protected areas Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

When the cat’s away…

By Ashleigh Marshall|2025-10-02T09:52:45+00:002 Oct 2025|Breeding, breeding biology, camara traps, community ecology, Conservation, grassland, grassland birds, mesopredator release, nest predation, protected areas, subtropical|

The absence of top predators may increase nest predation through mesopredator release

Disappearing aapa mires and why we should care!

By Anthony David Fox|2025-04-09T14:54:15+00:007 Apr 2025|bird assemblages, birds of conservation concern, climate change, habitat degradation, protected areas, wetlands|

Unique boreal forest peatland landforms that support a unique avifauna

Do swans sleep safely?

By Joshua Wilson|2024-12-04T09:55:18+00:002 Dec 2024|bio-logging, early-career researcher, foraging, protected areas, roost, survival|

Flooding and freezing drives swans to roost outside protected areas

What’s driving Lesser Kestrel declines despite conservation efforts?

By Ashleigh Marshall|2024-03-07T11:03:28+00:0022 Feb 2024|Conservation, land use, nest-site availability, population decline, protected areas|

Reduced availability of prey and nesting sites may explain recent population declines

Do protected areas protect birds?

By Julien Wright-Ueda|2023-12-13T14:14:24+00:001 Jan 2024|protected areas|

Long-term monitoring indicates mixed results

Critically Endangered vulture shows resilience

By Zoey Greenberg|2023-10-12T10:44:41+00:0025 Sep 2023|Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, breeding success, Conservation, global change, monitoring, protected areas, vultures|

Eleven years of successful nesting suggest protective measures work

Foraging scavengers may be avoiding hordes of tourists

By Ainara Cortés-Avizanda|2022-09-30T19:30:09+00:003 Oct 2022|IBIS, protected areas, raptors, scavengers|

The hidden effects of high numbers of tourists in protected areas

What’s best to conserve UK seabirds?

By Bob Furness|2022-09-23T15:58:03+00:0026 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+00:004 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?

The migration of the Canarian Houbara Bustard

By Inmaculada Abril-Colón|2022-04-21T10:11:43+00:0025 Apr 2022|behaviour, bird movements, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, fieldwork, gps tags, IBIS, island birds, islands, land use, Migration, movements, nocturnal birds, protected areas, satellite tracking, short-distance migration|

Short-distance nocturnal migration in an island endemic bustard