Migration Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Bird migration as hydrological flow

By Mark Drever|2025-10-08T14:30:22+00:0013 Oct 2025|Migration, migration stopover|

Using water models to track bird behaviour at stopover sites

Who are we counting?

By Ron Efrat|2025-06-25T08:39:20+00:0030 Jun 2025|gps tags, Migration, movement, raptors, tracking|

Coupling GPS data and bird count data to improve our understanding of bird migration

A Bird in the Hand

By Robert Montgomerie|2025-05-19T22:26:51+00:0019 May 2025|History of Ornithology, migrant, Migration, migration stopover, ringing|

The enduring value of bird observatories

Blinded by the Light

By Robert Montgomerie|2025-02-21T02:48:24+00:0020 Feb 2025|adult survival, History of Ornithology, migrant, Migration|

Lighthouses and lightships were once dangerous to migratory birds but provided some useful early insights into migration

Shooting for fun

By Mitra Daneshvar|2025-02-17T20:58:33+00:0027 Jan 2025|bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, early-career researcher, Migration, multilingual, persecution, survival|

The Threat of Illegal Hunting to Raptors Migrating through Batumi

Destygmatising Drones

By Zoey Greenberg|2025-01-06T19:55:35+00:006 Jan 2025|adult survival, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, diet, diet composition, Migration, migration stopover|

How they can aid ornithologists around the world

Big advantages at low elevations for resident Red Kites

By Stephanie Witczak|2024-10-28T09:44:26+00:0028 Oct 2024|breeding success, early-career researcher, Migration, reproduction|

Can we explain increasing residency in Swiss Red Kites by examining reproduction?

How Amur Falcons Cross the Arabian Sea

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-10-19T06:05:45+00:0014 Oct 2024|adult survival, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, diet, diet composition, Migration, migration stopover|

Two billion termites in two weeks

Armed Conflicts and Raptors

By Charlie Russell|2024-07-01T10:16:47+00:0027 May 2024|annual cycle, antipredator behaviour, behaviour, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Migration, migration stopover, movements, satellite tracking, war|

How were Greater Spotted Eagles affected by the conflict in Ukraine?

Travel wide, breed hard and die young

By John Calladine|2024-04-26T14:25:38+00:001 Apr 2024|annual cycle, behaviour, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Migration, migration stopover, movements, satellite tracking|

While this might well describe some hedonistic lifestyle of a 1970s rock star, it is also a neat summary of the life history strategy for Short-eared Owls.