nesting material Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Blue Manakins nest near “nest-like” structures

By Paulo Zima|2022-10-25T13:37:11+00:0017 Oct 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, evolution, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting material, nesting success, passerines, predation, predator-prey interactions, reproduction, tropical birds|

Could it be an anti-predatory strategy?

Untangling the problem of plastic nests

By Nina O'Hanlon|2021-08-27T08:32:12+00:0030 Aug 2021|bird-human interactions, fisheries, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting material, plastics, pollution, Seabirds|

Can an opportunistic approach be used to measure plastic pollution?

Maintaining humidity in a leaky nest

By Charles Deeming|2020-12-22T15:03:21+00:002 Nov 2020|incubation, incubation attentiveness, nest humidity, nesting material, passerines|

How do birds control humidity if nest walls are so leaky?

Plastic nests

By Nina O'Hanlon|2020-12-15T17:22:05+00:0030 Sep 2019|nesting material, plastics, pollution, Seabirds|

Monitoring anthropogenic debris in Northern Gannet nests