movements Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Fledgling shearwaters, failed tags, and a hidden hotspot

By The Adrift Lab|2026-10-17T15:23:37+01:002 Nov 2026|BOU-funded, movements, Seabirds|

What we learned in the Solomon Sea

Seasonal changes in Common Scoter distribution

By Anthony David Fox|2025-04-09T15:33:15+01:0014 Apr 2025|birds of conservation concern, birds of conservation concern, monitoring, movements, non-breeding ecology|

Trying to make sense of seasonal patterns of black dots on churning, violent seas

Co-occurence of Common and Parrot Crossbills

By Ronald Summers|2024-06-03T10:37:53+01:003 Jun 2024|movements|

Why irruptions of Common Crossbills and Parrot Crossbills co-occur – the role of key and non-key conifers

Armed Conflicts and Raptors

By Charlie Russell|2024-07-01T10:16:47+01:0027 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?

Causes of Death of Female Cooper’s Hawks

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-05-01T16:15:47+01:0022 Apr 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, movements, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

Despite protection, urban hawks still face an array of threats

Travel wide, breed hard and die young

By John Calladine|2024-04-26T14:25:38+01:001 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.

Space-use of Northern Gannets

By Kyle d'Entremont|2023-08-07T20:38:56+01:0017 Aug 2023|behaviour, fisheries, foraging, movements, predator-prey interactions, Seabirds|

What can gannets tell us about their pelagic prey?

What shapes Griffon Vultures’ social networks?

By Orr Spiegel|2023-06-13T22:32:49+01:0022 Jun 2023|behaviour, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, communication, flight, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Vultures’ social interactions across different situations matter for their population structure

Male eagles establish territories closer to birthplace

By Phil Whitfield|2023-05-16T11:04:05+01:0015 May 2023|behaviour, bird movements, dispersal, IBIS, movements, raptors, soaring birds|

GPS-tagging confirms theory, but questions remain unanswered

Network analysis for trans-boundary conservation

By Joshua Nightingale|2023-04-07T16:42:45+01:0010 Apr 2023|bio-logging, bird communities, bird movements, bird-human interactions, connectivity, displacement, Disturbance, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat degradation, migrant, movements, noise pollution, shorebirds, urbanization, waders, waterbirds, wetlands|

Incorporating information about bird movements in Environmental Impact Assessments