volunteering Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Why do birds get smaller?

By Laura Bosco|2023-10-22T20:15:32+00:0023 Oct 2023|adaptation, annual cycle, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, citizen science, climate, climate change, monitoring, morphology, non-breeding ecology, volunteering, weather|

How long-term winter bird ringing unravels body size shrinking in response to climate change

Peer Review Week

By Steve Dudley (he/him)|2021-10-18T14:57:09+00:0019 Sep 2016|Community, Journal, parrot, peer review, volunteering, volunteers|

Recognising volunteer contributions

The value of volunteering

By Steve Dudley (he/him)|2021-11-16T14:39:49+00:001 Jun 2016|careers, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, News, People, volunteering, volunteers|

How the BOU's Steve Dudley used volunteering to help his early career

The hatching of a long-term nest study

By Sara Zonneveld|2021-11-26T14:24:49+00:0015 Feb 2016|bird communities, Breeding, Community, Conservation, crowd-sourcing, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fledgling survival, moorland birds, nest recording, nesting, Science, survival, tracking, volunteering|

Crowdfunded ornithology

The thrifty student’s guide to the BOU

By Hugh Wright|2021-11-26T14:55:43+00:0018 Jan 2016|careers, Community, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, funding, People, volunteering|

How ECRs can benefit from the BOU