Latest Posts
12th March 2020
Decline of the cuckoo
Posted in: breeding, Conservation, cuckoos, distribution, habitat selection, News, population dynamics, wetlands
What factors are responsible for decrease in Cuckoo numbers across the UK?
27th February 2020
Nesting on the edge
Posted in: bird communities, breeding, eggs, experiment, nesting, News
Experimental study explores predation rates on nests along forest edges.
20th February 2020
Round Island fieldwork
Posted in: BOU, BOU Warham Student, BOU-funded, breeding, breeding biology, camara traps, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hybridization, islands, islands birds, monitoring, passive monitoring, remote sensing, Seabirds
Warham PhD Student Kirsty Franklin, tells us about her first field season in the Indian Ocean
28th November 2019
The flight of the Woodcock
Posted in: breeding, geolocator, Migration
What conditions influence the migratory movements of this bird?
3rd October 2019
Bad news for the Stone-curlew
Posted in: adult survival, agriculture, breeding, Conservation, Farmland birds, nest monitoring, News, population dynamics
Intensified agriculture contributes to population decline in France
19th September 2019
Eight simple rules for citizen science
Posted in: biodiversity, breeding, citizen science, distribution, News, raptors, tropical birds
As exemplified by the Rufous-thighed Kite.
16th May 2019
Big Brother is watching who?
Posted in: awards, BOU, breeding, cameras, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, nesting success, News
Use of cameras provides insights into nest survival of Snowy Plovers
2nd May 2019
Mixed Broods
Posted in: breeding, brood parasitism, cuckoos, fledgling survival, nest monitoring, News, species interactions
How do Common Cuckoos and Common Redstarts perform after sharing a nest?
18th April 2019
Are Burrowing Owls stuck in an ecological trap?
Posted in: agriculture, breeding, Disturbance, fledglings, habitat selection, News
Exploring the influence of agriculture on nesting success.
26th February 2019
Glowing horns in a secretive seabird
Posted in: adaptation, biofluorescence, breeding, Fluorescence, ornamentation, reproductive signalling, Seabirds, ultraviolet light
Rhinoceros Auklets found to have fluorescent bill structures during breeding season
29th October 2018
Does the early bird get the seed?
Posted in: breeding, climate change, phenology
Does warming influence the timing of breeding in a seed-eater?
13th June 2018
Understanding the decline of the Common Cuckoo
Posted in: bird atlas, breeding, breeding biology, cuckoos, distribution, ecology, foraging
England’s loss is Scotland’s gain
11th June 2018
Beavers facilitate Teals at different scales
Posted in: breeding, habitat, wetlands
Favouring beavers promotes biodiversity, including waterbirds
18th December 2017
More to “little brown jobs” than meets the eye
Posted in: behaviour, breeding, territory occupancy
Unexpected breeding dispersal behavior in the Grasshopper Sparrow
6th December 2017
The heat is on for British birds
Posted in: biodiversity, bird communities, bird movements, Bird Protection, breeding, Breeding Bird Survey, climate change, distribution, ecology, habitat, Migration, monitoring, Nest Record Scheme, News, phenology, population dynamics, survey, Wetland Bird Survey
What is the evidence for climate change? How will UK bird communities adapt?
16th October 2017
Parrots in an urban jungle
Posted in: breeding, nesting, parrot, urban birds
Winters are fine, cars are not – wild parrots in Germany
11th September 2017
Early birds do not catch the “extra worm”
Posted in: breeding, extra pair paternity, migrant
Pied Flycatchers do not gain more extra-pair paternity by arriving earlier
17th October 2016
Drab females are warm mothers
Posted in: breeding, feathers, incubation, mate selection, nesting, plumage
Less pigmented females have warm brood patches
27th June 2016
The secret sex life of the Brown-headed Nuthatch
Posted in: breeding, cooperative breeding, extra pair paternity, forest birds, Genetics, parental care
Is there extra-pair paternity in the cooperatively breeding Brown-headed Nuthatch?