Josie Hewitt

Josie works on the long-term seabird monitoring programme on the Isle of May NNR, in Fife, Scotland. Research from the Isle of May has played a key role over the last 30 years in the conservation of North Sea seabirds and has been used to assess the impacts of the industrial sand eel fishery and climate change on avian top predators. 

As well as helping maintain the long-term monitoring programme on the island, Josie plays a part in other projects covering a wide range of topics including exploring foraging ranges, the role of seabirds in orchestrating island food webs, the impact of disease and extreme weather events.