bird-human interactions Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Fibre Optic Drones

By Leon Moreland|2025-05-28T08:29:29+00:0022 May 2025|bird-human interactions, early-career researcher, entanglement, plastics, pollution|

Plastic pollution from fibre optic drones may threaten wildlife for years

Shooting for fun

By Mitra Daneshvar|2025-02-17T20:58:33+00:0027 Jan 2025|bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, early-career researcher, Migration, multilingual, persecution, survival|

The Threat of Illegal Hunting to Raptors Migrating through Batumi

Birdsong and your wellbeing – what’s the deal?

By Natalia Zielonka|2024-10-20T07:17:10+00:007 Oct 2024|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, bird assemblages, bird song, bird-human interactions, early-career researcher|

Conserving bird populations can enhance natural soundscapes and our experience of nature

Caracaras: Why the bad rep?

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-06-17T15:20:23+00:0017 Jun 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, illegal killing, monitoring, persecution, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

A spunky group of raptors deserve a public relations makeover

Armed Conflicts and Raptors

By Charlie Russell|2024-07-01T10:16:47+00:0027 May 2024|annual cycle, antipredator behaviour, behaviour, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Migration, migration stopover, movements, satellite tracking, war|

How were Greater Spotted Eagles affected by the conflict in Ukraine?

Causes of Death of Female Cooper’s Hawks

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-05-01T16:15:47+00:0022 Apr 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, movements, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

Despite protection, urban hawks still face an array of threats

Monitoring wader breeding productivity

By David Jarrett|2024-05-01T10:45:02+00:0015 Apr 2024|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, waders|

Reviewing different fieldwork approaches

Wings and wellbeing – exploring birds and human health

By Caoimhe Doyle|2024-04-29T08:49:17+00:0018 Mar 2024|anthropogenic food sources, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, citizen science, disease, IBIS, infectious diseases|

How can we highlight the positive links between human health and wild birds for conservation?

Birds in Fruit Farms

By Natalia Zielonka|2024-02-26T07:53:49+00:0026 Feb 2024|agriculture, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird-human interactions, foraging, forest birds, frugivory|

Fruit farms and forest fragments support distinct bird communities in the Brazilian Caatinga

Penguins in the pandemic

By Clare Flynn|2023-12-18T11:34:15+00:0025 Dec 2023|bird-human interactions, Breeding, distribution, Disturbance, penguins|

Gentoo penguins change nesting sites during COVID-19 closures