I am a PhD student based at the University of Cambridge (Department of Zoology) and BAS. My project focusses on the role of habitat availability and preference in explaining the occurrence and abundance of albatross and petrel species in the Southern Ocean.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

Warwick-Evans, V. ORCID record for Warwick-Evans, V.. Pearmain, E.J. ORCID record for Pearmain, E.J.. Phillips, R.A. ORCID record for Phillips, R.A.. (2026) Overlap of nonbreeding wandering albatrosses with fisheries and implications for colony‐specific population trajectories at South Georgia.

2025

Warwick-Evans, V. ORCID record for Warwick-Evans, V.. Pearmain, E.J. ORCID record for Pearmain, E.J.. Thorne, L. ORCID record for Thorne, L.. Phillips, R.A. ORCID record for Phillips, R.A.. (2025) Spatial segregation and bycatch risk as potential drivers of population trends of wandering albatrosses at South Georgia.

2024

Carneiro, Ana P.B. Dias, Maria P. Clark, Bethany L. Pearmain, Elizabeth J. ORCID record for Pearmain, Elizabeth J.. Handley, Jonathan. Hodgson, Amy R. Croxall, John P. Phillips, Richard A. ORCID record for Phillips, Richard A.. Oppel, Steffen. Morten, Joanne M. Lascelles, Ben. Cunningham, Cleo. Taylor, Frances E. Miller, Mark G.R. Taylor, Philip R. Bernard, Alice. Grémillet, David. Davies, Tammy E. (2024) The BirdLife Seabird Tracking Database: 20 years of collaboration for marine conservation.

2023

Clark, Bethany L. Carneiro, Ana P.B. Pearmain, Elizabeth J. ORCID record for Pearmain, Elizabeth J.. Rouyer, Marie-Morgane. Clay, Thomas A. Cowger, Win. Phillips, Richard A. ORCID record for Phillips, Richard A.. Manica, Andrea. Hazin, Carolina. Eriksen, Marcus. González-Solís, Jacob. ..., et al. (2023) Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds.

2022

Carneiro, Ana P.B. Clark, Bethany L. Pearmain, Elizabeth J. ORCID record for Pearmain, Elizabeth J.. Clavelle, Tyler. Wood, Andrew G. Phillips, Richard A. ORCID record for Phillips, Richard A.. (2022) Fine-scale associations between wandering albatrosses and fisheries in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.

• Pearmain, E., Bennison, A., Wood, A., & Phillips, R. (2026). Resightings of immature and deferring adult wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) on Bird Island, South Georgia, from 2010 to 2022 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/34db1262-8b80-4094-9be0-7cc14ab7615a

• Pearmain, E., Bennison, A., Wood, A., & Phillips, R. (2026). Recruitment age of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) on Bird Island, South Georgia, from 1982 to 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3c6bed95-4fdd-430f-871a-3585421fbc2f

6. Spatial Segregation of Seabirds at South Georgia

   Tracking and monitoring of seabirds e.g. wandering albatrosses and white-chinned petrels at South Georgia to support conservation.

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7. Bycatch risk of wandering albatrosses from radar detection

   The overall objective of this project is to link habitat preference, at-sea activity patterns and detections from novel bird-borne radars to quantify interactions of tracked wandering albatrosses with legal and IUU fishing vessels.

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1. Threatened sea birds visit plastic pollution hot spots

   Plastic pollution accumulating in international waters poses a serious risk to marine life, including a number of threatened bird species. A huge team of scientists studied the global movements of […]

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