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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?
18th April 2016
What do Great Tit pairs talk about?
Posted in: behaviour, breeding, communications, nesting, pair communications, parental care
Great tit pairs discuss at the nest during breeding, but why?
7th March 2016
Avian camouflage really does hinder predators
Posted in: adaptation, behaviour, breeding, camouflage, cryptic, eggs, evolution, habitat
Camouflage does protect nesting birds from being eaten
29th February 2016
Eagles and agriculture can co-exist
Posted in: agriculture, breeding, land use, productivity, raptors
Good news! Land use change is not necessarily detrimental to Verreaux’s Eagles
15th February 2016
The hatching of a long-term nest study
Posted in: bird communities, breeding, Community, Conservation, crowd-sourcing, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fledgling survival, moorland birds, nest recording, nesting, Science, survival, tracking, volunteering
Crowdfunded ornithology
25th January 2016
The plight of the Egyptian Vulture . . .
Posted in: behaviour, Bird Protection, breeding, communal, Conservation, Disturbance, endangered, nesting, population dynamics, raptors, roost, Science
. . . and hopes for the future
11th January 2016
Living close, doing differently
Posted in: bird communities, breeding, colour ringing/banding, Science, Seabirds, tracking, winter, wintering
Breeding and wintering Mediterranean Gulls do not mix
7th December 2015
New insights into the effects of climate change on Europe’s breeding birds
Posted in: adaptation, bird communities, breeding, climate change, ecology, migrant, phenology, Science
Effects of changing seasonal weather conditions
23rd November 2015
Survival out the nest: southern birds do best
Posted in: adult survival, breeding, colour ringing/banding, evolution, fledgling survival, life history, survival, tracking
Why?
2nd November 2015
Birdfields
Posted in: biodiversity, bird communities, breeding, Conferences, Farmland birds, foraging, habitat, raptors, Science, tracking
Improving foraging conditions for Montagu’s Harriers
26th October 2015
Nesting in the muck
Posted in: behaviour, bird communities, breeding, habitat, Science
Black Larks’ love for dung
28th September 2015
Can Icelandic Whimbrels rise from the ashes?
Posted in: bird communities, breeding, Conservation, Disturbance, habitat, Science, shorebirds, waders
When in Spring 2010 Eyjafjallajökull’s volcanic eruption grounded most of the western world, Icelandic Whimbrels kept pushing North through the dust cloud. José A. Alves Universities of Aveiro (CESAM) and Iceland LINKED PAPER The effects of habitat type and volcanic eruptions on the breeding demography of Icelandic Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus. Katrínardóttir, B., Alves, […]
7th September 2015
Parental resource allocation varies throughout offspring development
Posted in: bird communities, breeding, foraging, Science, Seabirds
Response to changing offspring energy demands
24th August 2015
Nest survival in agricultural grasslands
Posted in: breeding, Farmland birds, habitat, mortality, Science, shorebirds, tracking, waders, wetlands
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