illegal killing Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Caracaras: Why the bad rep?

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-06-17T15:20:23+00:0017 Jun 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, illegal killing, monitoring, persecution, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

A spunky group of raptors deserve a public relations makeover

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

Turtle Doves under threat

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-04-06T10:34:29+00:006 Apr 2023|adult survival, agriculture, Bird Protection, Farmland birds, habitat degradation, illegal killing, infectious diseases, life history, Migration, population dynamics|

What causes the dramatic decline of this species?

Changes in societal attitudes towards wildlife in Spain

By Juan Jiménez|2022-11-03T12:52:42+00:007 Nov 2022|adult survival, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, collision, illegal killing, mortality, owls, passerines, persecution, raptors, rehabilitation, road traffic, scavengers, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

An assessment using admissions to wildlife recovery centres

Human threats to British raptors

By Connor Panter|2022-07-08T12:43:36+00:007 Jul 2022|adult survival, biodiversity, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, disease, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, illegal killing, monitoring, mortality, population dynamics, populations, raptors, rehabilitation, road traffic, survival, volunteers|

What are the main threats to British raptors and have these changed over time?

On the hunt for winter sun

By Connor Panter|2022-01-31T19:27:21+00:003 Feb 2022|behaviour, bird movements, birds of prey, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, foraging resource limitation, gps tags, habitat selection, illegal killing, land management, land use, migrant, mortality, movements, overwintering, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, winter|

Exploring drivers of Red Kite space use in winter

Illegal bird killing persists in eastern Spain

By Jorge Crespo|2021-02-09T09:41:36+00:0015 Feb 2021|Bird Protection, birds of prey, endangered, hunting pressure, illegal killing|

Persecution of protected species is declining, but is still a problem

Killing of raptors to protect grouse

By Ian Newton|2020-12-22T16:38:38+00:0012 Oct 2020|Conservation, illegal killing, moorland birds, raptors, upland birds|

Raptors in Britain are still affected by illegal persecution