Latest Posts
8th September 2014
An Australian shorebird breaks the rules on moult
Posted in: breeding, molt, moult, News, Science
Do we know why Hooded Plovers moult when they do?
18th August 2014
What do you mean you ‘don’t know how to optimize your paper for SEO?!
Posted in: Journal, News, People, Science, social media
How to optimize your paper for search engines
6th August 2014
Hen Harriers: going, going . .
Posted in: News, raptors, Science, upland birds
Why is the Hen Harrier almost extinct in England?
1st August 2014
What IF?
Posted in: Journal, News, Science
Is there more to Journal Impact Factors?
28th July 2014
Engaging local communities in conserving habitats of Himalayan birds
Posted in: Community, Conservation, News, People
Conservation initiatives, particular in remoter areas, rely heavily on local community engagement if they are to be successful
17th July 2014
The benefits of blogging about your research
Posted in: Community, Journal, News, People, Science, social media
The BOU offers authors the chance to promote their work and benefit from all that blogging now offers
10th July 2014
What is Altmetric?
Posted in: Community, Journal, News, People, social media
Altmetric is here. But what is it?
17th March 2014
Yellowhammer dialects and history
Posted in: News
Yellowhammer dialects from New Zealand has raised some new questions
3rd March 2014
The ‘anywhere’ article
Posted in: Community, Journal, News, Science
The enhanced ‘anywhere’ article comes to Ibis
17th February 2014
Bird Atlas 2007-11: from start to finish
Posted in: News
A personal view of the #birdatlas project by the lead organiser and author
28th January 2014
How to support biodiversity with ecological focus areas
Posted in: Conservation, Farmland birds, News, Science
Ecological focus areas (EFAs) need a minimal ecological quality to be effective
6th January 2014
What say ye, countrymen, to a Jabber of Jays?
Posted in: Community, Names, News, nomenclature, People
Should the collective noun for jays be changed to a ‘jabber’?
13th December 2013
Ornithological Twitterati, Tweetie-pies and #birdieluv
Posted in: Community, News, People, Science
Its amazing how much goodwill you get from a little sharing
13th September 2013
What do we know about the effect of disease on Turtle Doves?
Posted in: Conservation, Farmland birds, News, Science
The Turtle Dove is in serious decline across northern Europe. To understand what may be behind this decline, all aspects of the species' ecology is being investigated, including the effects of disease
16th July 2013
Concessions in South-east Asia
Posted in: News
Millions of hectares of natural habitat are being lost to concessions in Cambodia and Laos with little assessment of the impacts to threatened species
5th April 2013
BOU Avian Demography conference
Posted in: Community, Conferences, News, People, Science
Last week was the BOU's annual conference at the Stamford Conference Centre at the University of Leicester. The conference theme this year was 'Avian Demography'. Here's some photos from the conference.
27th March 2013
Rob Fuller presented with the Godman Salvin Prize
Posted in: Community, Conferences, News, People
The BTO’s Rob Fuller is presented with the BOU’s Godman Salvin Prize for distinguished ornithological work.
28th February 2013
Lost and found – the storm-petrel back from extinction
Posted in: Bird Protection, Conservation, News, Seabirds
‘Extinct’ New Zealand Storm-petrel found breeding 150 years after last being seen