Conservation Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

What’s driving Lesser Kestrel declines despite conservation efforts?

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-03-07T11:03:28+00:0022 Feb 2024|Conservation, land use, nest-site availability, population decline, protected areas|

Reduced availability of prey and nesting sites may explain recent population declines

One’s Trash is Another’s Treasure

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-01-29T13:13:58+00:0029 Jan 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, Conservation, global change, monitoring, vultures|

Landfill sites in Chile support Andean Condors

Intercontinental collaboration secures a migratory bird population

By The Egyptian Vulture Project Team|2023-12-11T09:06:13+00:0018 Dec 2023|birds of conservation concern, captive-breeding, collaboration, Conservation, gps tags, illegal killing, Migration, monitoring, movement, population recovery, population reinforcement, re-introduction|

The Egyptian Vulture population in Eastern Europe was in freefall - conservationists have now shown that even such globetrotting species can be rescued

Critically Endangered vulture shows resilience

By Zoey Greenberg|2023-10-12T10:44:41+00:0025 Sep 2023|Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, breeding success, Conservation, global change, monitoring, protected areas, vultures|

Eleven years of successful nesting suggest protective measures work

Avian collections in a changing world

By Ken Norris|2023-10-12T10:45:52+00:0018 Sep 2023|collaboration, Conservation, global change, museum collections|

The Museum needs you to help unlock our collections!

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

Birds and people: we need to explore further

By Barry McMahon|2023-08-22T10:29:10+00:0028 Aug 2023|bird-human interactions, collaboration, communication, Conservation, IBIS, Urban birds, urbanization|

From conflict to coexistence

Lead ingestion by Bald Eagles

By Brenda Hanley|2023-06-21T14:32:47+00:003 Jul 2023|bird-human interactions, Conservation, lead poisoning, population dynamics, raptors, rehabilitation, soaring birds, survival|

Understanding lead effects on the American national bird

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.

A Fairy Tern tale

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-03T07:06:41+00:004 May 2023|Conservation, diversification, DNA sequencing, endangered, gene flow, genetic diversity, island birds, population divergence, Seabirds|

What is the genetic status of the New Zealand population?