day for it! 🥶 Now all we need is some birds... @josiethebirder @AddymanClare @alexstarace_ @UniExeCEC @Fingalcoco

[Clare Addyman @AddymanClare]

Another unreal day tagging and ringing Curlews, this time at our second site of Porthmarnock 🇮🇪 Subzero temps make the catches all the better ❄️ @ExeterMarine @mindtheTrapp #MPA #research