climate change Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Climate change and birds: solutions to the crisis

By Katharine Bowgen|2020-12-22T14:58:56+00:0010 Dec 2020|BOU, climate change, Conferences, News|

A review of our first-ever virtual conference.

Climate change and food-hoarding behaviour: is the freezer still working?

By Giulia Masoero|2020-10-05T15:02:35+00:007 Sep 2020|birds of prey, climate change, food hoarding, forest birds, News, predator-prey interactions|

Climate change may melt Pygmy Owls’ “freezers” and reduce their overwinter survival

Climate change and shifting waterbird distributions

By Tony Fox|2020-10-11T10:51:27+00:005 Aug 2019|climate change, distribution, monitoring, waterbirds|

Climate-change driven waterbird distribution shifts challenges our monitoring mechanisms

Highlights from the latest issue of IBIS

By Steve Dudley|2020-10-12T14:02:40+00:0017 Mar 2019|breeding biology, climate change, IBIS, Seabirds|

The editors' picks from our latest issue

Does the early bird get the seed?

By Christina Ieronymidou|2020-09-22T13:02:19+00:0029 Oct 2018|Breeding, climate change, phenology|

Does warming influence the timing of breeding in a seed-eater?

What’s a mountain?

By Davide Scridel|2020-12-21T18:38:11+00:0021 May 2018|alpine birds, climate change|

Which species are ‘mountain birds’ and what is their status in a fast-changing environment?

Concerns for Guillemot chicks on Skomer

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-12-27T07:30:13+00:0027 Dec 2017|climate change, diet, diet composition, monitoring, Seabirds|

Long-term monitoring is key to understanding changes in Guillemot populations

The heat is on for British birds

By Steve Dudley|2020-09-22T13:24:10+00:006 Dec 2017|biodiversity, bird communities, bird movements, Bird Protection, Breeding, Breeding Bird Survey, climate change, distribution, ecology, habitat, Migration, monitoring, Nest Record Scheme, News, phenology, population dynamics, survey, Wetland Bird Survey|

What is the evidence for climate change? How will UK bird communities adapt?

Shag diet: A new fad?

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-12-04T07:30:43+00:004 Dec 2017|climate change, diet, diet composition, Seabirds|

Shag diet composition diversifies over 3 decades due to ocean warming

Nest building in a changing climate

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-02-27T07:30:12+00:0027 Feb 2017|adaptation, behaviour, climate change, nesting, phenology|

Predicting the effects of climate change on the nesting behaviour of birds and other animals