nesting Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Can we halt population decline in European Turtle Doves?

By Ashleigh Marshall|2025-02-24T03:59:19+00:0013 Feb 2025|breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, ecology, nesting, nesting success, productivity, radiotelemetry|

Increased adult survival could help population growth more than higher productivity

Historical Harvesting of Seabirds

By Thalissa Inch|2024-06-10T08:31:25+00:0010 Jun 2024|birds of conservation concern, eggs, monitoring, nesting, population decline, Seabirds|

Continued egg harvesting drives Sooty Tern declines

To moult or not to moult?

By Ashleigh Marshall|2024-05-02T01:11:36+00:002 May 2024|body condition, clutch size, experiment, nesting, provisioning, sexual conflict|

Trade-offs between reproduction and self-maintenance in Blue Tits

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

Fatal attraction or novel niche?

By Amber Swicegood|2023-05-23T12:46:18+00:0029 May 2023|adaptation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, Farmland birds, grassland birds, habitat degradation, habitat selection, nesting, passerines|

Adaptability of a grassland specialist facing landscape-level habitat change

Does increased density reduce reproduction?

By Rimgaudas Treinys|2023-01-23T12:14:04+00:0030 Jan 2023|birds of prey, Breeding, breeding biology, displacement, ecology, fieldwork, nesting, nesting success, nestlings, population dynamics, population structure, raptors, reproduction|

No support for decreased reproduction with a population increase in the White-tailed Eagle

Can nest reuse be risky?

By Thomas Mérő|2023-01-23T10:42:19+00:0023 Jan 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, brood parasitism, cavity nesting, fieldwork, fledglings, natural history, nest predation, nesting, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Rare observations of nest-reuse in an open-cup nesting European passerine

Selecting the best tree hole

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-11-09T16:01:12+00:0017 Nov 2022|bird communities, Breeding, cavity nesting, forest birds, nesting, reproduction|

How do birds decide on a cavity to nest in?

Where the wind is just right

By Mia Momberg|2022-10-08T13:04:17+00:0010 Oct 2022|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, climate, flight, IBIS, island birds, nest-site limitation, nesting, reproduction, Seabirds, soaring birds, weather, wind|

Investigating the factors determining Wandering Albatross nest-site selection

Do bird populations respond differently to climate change?

By Liam D. Bailey|2022-06-30T14:43:46+00:004 Jul 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, climate, climate change, collaboration, ecology, eggs, forest birds, nesting, passerines, phenology, population dynamics, reproduction, temperature, woodland birds|

Birds in deciduous habitats are more sensitive to temperature change