AFBI03-ITT01 Seabird Work in the Republic of Ireland

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is looking for suitably qualified and experienced companies/organisations to tender for seabird work in the Republic of Ireland as part of the ACCLIMATISE project. The work in the Republic of Ireland will be focused on seabird tracking and contributing to a transboundary seabird conservation strategy and action plans for priority threatened seabird species. BTO is a project partner in the ACCLIMATISE project, supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). ACCLIMATISE is led by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI). Within this project, BTO is the lead on Work Package 2‘Transboundary Conservation Strategies and Sustainable Management of Marine Predators’. BTO are co-leading with RSPB on the ornithological work within the project and this specifically includes seabird tracking and diet analysis, at sea surveys, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), and developing a transboundary seabird conservation strategy and action plans for priority threatened seabird species.