β€œIn order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence” [Ys]

I am behavioural ecologist, with a wide range of scientific interests and research on various animals species (see Projects and Publications. However, my special focus is on breeding ecology and reproductive behaviours (now particularly coordintion of parental performance at any level) and most of my studies I do on birds, with polar seabirds being my favorite group (Alle alle uber alles).

Highlights & Kudos


  • πŸ“ July 2026 - New paper out: Diving ecology of a pelagic seabird, the Little Auk Alle alle, in a changing Arctic revealed by multiyear tracking and optical zooplankton data
    PDF - published in Movement Ecology

  • πŸ“ June 2026 β€” New paper out: Linking body condition and vocal signals: how little auk, Alle alle, chicks communicate their needs to parents
    PDF β€” published in Animal Behaviour

  • πŸ“ June 2026 β€” New paper out: The eye that guards the rock: does it shape the world? nest site attendance patterns in a colonially breeding pelagic seabird Alle alle
    PDF β€” published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology

  • πŸ“ May 2026 β€” New paper out: Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk Alle alle
    PDF β€” published in Journal of Animal Ecology

  • πŸŽ‰ April 2026 β€” Fulbright research visit at the University of Nevada, Reno (US) developing collaboration on parental coordination and hormones.

  • πŸ“ April 29, 2026 β€” New paper out:
    The habitat niche breadth in a zooplanktivorous High Arctic seabird as an indicator of ocean-related pressures
    PDF β€” published in Royal Society Open Science

  • πŸ“ April 2026 β€” New paper out:
    Variation in food availability affects the population age structure of Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica in the Faroe Islands
    PDF β€” published in Wildlife Biology

  • πŸ“ April 2026 β€” New paper out:
    Endocrine drivers of incubation performance in the little auk
    PDF β€” published in Hormones and Behavior

  • πŸ“ March 2026 β€” New paper out:
    Risk-taking behavior related to mercury contamination in a high Arctic seabird
    PDF β€” published in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology

  • πŸ“– December 1, 2025 β€” Guest editor of the special collection: Polar Ecology of Scientific Reports

  • πŸŽ“ October 1, 2025 β€” Animal Behaviour course starts (stationary, University of GdaΕ„sk)

  • πŸ“ March 22, 2025 β€” New paper out: BEHAVE – facilitating behaviour coding from videos with AI‑detected animals

πŸ•ŠοΈ last updated:July 2026