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Mitigation or Compensation: Captive-breeding Houbara

Robert J. Burnside2021-11-26T14:01:02+00:0014 Mar 2016|captive-bred, captive-breeding, Conservation, geolocator, gps tags, hunting pressure, re-introduction, tracking|

Can captive-breeding support the hunted Asian Houbara?

Avian camouflage really does hinder predators

Martin Stevens2021-11-26T14:06:47+00:007 Mar 2016|adaptation, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, cryptic, eggs, evolution, habitat|

Camouflage does protect nesting birds from being eaten

Eagles and agriculture can co-exist

Megan Murgatroyd2021-11-26T14:16:08+00:0029 Feb 2016|agriculture, Breeding, land use, productivity, raptors|

Good news! Land use change is not necessarily detrimental to Verreaux’s Eagles

Figurehead bird conservation – wider biodiversity benefits?

Robert Hawkes2021-11-26T14:19:49+00:0022 Feb 2016|biodiversity, Conservation, grass heath, grassland, habitat|

Will creating Stone-curlew habitat benefit rare plants and invertebrates?

The hatching of a long-term nest study

Sara Zonneveld2021-11-26T14:24:49+00:0015 Feb 2016|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

Carry-over effects across the annual cycle

Steven C. Latta2021-11-26T14:34:38+00:001 Feb 2016|corticosterone, feathers, overwintering, population dynamics|

The Louisiana Waterthrush

The plight of the Egyptian Vulture . . .

Mohamed Amezian2021-11-26T14:44:04+00:0025 Jan 2016|behaviour, Bird Protection, Breeding, communal, Conservation, Disturbance, endangered, nesting, population dynamics, raptors, roost, Science|

. . . and hopes for the future

The thrifty student’s guide to the BOU

Hugh Wright2021-11-26T14:55:43+00:0018 Jan 2016|careers, Community, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, funding, People, volunteering|

How ECRs can benefit from the BOU

Living close, doing differently

Carles Carboneras2021-11-26T15:02:42+00:0011 Jan 2016|bird communities, Breeding, colour ringing/banding, Science, Seabirds, tracking, winter, wintering|

Breeding and wintering Mediterranean Gulls do not mix

Tracking seabirds for science and conservation

Maria Dias2021-11-26T15:04:59+00:0021 Dec 2015|Conservation, distribution, Science, Seabirds, tracking|

An unprecedented initiative to tackle threats to seabirds