Urban birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Birds and people: we need to explore further

By Barry McMahon|2023-08-22T10:29:10+00:0028 Aug 2023|bird-human interactions, collaboration, communication, Conservation, IBIS, Urban birds, urbanization|

From conflict to coexistence

Bird-building collisions spike during fair weather

By Erin Jackson|2023-05-30T11:18:49+00:005 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, collision, collision risk, creative writing, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat selection, Migration, mortality, passerines, Urban birds, urbanization, volunteers|

Could calm weather be the perfect storm for bird collisions?

Changes in societal attitudes towards wildlife in Spain

By Juan Jiménez|2022-11-03T12:52:42+00:007 Nov 2022|adult survival, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, collision, illegal killing, mortality, owls, passerines, persecution, raptors, rehabilitation, road traffic, scavengers, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

An assessment using admissions to wildlife recovery centres

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

Foraging ecology of the House Sparrow

By Jan Havlíček|2022-08-08T12:13:16+00:008 Aug 2022|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ecotone, ECR, Farmland birds, foraging, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, IBIS, land management, movements, parental care, passerines, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

Parents feeding offspring prefer fast-food sources and have to go the extra mile in urban environments

City birds have fewer feathers

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-04T09:01:28+00:002 Jun 2022|adaptation, Breeding, diet, forest birds, heat, nestlings, non-invasive sampling, thermoregulation, Urban birds|

Could it be due to thermoregulation or food quality?

Does human routine alter bird behaviour?

By Edvaldo F. Silva-Jr|2021-06-04T08:57:12+00:007 Jun 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bird song, bird-human interactions, Disturbance, noise pollution, road traffic, song, Urban birds|

Rufous Horneros behave equally during weekly cycles of human activity

The benefits of urban nesting

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-03-20T13:34:04+00:0025 Mar 2021|adaptation, eggs, nesting, Urban birds|

Pale-breasted Thrushes take advantage of buildings and adjust their incubation behavior.

Daily life of an urban gull

By Anouk Spelt|2020-12-22T15:01:50+00:009 Nov 2020|anthropogenic food sources, foraging, Seabirds, Urban birds|

Do gulls adapt their foraging schedule to humans?

Quiet please, I need to sing

By Roselvy Juárez|2020-10-06T09:25:42+00:0022 Jun 2020|noise, song, Urban birds, vocal activity, vocalisations, vocalizations|

House Wrens reduce repertoire size in noisy sites