🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Today, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has agreed to increase protection around the archipelago by 166,000 km². This is equivalent to an area larger than England and Wales combined. The islands in the Southern Ocean are one of

Our brief stay in Chile has me wanting to come back for a proper visit sometime. In the Falklands now for a few days before Antarctica (!!!) 🇦🇶

Hopefully we’ll see some penguins in the falklands but this tree full of vultures in Stanley is pretty cool in the meantime

Come and work with us - Ryan is a great supervisor and I am a great grunt

Peale’s dolphins inshore today - other mammal highlights of the week include a commerson’s dolphin, southern sea lions, and multiple sei whales! All in just two days of searching - the Falklands wildlife is amazing

Our researchers and PhD students are in Antarctica studying Antarctic krill and the whales that feed upon them 🐳 The data collected will help safeguard vital krill stocks, which underpin the unique Southern Ocean ecosystem. Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wI2xF #WeAreUoS

We’re back from Antarctica now with lots of amazing moments to share once all the photos are processed! It was a trip of a lifetime capped off by these hourglass dolphins sending us on our way.

Before we headed to the Antarctic continent, we spent a few days in the Falklands preparing for our trip South. Here we got to see lots of Gentoo and Magellanic penguins up close, and these dozy young Magellanics were happy sitting in the sun in our presence. I love penguins.

Gentoo penguins were my favourite of the 4 species we saw. Loved watching them run around and chase each other everywhere from the Falklands to the Peninsula.

Antarctic fur seals win the award for best welcome party when they stormed alongside our RIB

Wishing a happy #WorldPenguinDay to all penguins - especially this one (he’s not dead he’s just got a poor taste in beds)

New PhD available with Research @ Bournemouth University and WWT 'Predators and lowland wading birds: from models to management'. Applications by 31st May. More details on this exciting project: bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/… #Ornithology #Ecology #Conservation

Great to spend the past 3 days at British Antarctic Survey 🐧 meeting lots of amazing researchers and learning lots about methods to go even further with my PhD project. Enjoyed presenting to the ecosystems team too - will be back soon!

On #WorldAlbatrossDay I thought I’d look back at this photo from the first day I ever saw albatross down in New Zealand in 2022. I didn’t know at the time that the next year I’d be lucky enough to study them and other marine predators for my PhD

Our super popular annual Movement Ecology meeting will happen in Southampton this year! Registrations will open soon.

‼️📢SAVE THE DATE!📢‼️#UKIRSC25 will be held on the 14th-18th January 2025📅at the University of St Andrews, Scotland📍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. More information to follow on how you can register and submit an abstract. We cannot wait to see you all! ukrsc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/conference-202…

Registrations are open for #BESMove2024 ! This year at the University of Southampton, organised by Ryan Reisinger, David Sims & Jorn Cheney. Unmissable! Here the link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/besmove2024-…

Not marine related, but I'll be running the New Forest Marathon in September for Maggie's, a charity that supports people in their journeys with cancer. It would mean a lot if anyone wants to donate with the link below. Lmk if you want to see me struggle! justgiving.com/fundraising/Jo…

I'm recruiting PhD students this year! Please share this with anyone you know who might be interested in our work. Prospective students should check out the "join" section of my website: alexafredston.com Species On The Move Conference Ecological Forecasting Initiative DiversifyEEB Black in Marine Science

Great couple of days at #BESMove2024 meeting lots of movement ecologists and hearing about some really interesting research! Love the fresh perspectives from the land and skies. Great to present the work of my first chapter here too