Urban Gulls Bristol

Urban gull project as part of the Bio-Inspired Flight Lab at the University of Bristol.

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

Follow our 11 urban lesser black-backed #gulls tagged with GPS in #Bristol #UvABiTS #UoB #urbangulls >>>> https://t.co/qx3HB4kCNm

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

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!

https://t.co/hev0NtL9s0

#jobs #postdocposition #postdoc #postdocjobs

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

Only 1 hour left to vote for the #theBOUblog about the #urbangulls in #Bristol!

Please vote now -> https://t.co/1Y7i74cPjj

#teamgulls #ornithology #phd #research #scicomm

@UOBFlightLab @BristolBioSci @BristolUniEng

[Anouk Spelt @AnoukSpelt]

Last weekend to vote for our @UrbanGulls best of #theBOUblog!

If you missed it, our blog about daily life of #urbangulls has been nominated!

Voting takes only 30 seconds -> https://t.co/QlsP2cnuFa

#teamgull #phdlife #gulls #ornithology

[Madeleine Goumas @Gull_Mad]

The herring gull group at the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus now has its own website - and a name! Introducing Project C-Gull - https://t.co/utYS2KVTve
I think this means we're a fully fledged research group now...

[Anouk Spelt @AnoukSpelt]

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!

[wordsanddeeds @wordsanddeeds1]

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 🤞
https://t.co/JkHLKfisrT (around 7.43am).

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

@Nadair_Thiriodh @AnoukSpelt @IBIS_journal @BaranesJudy @PeterRock01 @BristolUni @BristolUniEng @BristolBioSci Yes, was thinking about you because I remember you talked about that!! Great to hear from you :)

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

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

[Anouk Spelt @AnoukSpelt]

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 -> https://t.co/5WF1WNRfsv
Paper => https://t.co/ZNnYlhpOrs

[Kieran Wood @DrKieranWood]

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! https://t.co/MjGpMZcDku

[Richard J Bomphrey @BomphreyRichard]

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 https://t.co/IR3duyw4qn

[WWF UK @wwf_uk]

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet has launched on Netflix! Who else needs to see this?

#ALifeOnOurPlanet #AttenboroughFilm

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

@meganwmglesga Hi Megan! Great news that you have been seeing this gull with G=L tag. This means that the gull is part of a big research project where we give them a ring on their leg so people (like you) can identify them. I'll pm you with how you can get more info about the gull! #teamgull

[Ruedi Nager @RuediNager]

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

https://t.co/cuHvXqelwi

#seabirds #ornithology

[Ruedi Nager @RuediNager]

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

https://t.co/LTESnQhXrl

#seabirds #ornithology

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

@bonser_rich @jarpartridge @AndyWarr3 @WorcsBirding @Clifton_Pits @JohnOverfield Yes this should be Pete’s bird, we used with yellow rings this year :)

[Waterbird Society @WaterbirdSociet]

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 https://t.co/u05MCLuW6f. Great work, Anouk!

[Urban Gulls Bristol @UrbanGulls]

@Wildwood_photos This is horrible!! Did you manage to catch it yet? I cannot believe someone would put this on purpose!!

[Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard @Signe_Dalsgaard]

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.

[Kieran Wood @DrKieranWood]

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.

[Emma Inzani @EmmaInzani]

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