satellite tracking Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Caracaras: Why the bad rep?

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-06-17T15:20:23+00:0017 Jun 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, illegal killing, monitoring, persecution, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

A spunky group of raptors deserve a public relations makeover

Armed Conflicts and Raptors

By Charlie Russell|2024-07-01T10:16:47+00:0027 May 2024|annual cycle, antipredator behaviour, behaviour, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Migration, migration stopover, movements, satellite tracking, war|

How were Greater Spotted Eagles affected by the conflict in Ukraine?

Causes of Death of Female Cooper’s Hawks

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-05-01T16:15:47+00:0022 Apr 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, bird movements, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, movements, road traffic, satellite tracking, Urban birds|

Despite protection, urban hawks still face an array of threats

Travel wide, breed hard and die young

By John Calladine|2024-04-26T14:25:38+00:001 Apr 2024|annual cycle, behaviour, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Migration, migration stopover, movements, satellite tracking|

While this might well describe some hedonistic lifestyle of a 1970s rock star, it is also a neat summary of the life history strategy for Short-eared Owls.

Understanding migration in ocean environments

By Kirsty Franklin|2023-10-30T08:39:54+00:0030 Oct 2023|bird movements, BOU members, BOU Warham Student, BOU-funded, island birds, Migration, News, publications, remote sensing, Round Island petrel, RSPB science, satellite tracking|

Long-term tracking of Round Island petrels across the Indian Ocean

Keeping migratory connectivity simple

By Will Cresswell|2023-10-12T10:41:45+00:002 Oct 2023|annual cycle, bird movements, climate change, collection bias, distribution, migratory connectivity, satellite tracking|

How can we compare migratory connectivity easily across species?

What shapes Griffon Vultures’ social networks?

By Orr Spiegel|2023-06-13T22:32:49+00:0022 Jun 2023|behaviour, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, communication, flight, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Vultures’ social interactions across different situations matter for their population structure

Does urban breeding influence gull foraging?

By Liam Langley|2022-10-27T16:18:10+00:0031 Oct 2022|adaptation, behaviour, bird movements, bird-human interactions, colonial birds, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, foraging, habitat selection, IBIS, movements, satellite tracking, Seabirds, tracking, Urban birds|

Urban and coastal breeding Lesser Black-backed Gulls segregate by foraging habitat

A migratory divide in the Far East

By Toru Nakahara|2022-08-19T10:59:14+00:0022 Aug 2022|bio-logging, bird movements, birds of prey, distribution, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, island birds, movement, movements, population structure, raptors, satellite tracking, soaring birds, Taxonomy|

Migration routes of the two Eastern Buzzard subspecies are separated along the Sea of Japan

Eagles vs. power lines: attraction or avoidance?

By Ana Teresa Marques|2022-06-01T10:16:51+00:0030 May 2022|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, collision risk, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, soaring birds|

Do power lines affect space use by Bonelli’s Eagles?