climate change Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

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

Where eagles dare to fly

By Ashleigh Marshall|2024-11-17T21:12:57+00:0014 Nov 2024|climate change, collision, collision risk, eagle, wildlife collision, wind energy, wind farms, wind turbine|

The relationship between eagle flight characteristics and rotor-swept zone entry varies per wind turbine

Feeling the heat?

By Ashleigh Marshall|2024-10-03T08:55:20+00:003 Oct 2024|captive-bred, climate change, domesticated, eggshell thickness, experiment, heat, passerines, stress, wild-derived|

Decreased eggshell thickness at high ambient temperatures in Zebra Finches

What variable to choose?

By Krista Oswald|2023-11-13T09:13:17+00:0013 Nov 2023|adaptation, Africa, climate, climate change, monitoring, physiology, reproduction|

Implications of variable choice when estimating vulnerability to climate change

Why do birds get smaller?

By Laura Bosco|2023-10-22T20:15:32+00:0023 Oct 2023|adaptation, annual cycle, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, citizen science, climate, climate change, monitoring, morphology, non-breeding ecology, volunteering, weather|

How long-term winter bird ringing unravels body size shrinking in response to climate change

Keeping migratory connectivity simple

By Will Cresswell|2023-10-12T10:41:45+00:002 Oct 2023|annual cycle, bird movements, climate change, collection bias, distribution, migratory connectivity, satellite tracking|

How can we compare migratory connectivity easily across species?

Global threats to grassland birds

By Christa Beckmann|2023-06-13T13:48:33+00:0019 Jun 2023|agriculture, biodiversity, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, cerrado, climate change, grassland, grassland birds, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, IBIS, land management, land use|

What are the main threats to declining grassland birds?

The future of Harpy Eagle habitat

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-16T15:11:40+00:0018 May 2023|birds of prey, climate change, Conservation, distribution, occurrence data|

Different climate change scenarios predict a dramatic decline in range size.

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

A tricky trade-off for the Northern Wheatear

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-12-22T13:05:24+00:0025 Jan 2023|alpine birds, Breeding, climate change, fledgling survival, grassland birds, nesting success, phenology, trade-offs|

Should these birds breed early or late?