Ashley Bennison

Bird Island Science Manager

Ashley Bennison

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Ashley Bennison

Biography

I am the Science Manager for Bird Island. I joined the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in January 2021, and prior to this have been working in Ireland for the last eight years undertaking a variety of research on seabirds and marine mammals.

Research interests

Ash specialises in the spatial ecology of higher predators. Movement is a trait shared by all life on Earth, and Ash’s work looks to understand how the behaviour of individual animals can inform the distribution of species. Ash’s doctoral research focused on seabirds, primarily Northern gannets and puffins, and used tagging technologies to track the movement paths of animals. He has also worked on sharks, sea bass and cetaceans.

Collaborations

Publications can be seen on Google Scholar

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Jessopp, Mark J. ORCIDORCID record for Mark J. Jessopp, Tierney, David, Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Geelhoed, Steve C.V., Cañadas, Ana, Rogan, Emer ORCIDORCID record for Emer Rogan, Giralt Paradell, Oriol. (2025) Spatial distribution of seabird biomass removal and overlap with fisheries in a large marine ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82 (). 12 pp. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsaf045

Morley, Simon A. ORCIDORCID record for Simon A. Morley, Campanella, Fabio, Young, Emma F. ORCIDORCID record for Emma F. Young, Baylis, Alastair M. M., Barnes, David K. A. ORCIDORCID record for David K. A. Barnes, Bell, James B., Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Collins, Martin A. ORCIDORCID record for Martin A. Collins, Glass, Trevor, Martin, Stephanie M., Whomersley, Paul, Schofield, Andy. (2025) Dramatic ENSO related Southwestern Atlantic ecosystem shifts. Scientific Reports, 15 (). 11 pp. 10.1038/s41598-025-93080-8

2024

Coleman, J. ORCIDORCID record for J. Coleman, Fenney, N. ORCIDORCID record for N. Fenney, Trathan, P.N. ORCIDORCID record for P.N. Trathan, Fox, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Fox, Fox, E., Bennison, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Bennison, Ireland, L. ORCIDORCID record for L. Ireland, Collins, M.A. ORCIDORCID record for M.A. Collins, Hollyman, P.R. ORCIDORCID record for P.R. Hollyman. (2024) A comparison of established and digital surface model (DSM)-based methods to determine population estimates and densities for king penguin colonies, using fixed-wing drone and satellite imagery. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, (). 18 pp. 10.1002/rse2.424

Lisovski, Simeon, Günther, Anne, Dewar, Meagan, Ainley, David, Aldunate, Fabián, Arce, Rodrigo, Ballard, Grant, Bauer, Silke, Belliure, Josabel, Banyard, Ashley C., Boulinier, Thierry, Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Braun, Christina, Cary, Craig, Catry, Paulo, Clessin, Augustin, Connan, Maelle, Correia, Edna, Cox, Aidan, Cristina, Juan, Elrod, Megan, Emerit, Julia, Ferreiro, Irene, Fowler, Zoe, Gamble, Amandine, Granadeiro, José P., Hurtado, Joaquin, Jongsomjit, Dennis, Lesage, Célia, Lejeune, Mathilde, Kuepfer, Amanda, Lescroël, Amélie, Li, Amy, McDonald, Ian R., Menéndez‐Blázquez, Javier, Morandini, Virginia, Moratorio, Gonzalo, Militão, Teresa, Moreno, Pilar, Perbolianachis, Paula, Pennycook, Jean, Raslan, Maryam, Reid, Scott M., Richards‐Babbage, Roanna, Schmidt, Annie E., Sander, Martha Maria, Smyth, Lucy, Soutullo, Alvaro, Stanworth, Andrew, Streith, Léo, Tornos, Jérémy, Varsani, Arvind, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Beer, Martin, Wille, Michelle. (2024) Unexpected Delayed Incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) Into the Antarctic Region. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 18 (). 5 pp. 10.1111/irv.70010

Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Adlard, Stacey, Banyard, Ashley C., Blockley, Freya, Blyth, Marcia, Brown, Emma, Day, George, Dunn, Michael J. ORCIDORCID record for Michael J. Dunn, Falchieri, Marco, Fitzcharles, Elaine, Forcada, Jaume ORCIDORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Forster Davidson, Jennifer, Fox, Anthony, Hall, Rosamund, Holmes, Elizabeth, Hughes, Kevin ORCIDORCID record for Kevin Hughes, James, Joe, Lynton-Jenkins, Joshua, Marshall, Steve, McKenzie, Dan, Morley, Simon A. ORCIDORCID record for Simon A. Morley, Reid, Scott M., Stubbs, Isabel, Ratcliffe, Norman ORCIDORCID record for Norman Ratcliffe, Phillips, Richard A.. (2024) A Case Study of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 At Bird Island, South Georgia: The First Documented Outbreak in the Subantarctic region. Bird Study, (). 12 pp. 10.1080/00063657.2024.2396563

Clark, Bethany L., Vigfúsdóttir, Freydís, Wanless, Sarah ORCIDORCID record for Sarah Wanless, Hamer, Keith C., Bodey, Thomas W., Bearhop, Stuart, Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Blackburn, Jez, Cox, Sam L., d’Entremont, Kyle J. N., Garthe, Stefan, Grémillet, David, Jessopp, Mark, Lane, Jude, Lescroël, Amélie, Montevecchi, William A., Pascall, David J., Provost, Pascal, Wakefield, Ewan D., Warwick‐Evans, Victoria, Wischnewski, Saskia, Wright, Lucy J., Votier, Stephen C.. (2024) Northern Gannet foraging trip length increases with colony size and decreases with latitude. Royal Society Open Science, 11 (). 14 pp. 10.1098/rsos.240708

Banyard, Ashley C., Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Byrne, Alexander M.P., Reid, Scott M., Lynton-Jenkins, Joshua G., Mollett, Benjamin, De Silva, Dilhani, Peers-Dent, Jacob, Finlayson, Kim, Hall, Rosamund, Blockley, Freya, Blyth, Marcia, Falchieri, Marco, Fowler, Zoe, Fitzcharles, Elaine M., Brown, Ian H., James, Joe. (2024) Detection and spread of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the Antarctic Region. Nature Communications, 15 (). 11 pp. 10.1038/s41467-024-51490-8

2023

Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Clark, Bethany L., Votier, Stephen C., Quinn, John L., Darby, Jamie, Jessopp, Mark. (2023) Handedness and individual roll-angle specialism when plunge diving in the northern gannet. Biology Letters, 19 (). 6 pp. 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0287

Migneault, Amy, Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Doyle, Thomas K., James, Michael C.. (2023) High‐resolution diving data collected from foraging area reveal that leatherback turtles dive faster to forage longer. Ecosphere, 14 (). 14 pp. 10.1002/ecs2.4576

2022

Krishnan, Krishnamoorthy, Garde, Baptiste, Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Cole, Nik C., Cole, Emma-L., Darby, Jamie, Elliott, Kyle H., Fell, Adam, Gómez-Laich, Agustina, de Grissac, Sophie, Jessopp, Mark, Lempidakis, Emmanouil, Mizutani, Yuichi, Prudor, Aurélien, Quetting, Michael, Quintana, Flavio, Robotka, Hermina, Roulin, Alexandre, Ryan, Peter G., Schalcher, Kim, Schoombie, Stefan, Tatayah, Vikash, Tremblay, Fred, Weimerskirch, Henri, Whelan, Shannon, Wikelski, Martin, Yoda, Ken, Hedenström, Anders, Shepard, Emily L. C.. (2022) The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 19 (). 15 pp. 10.1098/rsif.2022.0168

Darby, J., Clairbaux, M., Bennison, Ashley ORCIDORCID record for Ashley Bennison, Quinn, J. L., Jessopp, M. J.. (2022) Underwater visibility constrains the foraging behaviour of a diving pelagic seabird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289 (). 9 pp. 10.1098/rspb.2022.0862