Latest Posts
28th March 2016
Impacts of driven shooting of Red Grouse
Posted in: Conservation, hunting pressure, land management, moorland, moorland birds, News, red grouse, upland birds
Management of Red Grouse moors
2nd March 2016
The #ornithology tag on Twitter
Posted in: hashtags, News, scicomm, science communication, social media, Twitter
Steve Dudley BOU When @IBIS_journal wanted to group its science content tweets, and encourage others to share their avian science tweets with us and others, we looked at the various options and the various hashtags already being used. We soon disregarded the #bird and #birds tags as far too general and science tweets would […]
12th October 2015
Migratory connectivity in European Rollers
Posted in: connectivity, Conservation, distribution, geolocator, Migration, mortality, News, Science, tracking
Bringing it all together
17th August 2015
When is owl on the menu?
Posted in: breeding, mortality, News, predation
Eggs to go . . .
10th August 2015
Twitter #masterclass 7
Posted in: communications, Community, News, social media, Twitter
Using images – best practice
3rd August 2015
Tracking Pied Flycatchers
Posted in: distribution, geolocator, Migration, News, Science, tracking, wintering, woodland birds
When, how and where?
27th July 2015
Developing early-career researchers
Posted in: Community, Conferences, early-career researcher, ECR, News, People
BOU – never looked so young!
20th July 2015
Tracking seabird mortality induced by light pollution
Posted in: breeding, light pollution, mortality, News, Science, Seabirds, tracking
Impact of artificial lights on seabird fledglings
13th July 2015
Bird song – it’s complicated
Posted in: behaviour, bird assemblages, bird communities, News, song
Birds sing more complex songs in simpler communities
6th July 2015
Food-stealing in an avian assemblage
Posted in: behaviour, foraging, kleptoparasitism, News, shorebirds, waders
Effects of klepto-parasitism on feeding waders
29th June 2015
Waves of terror in Starling flocks
Posted in: behaviour, mortality, News, raptors, roost
How Starling flocks react to predator attacks
15th June 2015
What more can helpers give?
Posted in: breeding, foraging, News
What help brings most benefit?
8th June 2015
Range expansion of non-native Acacia species: Acacia cyclops and birds
Posted in: Conservation, foraging, habitat, News, non-natives, Seabirds
Do birds disperse non-native plants?
13th April 2015
Imperfect adaptation?
Posted in: breeding, Conservation, News, parasitism, Science
How birds defend their nests from parasitism
7th April 2015
#BOU2015: an early-career researcher perspective
Posted in: awards, Community, Conferences, News, People, Science
Perfect for the ECR – fun, friendly and affordable!
3rd April 2015
#BOU2015 – Avian Tracking conference
Posted in: awards, Community, Conferences, News, People, Science, tracking
The best yet!
3rd April 2015
Union Medal – John Croxall
Posted in: News
Award for significant contribution to the BOU
