Farmland birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Where have you Bean Geese?

By Michael Thornton|2022-01-11T13:25:24+00:0017 Jan 2022|bird movements, birds of conservation concern, ecology, Farmland birds, fieldwork, foraging, gps tags, grassland birds, habitat selection, land management, migrant, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, satellite tracking, waterbirds|

Tracking Scotland’s population of Taiga Bean Geese Anser fabalis

Causes of farmland bird declines revised

By Zuzanna Rosin|2021-11-30T18:02:58+00:0029 Nov 2021|agriculture, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird-human interactions, Conservation, Farmland birds, habitat degradation, land management, land use|

Rural settlement modernisation may harm birds more than agricultural intensification

Birds facing increasing anthropogenic noise

By Adrián Barrero Diego|2021-01-06T08:34:12+00:0011 Jan 2021|agriculture, bird song, Disturbance, Farmland birds, Little Bustard, noise pollution, road traffic|

Can a non-passerine bird adjust its song according to noise?

A tale of two Twites

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-15T12:44:30+00:009 Apr 2020|bird movements, distribution, Farmland birds, Migration, News, overwintering, population dynamics, ringing|

Do British and Scandinavian Twite populations mix during migration?

Bad news for the Stone-curlew

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-10-08T10:52:34+00:003 Oct 2019|adult survival, agriculture, Breeding, Conservation, Farmland birds, nest monitoring, News, population dynamics|

Intensified agriculture contributes to population decline in France

Longing for the ground

By Jan-Uwe Schmidt|2021-06-09T13:01:09+00:0017 Jul 2017|agriculture, Farmland birds, habitat, land management|

Bare patches and additional tramlines increase suitability of conventional arable land for the Skylark

Nest predation in hybrid quails

By Manel Puigcerver|2021-10-18T14:41:00+00:003 Oct 2016|captive-bred, Farmland birds, game bird, hybrids, nest predation, nesting, Science, tracking|

Could nest-site selection explain the lack of a hybrid quail swarm?

Birdfields

By Almut Schlaich|2021-11-26T15:43:12+00:002 Nov 2015|biodiversity, bird communities, Breeding, Conferences, Farmland birds, foraging, habitat, raptors, Science, tracking|

Improving foraging conditions for Montagu’s Harriers

Nest survival in agricultural grasslands

By Rosemarie Kentie|2021-12-02T12:49:18+00:0024 Aug 2015|Breeding, Farmland birds, habitat, mortality, Science, shorebirds, tracking, waders, wetlands|

What works?

Of Ruminants and Redshanks

By Elwyn Sharps|2021-12-02T13:52:39+00:0025 May 2015|Breeding, Conservation, Farmland birds, habitat, mortality, shorebirds, waders, wetlands|

Does light grazing cause nest mortality?