People Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Why do gulls steal from humans?

By Shubhi Raghav|2023-05-15T13:43:15+00:0011 May 2023|adaptation, anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, bird-human interactions, early-career researcher, ECR, foraging, kleptoparasitism, People, Seabirds|

What affects Herring Gull food stealing behaviour in towns?

Moult terminology

By Yosef Kiat|2023-01-27T14:17:09+00:006 Feb 2023|annual cycle, avian biology, early-career researcher, ECR, feathers, IBIS, migrant, Migration, moult, passerines, People|

Let’s make it simpler!

Tracking conservation conflicts

By Jeremy Cusack|2022-02-15T11:55:58+00:007 Feb 2022|Bird Protection, bird-human interactions, Conservation, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, land management, People, persecution, threatened species|

Tracking the escalation and de-escalation of conservation conflicts

What future for the British uplands?

By Alistair Crowle|2022-01-19T17:17:47+00:0020 Jan 2022|agriculture, EU, funding, game bird, habitat, habitat degradation, IBIS, land management, land use, legislation, moorland, People, red grouse, upland birds|

Are moorlands destined to be tree and sheep covered or are there alternatives

Humans, conservation and endangered species

By Jon Morant|2021-11-15T10:35:16+00:0025 Oct 2021|breeding success, collaboration, Conservation, early-career researcher, ECR, endangered, People, raptors, scavengers, soaring birds|

Improving coexistence between endangered species and humans in anthropogenic landscapes

Conservation discriminates

By Emma Witcutt|2020-10-06T08:17:56+00:009 Jul 2020|Black Lives Matter, Community, discrimination, diversity, gender, LGBT, LGBTQIA+, News, People|

Ornithology needs diversity

Down, but most definitely not out

By Juliet A. Vickery|2020-10-06T14:57:03+00:0030 Mar 2020|BOU, BOU members, Community, News, People|

BOU President, Juliet Vickery, reflects on the impacts of Covid-19

Equality and Diversity in the BOU

By Helen Baker|2020-11-09T15:50:34+00:0018 Jan 2018|Community, equality and diversity, People|

We know what it says on the tin, but what does it really mean?

Working for our ornithology community

By Steve Dudley (he/him)|2021-06-09T12:43:33+00:0021 Jul 2017|Altmetric, altmetrics, authors, blog, blogging, BOU, BOU series, Community, IBIS, Journal, new articles, People, sciblogging, scicomm, science blogging, science communication, social media, Twitter|

Read how the BOU supports the ornithology community

Of writing and Redshanks – the benefits of blogging with the BOU

By Elwyn Sharps|2021-06-09T12:48:52+00:0019 Jul 2017|Altmetric, blog, blogging, BOU, BOU series, communication, Community, IBIS, Journal, People, sciblogging, scicomm, Science, science blogging, science communication, social media|

#theBOUblog has forged a reputation for delivering for authors wanting to promote their research