fledgling survival Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

What drives dependence on parents post-fledging?

By Diego Gallego-García|2025-03-19T09:05:37+00:003 Mar 2025|birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, breeding biology, diet, dispersal, distribution, early-career researcher, fledgling survival, fledglings, movement|

Ecological drivers of variation across Accipitridae

Disturbance increases nest predation

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-11-26T14:15:19+00:0030 Nov 2023|antipredator behaviour, bird-human interactions, Disturbance, fledgling survival, nest predation, predation|

Stray dogs have a larger effect than humans.

Fledgling mobility matters

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-03-21T10:42:02+00:0023 Mar 2023|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, cavity nesting, fledgling survival, parental care, survival, trade-offs|

Comparing cavity-nesting and open-cup-nesting species.

A tricky trade-off for the Northern Wheatear

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-12-22T13:05:24+00:0025 Jan 2023|alpine birds, Breeding, climate change, fledgling survival, grassland birds, nesting success, phenology, trade-offs|

Should these birds breed early or late?

Impacts of parasitic flies on nestlings

By Exequiel Gonzalez|2022-02-14T11:17:57+00:0014 Feb 2022|avian biology, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, fledgling survival, invertebrates, nestling growth, nestling survival, nestlings, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Addressing how the nestlings of three species that differ in body size are affected

Mixed Broods

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-10-11T20:43:01+00:002 May 2019|Breeding, brood parasitism, Cuckoos, fledgling survival, nest monitoring, News, species interactions|

How do Common Cuckoos and Common Redstarts perform after sharing a nest?

The hatching of a long-term nest study

By Sara Zonneveld|2021-11-26T14:24:49+00:0015 Feb 2016|bird communities, Breeding, Community, Conservation, crowd-sourcing, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fledgling survival, moorland birds, nest recording, nesting, Science, survival, tracking, volunteering|

Crowdfunded ornithology

Survival out the nest: southern birds do best

By Penn Lloyd|2021-11-26T15:32:58+00:0023 Nov 2015|adult survival, Breeding, colour ringing/banding, evolution, fledgling survival, life history, survival, tracking|

Why?