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SEAPOP (SEAbird POPulations) is a long-term monitoring and mapping programme for Norwegian seabirds that was established in 2005.

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New SEAPOP data product available: Want to know where the Norwegian seabird populations find their food during the breeding season? Check out our new Web-Application seapop.no/en/2026/10/new-sea… #seabirds #foraging #habitat

New SEAPOP Data Product: Seabird Habitat Use During the Breeding Season

In close collaboration with SEATRACK, we have continuously expanded our knowledge since 2015 of where North Atlantic seabirds spend the winter months by using geolocators for individual position…

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The report from SEAPOP key site monitoring in 2025 is now published. Want to know more about breeding success, changes in population numbers or adult survival? It's all right there... seapop.no/en/2026/09/report-… #Norway #seabirds #research @NINAforskning

Report from the seabird monitoring in Norway in 2025

Breeding success in 2025 was highly variable between species and colonies. Pelagic surface-feeding species, including black-legged kittiwakes and northern fulmars, generally had moderate to poor…

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Important news: We will hold our bi-annual SEAPOP Seminar in Holmen (near Oslo) on the 18 and 19th of November. For more information & registration see seapop.no/2026/09/nytt-seapo… #seabirds #monitoring #research @NINAnature

Nytt SEAPOP-seminar i høst

Sjøfuglseminaret 2026 er lagt til Holmen Fjordhotell i Asker, og SEAPOP inviterer til deltagelse. Det blir som vanlig god mat, sosialt samvær og, ikke minst, gode foredrag og diskusjoner om sjøfugl...

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Does capelin #fisheries in the Barents Sea affect #seabirds negatively? Our latest #research suggests limited negative effects only in one population of common guillemots, while seabird populations in other colonies were not impacted by current level of fisheries.
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Read more here: seapop.no/en/2026/06/seabird…

Seabirds as indicators of sustainable fisheries management

Capelin is one of the most important forage fish species in the Barents Sea and forms a key link between plankton and top predators such as cod, marine mammals and seabirds. At the same time…

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Do you want to know more about what SEAPOP is aiming for in the next five years? Our #science plan just got published (in Norwegian only): seapop.no/2026/05/seapops-fe…

SEAPOPs femårige vitenskapsplan er klar

Vitenskapsplanen gir en felles faglig forankring for SEAPOPs forskningsaktivitet og samler de viktigste kunnskapsbehovene knyttet til sjøfugl. Den bidrar til å systematisere forskningen og…

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Bold and shy kittiwakes experience stress at different times - but all kittiwakes in the population experience environmental stress. Read more about our latest study here: seapop.no/en/2026/04/environ… #personality #seabirds #climate

Environmental stress affects all kittiwakes – but not to the same degree

Personality plays a role in how animals handle stress. The more active and risk-taking birds – referred to here as “bold” – are predicted to be more tolerant of disturbances and prioritize…

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Tracking #seabirds has become increasingly important to collect data about their space use - but how to attach the loggers? Colleagues from @NINAnature Bergen have developed a clamp system, which helps to keep loggers in place for several weeks to months. seapop.no/en/2026/03/newly-d…

Newly-developed attachment method for bird loggers

Short-term tracking of birds often involves glue or tape attachments, which frequently detach prematurely, leading to data loss and potential harm to the birds.

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Using advanced modelling, we can now better measure the lethal and non-lethal effects of #offshore #wind power plants on #seabirds - read more here: seapop.no/en/2026/02/new-too… @NINAnature

New tool for predicting effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds

The development of offshore wind is a key instrument in the shift toward renewable energy, but such interventions can also impact marine biodiversity. Seabirds are among the most threatened bird…

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Drones and artificial intelligence - in SEAPOP we have started to monitor #seabird population with drones. Pictures are analyzed using artificial intelligence. Here's the #method to get from drone pictures to numbers of birds per species: seapop.no/en/2026/01/drones-…

Drones and artificial intelligence bring new precision to seabird monitoring

Traditional seabird surveys have long been time- and resource-intensive, often with a risk of disturbing birds during the breeding season. Drones have made it possible to collect large volumes of…

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Marine industries & #seabirds - how can they coexist? Marine spatial planning is the word. Using SEAPOP data, the MARCIS project just launched an MSP-tool for seabirds in the North Atlantic seapop.no/en/2026/01/the-mar…

The MARCIS tool has been launched

This bulletin was first published by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research on January 15th, 2026 One hundred and fifty years ago, seabirds lived in a very different coastal environment from the…

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How far do black guillemots migrate during winter? Do individuals revisit the same wintering areas in consecutive years? You find the answers to these and more questions in our latest publication @NINAnature #seabird #migration seapop.no/en/2026/01/differe…

Different migration patterns uncovered in black guillemots

Coastal zones are rich in biodiversity but also vulnerable to human impacts such as fisheries, kelp harvesting, aquaculture and climate change. The black guillemot is a seabird that breeds along the…

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New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic @NINAnature seapop.no/en/2025/12/ocean-w…

Ocean warming threatens seabirds in the North Atlantic

Climate change is causing ocean warming, acidification and loss of sea ice. This, in turn, is leading to shifting biogeographic distribution and in some cases species extinction.

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#biologging #research is booming - but do #loggers actually impact the birds? Yes, they do - depending on the mass and attachment location. If you work with biologging, you should read our latest publication seapop.no/en/2025/11/loggers… @NINAnature #seabirds #biologging

Loggers attached to birds can affect foraging behaviour

Loggers have become a central part of research on seabirds and other groups of animals over the past 20 years. In seabird research, loggers provide very useful documentation of diving behaviour…

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How does the offshore wind development in Norway affect seabirds and how do SEAPOP and SEATRACK respond to knowledge needs? Have a look at the recordings of our webinar (in Norwegian language) seapop.no/2025/10/havvind-we…

Havvind-webinar trakk mange interesserte

Norske myndigheter har en målsetning om å tildele arealer for vindkraftproduksjon utenfor kysten vår tilsvarende 30 gigawatt (GW) pr år innen 2040. At sjøfugl vil bli berørt av slike anlegg er…

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Going west or going east? Wintering strategies impact population trends in Brünnich’s guillemots from Svalbard - work by the Norwegian Polar Institute #seabirds seapop.no/en/2025/10/divergi…

Diverging population trends in Brünnich’s guillemots on Svalbard linked to wintering strategies

Long-term monitoring has documented sustained declines in Brünnich’s guillemot colonies in western and southern Svalbard, consistent with patterns seen across much of the Atlantic sector of the...

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#Seabird monitoring used to happen with tally counters, binoculars and telescopes – but times are changing. #Drones and fixed #cameras have been implemented for monitoring in many national programs, also SEAPOP. Our latest publication sums up the advantages and challenges.
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See more: seapop.no/en/2025/10/can-new… Collaboration between @NINAnature & Norsk Polarinstitutt

Can new technologies improve seabird monitoring?

Traditionally, seabird monitoring has largely involved direct visual observations of e.g. abundance and breeding success. Although often performed according to detailed national guidelines…

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SEAPOP launches new data products that show #seabird distribution, environmental value and vulnerability to offshore wind farms. Data can be downloaded free of charge in form of maps (raster or vector format) seapop.no/en/2025/08/nye-dat…

New data products from SEAPOP

SEAPOP has recently published new data products that provide information and overviews of three important parameters related to seabirds along the Norwegian coast and the adjacent marine areas: their…

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Our annual key-site monitoring report is out, with information about breeding success, changes in population numbers etc. per monitored colony. seapop.no/en/2025/07/report-… @NINAnature & Norsk Polarinstitutt

Report from the seabird monitoring in Norway in 2024

Similar to the last few years, surface-feeding seabirds generally had lower breeding success than diving species. Pelagic surface-feeders like black-legged kittiwakes had moderate to poor breeding…

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