Blogs and Podcasts

Dive in and explore our latest wildlife and conservation blogs and podcasts.

Research on a Changing Rock

28 July 2023

This is the third and final blog in our research spotlight series on heat stress in Northern gannet chicks. In this post, Shannon Clifford details her incredible experience researching the gannet colony on the Bass Rock over the years and the changes that have occurred in this time.

When is it too Hot for a Seabird?

27 July 2023

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.

Northern Gannets in a Warming World

26 July 2023

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.

Crabs, Birds, and Beach Wheelchairs

26 June 2023

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.