Yellowhammer dialects
Regional dialects have been discovered among many bird species including Yellowhammer.
Marine renewables and birds
Marine renewables and birds - how far have we come and where next for research?
BOU Avian Demography conference
Last week was the BOU's annual conference at the Stamford Conference Centre at the University of Leicester. The conference theme this year was 'Avian Demography'. Here's some photos from the conference.
Dynamic Soaring
A pilot's perspective on the aspect of flight adopted by seabirds such as albatrosses and petrels.
How useful are species?
That biodiversity is valuable and worth conserving is something about which most people with an interest in the environment can agree. But what is 'biodiversity-?
Bewick’s Swans reveal where they get disturbed
Study shows where Bewick's Swans are disturbed on their winter feeding grounds
Open access publishing and the Finch report: implications for society journals
What are the implications of Open Access on small society journals?
Blinking eye colour
The contrasting eye colour and eyelids of some wildfowl has a defined function
Where eagles ‘once’ dared
A study of place-names reveals the extent of a once thriving eagle population roaming over a very different landscape to today