Gail Robertson recently completed her PhD in seabird ecology at the University of Glasgow. Her research involved examining temporal and interspecific variation in the diet and foraging behaviour of sympatrically breeding seabird species, and determining the influence of foraging behaviour on reproductive performance. She carried out field work on Coquet Island, northeast England, tracking kittiwakes and tern species throughout the breeding season using GPS technology and visual tracking methods. She now works as a researcher at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust examining the effects of heather burning on red grouse populations and the causes of population fluctuations in game birds throughout the UK.