Miss Sarah Bond

Overview
I studied biology at the University of Manchester, graduating in 2013. I then worked as a research assistant for OxNav research group on Skomer Island, using Manx shearwaters to study behavioural questions relating to navigation and the coordination of breeding. More recently I completed my MSc at the University of Exeter, where I studied pre-breeding behaviour in Balearic shearwaters by using salt-water immersion data to identify sex differences in colony visitation.
Qualifications
- MSc: Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
University of Exeter, 2016–2017 - BSc: Biology
University of Manchester, 2009–2013
Research Interests
My PhD research aims to examine consistency in individual foraging strategies in the Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), throughout the annual cycle. I plan to use a combination of demographic data, geolocator data and accelerometry data in order to assess the energetic costs of foraging at different timescales and under different environmental conditions. I will then look for links with demographic rates, in order to understand the population level consequences of individual consistency.