overwintering Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

No parental supervision required

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-02-16T15:17:35+00:0023 Feb 2023|annual cycle, bio-logging, fledglings, Genetics, Migration, movement, overwintering, Seabirds, tracking|

How do Manx Shearwaters develop their migration routes?

Worried about the Greenland White-fronted Goose

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-02-04T11:34:43+00:009 Feb 2023|adult survival, agriculture, annual cycle, Bayesian modelling, breeding success, hunting pressure, Migration, overwintering, population dynamics, ringing, waterbirds|

Why has this goose population declined since 2000?

How to cope when the food changes?

By Joanne Morten|2023-01-17T17:44:20+00:0019 Jan 2023|behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, colour ringing/banding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, gps tags, habitat selection, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, shorebirds, waders, waterbirds|

Foraging behaviours of Eurasian Oystercatchers in the Exe Estuary, Devon

Ortolan Buntings prefer traditional agriculture

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-12-28T21:34:45+00:0029 Dec 2022|agriculture, bird movements, Farmland birds, geolocator, habitat selection, land management, overwintering|

In Ethiopia, these farmland birds mostly forage on traditionally managed fields.

Displacement of auks by offshore wind farms

By Bob Furness|2022-11-18T15:15:35+00:0021 Nov 2022|bio-logging, distribution, geolocator, movement, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, ringing, Seabirds, tracking, wind farms|

Geolocator studies clarify which populations are most at risk

Where do Barbary Reed Warblers overwinter?

By Frédéric Jiguet|2022-11-07T15:06:03+00:0014 Nov 2022|adult survival, Africa, bio-logging, distribution, geolocator, IBIS, migrant, Migration, movement, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, passerines, population dynamics, ringing, stable isotopes, tracking|

Geolocators and stable isotopes reveal the African wintering grounds of this long-hidden European species

Understanding the Success of the Scops Owl

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-10-28T11:49:20+00:003 Nov 2022|adult survival, agriculture, birds of prey, breeding success, demography, Farmland birds, habitat degradation, migration stopover, monitoring, overwintering, survival|

What factors determine population growth on a French island?

Gulls follow the harvest cycle of rice

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-05-03T13:06:43+00:005 May 2022|agriculture, anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, bird movements, fieldwork, foraging, gps tags, habitat selection, land use, movement, overwintering, plastics, pollution, remote sensing, tracking, water quality|

Human activities determine the daily schedule of overwintering birds in Spain.

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