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By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-02-16T15:17:35+00:0023 Feb 2023|annual cycle, bio-logging, fledglings, Genetics, Migration, movement, overwintering, Seabirds, tracking|

How do Manx Shearwaters develop their migration routes?

Are Sandwich Terns at risk of collision?

By Mark Collier|2023-02-08T12:26:34+00:0013 Feb 2023|behaviour, bird-human interactions, collision risk, fieldwork, flight, foraging, monitoring, mortality, renewable energy, Seabirds, wind farms|

Flight heights of Sandwich Terns higher than previous estimates

Genes of a feather flock together?

By Kurt Burnham|2022-12-18T10:58:09+00:002 Jan 2023|avian biology, bird assemblages, colonial birds, Genetics, global change, IBIS, island birds, phenotypic variation, physiology, population structure, puffins, Seabirds, Tundra, waterbirds|

An unexpected correlation between body size and subspecies designation within a single puffin colony in High Arctic Greenland. A result of climate change?

Where do breeding Procellaria petrels forage?

By Lily Bentley|2022-12-08T13:00:56+00:0012 Dec 2022|annual cycle, breeding biology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, foraging, habitat selection, IBIS, life history, monitoring, movement, movements, Oceanography, population dynamics, Seabirds, storm-petrels|

Travelling thousands of kilometres to find lunch

Fidelity or divorce? The dilemma of Jaegers

By Yannick Seyer|2022-12-05T12:01:41+00:008 Dec 2022|adult survival, annual cycle, breeding biology, colour ringing/banding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, life history, mark‐recapture, monitoring, mortality, movements, pair-bond, phenotypic variation, population dynamics, reproduction, Seabirds, site fidelity, Tundra|

How faithful are Arctic migratory seabirds to mates and breeding sites?

Displacement of auks by offshore wind farms

By Bob Furness|2022-11-18T15:15:35+00:0021 Nov 2022|bio-logging, distribution, geolocator, movement, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, ringing, Seabirds, tracking, wind farms|

Geolocator studies clarify which populations are most at risk

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

Through sickness and in health

By Olivia Hicks|2022-10-26T20:05:36+00:0027 Oct 2022|avian biology, biomonitoring, bird handling, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, penguins, physiology, Seabirds, stress|

How does handling time affect innate immune function in Adélie Penguins?

Where the wind is just right

By Mia Momberg|2022-10-08T13:04:17+00:0010 Oct 2022|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, climate, flight, IBIS, island birds, nest-site limitation, nesting, reproduction, Seabirds, soaring birds, weather, wind|

Investigating the factors determining Wandering Albatross nest-site selection

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