waders Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Coordination breeds success

By Ashleigh Marshall|2024-08-24T00:10:40+00:0022 Aug 2024|change-over, coordination, crypsis, incubation, nest exchange ritual, parental care, parental cooperation, shorebirds, vocalisations, waders|

Quick but vocal nest relief rituals in cryptically incubating Semipalmated Sandpipers

Ruff Life

By Robert Montgomerie|2024-06-13T13:07:39+00:006 Jun 2024|History of Ornithology, waders|

Four centuries of wader study

Monitoring wader breeding productivity

By David Jarrett|2024-05-01T10:45:02+00:0015 Apr 2024|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, waders|

Reviewing different fieldwork approaches

Network analysis for trans-boundary conservation

By Joshua Nightingale|2023-04-07T16:42:45+00:0010 Apr 2023|bio-logging, bird communities, bird movements, bird-human interactions, connectivity, displacement, Disturbance, early-career researcher, ECR, habitat degradation, migrant, movements, noise pollution, shorebirds, urbanization, waders, waterbirds, wetlands|

Incorporating information about bird movements in Environmental Impact Assessments

Europe-wide demography of Eurasian Curlew

By Duarte Viana|2023-03-24T12:50:30+00:0030 Mar 2023|Breeding, breeding success, demography, ecology, IBIS, nest predation, population dynamics, population structure, populations, waders, waterbirds|

Are population size trends consistent with available demographic data?

How to cope when the food changes?

By Joanne Morten|2023-01-17T17:44:20+00:0019 Jan 2023|behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, colour ringing/banding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, gps tags, habitat selection, movements, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, shorebirds, waders, waterbirds|

Foraging behaviours of Eurasian Oystercatchers in the Exe Estuary, Devon

Sex-condition interaction affects Greater Flamingo colouration

By Miguel Rendón|2022-09-09T16:59:56+00:0015 Sep 2022|avian biology, Breeding, breeding biology, communication, diet, ecology, feathers, fieldwork, nutrition, parental care, plumage, waders, waterbirds|

Why are female flamingos more colourful than males?

Protecting waders through wetland conservation

By Sean Jellesmark|2022-08-01T14:25:18+00:004 Aug 2022|biodiversity, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, Conservation, Disturbance, early-career researcher, ECR, grassland, habitat restoration, IBIS, impact assessment, land management, marsh birds, monitoring, population recovery, protected areas, RSPB science, waders, wetlands|

What works, what does not, and how do we know?

Oystercatchers avoid a disturbed, high tide roost

By Henk-Jan van der Kolk|2022-02-21T10:32:08+00:0021 Feb 2022|behaviour, bio-logging, bird-human interactions, Disturbance, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, gps tags, IBIS, movements, satellite tracking, shorebirds, waders|

High levels of tourism correlate with roost site avoidance

Growing up in a warming Arctic

By Thomas Lameris|2022-01-04T17:36:52+00:0010 Jan 2022|breeding biology, camouflage, climate, climate change, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, fieldwork, global change, invertebrates, migrant, nestling growth, phenology, reproduction, shorebirds, Tundra, waders|

How do shorebird chicks cope with less food and increasing temperatures?