Welcome to the Caribbean Seabirds website!
Since 2013, our collaborative group, involving Research Institutions (Universities of Liverpool, Exeter, Heriot-Watt , Deakin - Australia, Roehampton, Milan - Italy), Government Departments (Department of Environment - Cayman Islands Government, Department of Environment and Coastal Resources - Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Department of Environment - Government of Montserrat, Department of Natural Resources - Government of Bermuda) and Non-Governmental Organisations (Anguilla National Trust, Jost van Dykes Preservation Society, National Trust of the Cayman Islands), has been working collectively to gain essential information on the ecology, at-sea movements, breeding behaviour and population status of seabirds that reside in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). Our activities have been funded predominantly by the Darwin Initiative's DPLUS scheme, which aims to aid the UKOTs in increasing their knowledge and ability to meet strategic outcomes for the natural environment, with other recent funding sources including the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (see details on the projects pages).
The Caribbean region, and the many islands within in, are home to more than 20 species of seabirds, and host a number of globally and regionally important breeding populations that require protection. Using a combination of survey methods and tracking technologies, we aim to improve knowledge of how seabirds utilise their surrounding environment, and the main threats to their populations in the Caribbean, in order to provide information that will support the development of multilateral conservation strategies for this group.
Since 2013, our collaborative group, involving Research Institutions (Universities of Liverpool, Exeter, Heriot-Watt , Deakin - Australia, Roehampton, Milan - Italy), Government Departments (Department of Environment - Cayman Islands Government, Department of Environment and Coastal Resources - Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Department of Environment - Government of Montserrat, Department of Natural Resources - Government of Bermuda) and Non-Governmental Organisations (Anguilla National Trust, Jost van Dykes Preservation Society, National Trust of the Cayman Islands), has been working collectively to gain essential information on the ecology, at-sea movements, breeding behaviour and population status of seabirds that reside in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). Our activities have been funded predominantly by the Darwin Initiative's DPLUS scheme, which aims to aid the UKOTs in increasing their knowledge and ability to meet strategic outcomes for the natural environment, with other recent funding sources including the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (see details on the projects pages).
The Caribbean region, and the many islands within in, are home to more than 20 species of seabirds, and host a number of globally and regionally important breeding populations that require protection. Using a combination of survey methods and tracking technologies, we aim to improve knowledge of how seabirds utilise their surrounding environment, and the main threats to their populations in the Caribbean, in order to provide information that will support the development of multilateral conservation strategies for this group.
