Next 'in-person' Talk:
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Lesser Black-backed Gull migration
with Flo Blackburn Monday 2nd December 2024 7pm (note new time) |
Lesser Black-backed Gull © Phillippe Birac
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Our next in-person meeting of the 2024/25 season will be held in Partick Burgh Hall, 9 Burgh Hall Street, Partick, Glasgow G11 5LW at 7pm. See below for further details about the venue.
Lesser Black-backed Gull migration with Flo Blackburn
There will be an admittance charge of £3 min. (£1 students) which covers our venue rental fee and the cost of refreshments and nibbles.
Lesser Black-backed Gull migration with Flo Blackburn
There will be an admittance charge of £3 min. (£1 students) which covers our venue rental fee and the cost of refreshments and nibbles.
Subject - Lesser Black-backed Gull migration
Looking at gulls nesting in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire in both urban and non-urban environments, this study looks at the habitat use of 27 gulls tagged between 2017 - 2019 as part of a public engagement campaign by Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park to get people interested in and talking about gulls. Lesser black-backed gulls breeding in Scotland can migrate as far south as Mauritania for the winter, and the interest of this study is to see whether they niche-track by habitat type. That is to say, whether they migrate to a similar habitat type in winter to the one in which they use during the breeding season. As urban gulls are on the rise, urban niche-tracking may mean more urban birds all year-round and a further increase in potential human-gull conflict. It would also mean that the increase of urban nesting individuals in the UK can affect behaviour over the whole annual cycle of these birds, and that both gull management and habitat conservation in the future may need to be done differently to how they are done today.
Speaker - Having reared hundreds of gull chicks while working in wildlife rehabilitation between 2018 - 2021, Flo Blackburn became interested in gulls both from an ecological and animal welfare point of view, coming into frequent contact with the casualties of human-gull conflict. She helped to change the law around gull control in 2021 and tries to change public attitudes towards these often misunderstood species. Inspired by both gulls and bird migration, she decided to put the two together to study a research masters in lesser black-backed gull migration between September 2023 - 2024 at the University of Glasgow.
Looking at gulls nesting in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire in both urban and non-urban environments, this study looks at the habitat use of 27 gulls tagged between 2017 - 2019 as part of a public engagement campaign by Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park to get people interested in and talking about gulls. Lesser black-backed gulls breeding in Scotland can migrate as far south as Mauritania for the winter, and the interest of this study is to see whether they niche-track by habitat type. That is to say, whether they migrate to a similar habitat type in winter to the one in which they use during the breeding season. As urban gulls are on the rise, urban niche-tracking may mean more urban birds all year-round and a further increase in potential human-gull conflict. It would also mean that the increase of urban nesting individuals in the UK can affect behaviour over the whole annual cycle of these birds, and that both gull management and habitat conservation in the future may need to be done differently to how they are done today.
Speaker - Having reared hundreds of gull chicks while working in wildlife rehabilitation between 2018 - 2021, Flo Blackburn became interested in gulls both from an ecological and animal welfare point of view, coming into frequent contact with the casualties of human-gull conflict. She helped to change the law around gull control in 2021 and tries to change public attitudes towards these often misunderstood species. Inspired by both gulls and bird migration, she decided to put the two together to study a research masters in lesser black-backed gull migration between September 2023 - 2024 at the University of Glasgow.
The Venue - Partick Burgh Hall.
This is near Partick bus, underground and train station (see link for map). Car parking should be available in the adjacent streets e.g. Burgh Hall Street, Peel Street and Fortrose Street once the parking regulation hours have passed (currently after 6pm).
To cover the hall hire, we charge an entrance fee of £3 min. There will be no additional charge for the tea, coffee, and biscuits. The fee will be reduced to £1 for students and for others at the discretion of the committee. It would be very helpful if you could bring with you the exact change. We do not have any debit card handling facility.
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Rebecca Dickson
Clyde Branch Secretary
[email protected]
This is near Partick bus, underground and train station (see link for map). Car parking should be available in the adjacent streets e.g. Burgh Hall Street, Peel Street and Fortrose Street once the parking regulation hours have passed (currently after 6pm).
To cover the hall hire, we charge an entrance fee of £3 min. There will be no additional charge for the tea, coffee, and biscuits. The fee will be reduced to £1 for students and for others at the discretion of the committee. It would be very helpful if you could bring with you the exact change. We do not have any debit card handling facility.
If you know you do not receive branch notices but would like to, you can sign up here. Click to join the SOC .
Rebecca Dickson
Clyde Branch Secretary
[email protected]