birds of conservation concern Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Seasonal changes in Common Scoter distribution

By Anthony David Fox|2025-04-09T15:33:15+00:0014 Apr 2025|birds of conservation concern, birds of conservation concern, monitoring, movements, non-breeding ecology|

Trying to make sense of seasonal patterns of black dots on churning, violent seas

Disappearing aapa mires and why we should care!

By Anthony David Fox|2025-04-09T14:54:15+00:007 Apr 2025|bird assemblages, birds of conservation concern, climate change, habitat degradation, protected areas, wetlands|

Unique boreal forest peatland landforms that support a unique avifauna

What drives dependence on parents post-fledging?

By Diego Gallego-García|2025-03-19T09:05:37+00:003 Mar 2025|birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, breeding biology, diet, dispersal, distribution, early-career researcher, fledgling survival, fledglings, movement|

Ecological drivers of variation across Accipitridae

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

Destygmatising Drones

By Zoey Greenberg|2025-01-06T19:55:35+00:006 Jan 2025|adult survival, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, diet, diet composition, Migration, migration stopover|

How they can aid ornithologists around the world

How Amur Falcons Cross the Arabian Sea

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-10-19T06:05:45+00:0014 Oct 2024|adult survival, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, diet, diet composition, Migration, migration stopover|

Two billion termites in two weeks

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

Historical Harvesting of Seabirds

By Thalissa Inch|2024-06-10T08:31:25+00:0010 Jun 2024|birds of conservation concern, eggs, monitoring, nesting, population decline, Seabirds|

Continued egg harvesting drives Sooty Tern declines

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?

Vulture survival and implications for conservation

By John Mallord|2024-05-03T11:36:44+00:0029 Apr 2024|adult survival, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, captive-bred, gps tags, poisoning, vultures|

Populations of Critically Endangered species remain stable but no evidence of recovery