diet Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Why do shrikes store prey?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-01T09:59:15+00:005 Oct 2023|breeding success, diet, fledglings, nest monitoring, nestling provisioning, parental care|

Red-backed Shrikes with larders have nestlings in better condition.

Autumn-sown crops contribute to Mute Swan recovery

By Tiffany Ki|2023-10-12T10:46:56+00:0011 Sep 2023|agriculture, annual cycle, anthropogenic food sources, diet, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, land management, lead poisoning, legislation, monitoring, provisioning, wintering|

Using spatial and temporal variation to understand drivers of change

Omnivory in wild birds

By Simon Ojodomo Godday|2023-06-30T09:56:19+00:0010 Jul 2023|diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, experiment, invertebrates, passerines|

Are Village Weavers obligate omnivores?

Hawfinch diet in a nutshell

By Ewan Stenhouse|2023-06-22T13:00:59+00:006 Jul 2023|diet, diet composition, distribution, DNA barcoding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fecal DNA, fieldwork, foraging, invertebrates, non-invasive sampling, passerines, woodland birds|

Using genetic techniques to gain unprecedented ecological knowledge of Hawfinches

The not-so-separate niches of spotted eagles

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-06-15T07:09:30+00:0015 Jun 2023|agriculture, competition, diet, foraging, gps tags, habitat selection, land use, niche overlap|

Drainage of wetlands might lead to the collapse of niche differentiation.

Studying raptor diet using iEcology

By Connor Panter|2023-06-05T11:14:34+00:0025 May 2023|citizen science, diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ECR, garden birds, predation, raptors, social media, volunteers|

Using iEcology to explore intersexual, seasonal changes in raptor diet

Do shrub-steppe passerines share food?

By Julia Zurdo|2023-03-10T18:26:50+00:0013 Mar 2023|diet, diet composition, DNA barcoding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, Genetics, IBIS, invertebrates, passerines|

Using DNA metabarcoding to describe diet and niche overlap in a steppe passerine assemblage

An inordinate fondness for moths

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-12-14T11:04:38+00:0015 Dec 2022|diet, diet composition, DNA barcoding, fecal DNA, foraging, invertebrates, non-invasive sampling|

Genetic analyses provide insights into the diet of Eurasian Nightjars.

Sex-condition interaction affects Greater Flamingo colouration

By Miguel Rendón|2022-09-09T16:59:56+00:0015 Sep 2022|avian biology, Breeding, breeding biology, communication, diet, ecology, feathers, fieldwork, nutrition, parental care, plumage, waders, waterbirds|

Why are female flamingos more colourful than males?

City birds have fewer feathers

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-04T09:01:28+00:002 Jun 2022|adaptation, Breeding, diet, forest birds, heat, nestlings, non-invasive sampling, thermoregulation, Urban birds|

Could it be due to thermoregulation or food quality?