population recovery Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Critically Endangered vulture populations in Nepal respond to conservation action

By John Mallord|2026-08-29T16:30:47+01:007 Sep 2026|Conservation, IBIS, population recovery, raptors|

Rapid increase in White-rumped Vulture population after ban on diclofenac

From cliffs to pylons

By Mátyás Prommer|2025-10-02T12:56:36+01:006 Oct 2025|birds of prey, population recovery, population size, populations, raptors|

How Peregrine Falcons reclaimed Hungary

Intercontinental collaboration secures a migratory bird population

By The Egyptian Vulture Project Team|2023-12-11T09:06:13+00:0018 Dec 2023|birds of conservation concern, captive-breeding, collaboration, Conservation, gps tags, illegal killing, Migration, monitoring, movement, population recovery, population reinforcement, re-introduction|

The Egyptian Vulture population in Eastern Europe was in freefall - conservationists have now shown that even such globetrotting species can be rescued

The rise and fall of pelican populations

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-10-08T13:13:00+01:0019 Oct 2023|annual cycle, demography, foraging, monitoring, non-breeding ecology, population recovery, Seabirds, weather|

What factors explain the population trajectories of Brown Pelicans?

Extremely low genetic diversity in the Seychelles Magpie-Robin

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-02-28T12:43:54+00:009 Mar 2023|Conservation, DNA sequencing, endangered, genetic diversity, island birds, population recovery, re-introduction|

New genetic techniques can inform future translocations.

What’s best to conserve UK seabirds?

By Bob Furness|2022-09-23T15:58:03+01:0026 Sep 2022|adult survival, biodiversity, bird assemblages, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, Breeding, competition, Conservation, IBIS, impact, monitoring, population recovery, protected areas, Seabirds, waterbirds|

Designating colonies as Special Protection Areas is not enough

Protecting waders through wetland conservation

By Sean Jellesmark|2022-08-01T14:25:18+01:004 Aug 2022|biodiversity, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, Conservation, Disturbance, early-career researcher, ECR, grassland, habitat restoration, IBIS, impact assessment, land management, marsh birds, monitoring, population recovery, protected areas, RSPB science, waders, wetlands|

What works, what does not, and how do we know?

A successful Crested Ibis reintroduction

By Yuji Okahisa|2022-06-02T15:04:01+01:006 Jun 2022|adult survival, birds of conservation concern, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, Conservation, IBIS, machine learning, monitoring, population recovery, populations, reintroduction|

The Integrated population model and population viability analysis framework allows for comprehensive assessment of a reintroduction program

Lacking knowledge is threatening kiwi diversity

By Malin Undin|2021-04-21T11:31:24+01:0022 Apr 2021|Conservation, endangered, endemic, genetic diversity, population recovery|

What is the genetic key to long-term sustainable kiwi management?

#ORNITHOLODAY | 3 July 2019

By Dr Nicola Hemmings|2020-12-15T17:49:46+00:0023 Jun 2019|eggs, endangered, oology, population dynamics, population recovery, populations, Science, threatened species|

The implications of egg failure for threatened bird species