Blogs and Podcasts

This blog is the second in our research spotlight series on heat stress in Northern gannet chicks. In this post, Dr Ruedi Nager looks at increasing global temperatures and how this might impact seabirds not just in terms of warming waters but more directly, on land, during their nesting season.

In the first of a series of three blog posts on the impacts of increasing temperatures on Northern Gannet colonies, Dr Jana WE Jeglinski, from the University of Glasgow, details her personal experience of gathering data on the levels of heat stress in gannet chicks on the Bass Rock.

We welcome the current proposal by the Scottish Government to close sandeel fisheries in all Scottish waters. This would bring benefits for sandeel stocks, wider commercial fisheries and many iconic seabirds, seals and cetaceans. Read about why we support this proposal in this blog by our CEO, Susan Davies.

The Scottish Seabird Centre work in partnership with North Berwick’s brilliant Beach Wheelchair charity to increase accessibility to the coast and to bring people closer to marine habitats and wildlife. Read about some of the events that have come from this collaboration in this blog by the Scottish Seabird Centre's Conservation Assistant, Emma Marriott.