Farmland birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

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|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|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 Christina Ieronymidou|2017-07-17T07:30:47+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 Steve Dudley|2016-10-03T05:30:20+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|2020-10-13T11:20:26+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 Steve Dudley|2015-08-24T07:12:54+00:0024 Aug 2015|Breeding, Farmland birds, habitat, mortality, Science, shorebirds, tracking, waders, wetlands|

What works?

Of Ruminants and Redshanks

By Steve Dudley|2015-05-25T07:57:45+00:0025 May 2015|Breeding, Conservation, Farmland birds, habitat, mortality, shorebirds, waders, wetlands|

Does light grazing cause nest mortality?

Beyond the maps

By Steve Dudley|2014-04-14T08:00:35+00:0014 Apr 2014|Breeding, Conservation, Farmland birds, Science, Seabirds, upland birds, woodland birds|

What now for all that data collected from the #birdatlas?

How to support biodiversity with ecological focus areas

By Steve Dudley|2014-01-28T11:30:10+00:0028 Jan 2014|Conservation, Farmland birds, News, Science|

Ecological focus areas (EFAs) need a minimal ecological quality to be effective