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10th August 2020
The smallest Mediterranean seabird makes the longest foraging trips
Posted in: foraging, gps tags, Seabirds, tracking
Mediterranean Storm Petrels travel more than 1,500 km in 3-4 days
26th March 2020
Fledging into the wild
Posted in: automated radiotelemetry, mark‐recapture, MOTUS, survival, tracking
What determines survival of juvenile Barn Swallows during the post-fledgling period?
21st March 2020
Best ECR IBIS paper – 2019
Posted in: carry-over effects, condition, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, News, tracking
And the winner is . . .
10th February 2020
Do back-pack transmitters affect breeding performance?
Posted in: nesting success, News, satellite tracking, tracking
No effect of back-pack transmitters on breeding performance in a migratory bustard
22nd August 2019
The ‘Round Island’ petrel conundrum
Posted in: BOU Warham Student, ECR, Round Island petrel, Seabirds, tracking
The first BOU John & Pat Warham Studentship
1st April 2019
Constrained to roam by your breeding neighbour
Posted in: aseasonal, tracking, tropical birds
What influences the home range of tropical Red-capped Larks in a habitat devoid of any seasonality?
25th March 2019
Regular overland migration of Arctic Terns
Posted in: geolocator, Migration, Seabirds, tracking
Arctic Terns migrate on a global scale and marine routes can take second place to overland migration
11th March 2019
Where and when do Northern Fulmar moult?
Posted in: geolocator, moult, phenology, Seabirds, tracking
Pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge in seabird ecology
16th February 2019
Fast autumns and slower springs
Posted in: geolocator, migrant, Migration, shorebirds, tracking, waders
Icelandic Whimbrel bend the rule of faster spring migration
12th March 2018
PIT-tagging passerines – think twice prior to choosing the place
Does the location of a PIT-tag affect a small bird’s fitness?
8th March 2018
Comparing shorebird survival across the globe
Posted in: bird movements, breeding biology, citizen science, colour ringing/banding, ecology, IBIS, Migration, monitoring, movements, population dynamics, shorebirds, survival, tracking, waders
High adult annual survival rate is critical to population stability, but how do shorebird survival rates vary around the world?
27th November 2017
A wader detective story
Posted in: predation, tracking, waders
Chick predation CSI in a high-stakes game of predator prey
31st July 2017
Linnets on the move
Posted in: behaviour, migrant, Migration, tracking
Migratory behaviour of a diurnally migrating songbird, as revealed by geolocation and captive studies
19th June 2017
Tracking is 90% catching
Posted in: bird movements, geolocator, Mediterranean forest, migrant, Migration, movements, tracking
To track small birds you need to catch them; twice…
15th May 2017
When not to tag a bird
Posted in: behaviour, gps tags, tracking
Tracking small songbirds generates important insights into avian ecology, but does not always work out the way you planned
9th January 2017
Flight
Posted in: feathers, flight, foraging, Migration, molt, moult, tracking, weather, wind
A look at the special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, examining how flying animals respond to the challenges – and opportunities – that come with moving in a medium that is, itself, on the move.
3rd October 2016
Nest predation in hybrid quails
Posted in: captive-bred, Farmland birds, game bird, hybrids, nest predation, nesting, Science, tracking
Could nest-site selection explain the lack of a hybrid quail swarm?
6th June 2016
Tracking Black-headed Grosbeak through the annual cycle
Posted in: bird movements, gps tags, Migration, molt, moult, raptors, tracking
GPS-tracking reveals non-breeding locations and apparent molt-migration
16th May 2016
Bird whereabouts reveal key habitat attributes
Posted in: bird movements, habitat, tracking
Songbird movements within home ranges point to important habitat features Vitek Jirinec College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA Robert E. Isdell Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA Matthias Leu College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA LINKED PAPER Prey availability and habitat structure explain breeding space use of a migratory […]