winter Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

Snowy days and Tawny Owls

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-05-18T09:43:15+00:0019 May 2022|adult survival, bird vision, camouflage, colour-polymorphism, nocturnal birds, physiology, plumage, predation, raptors, winter|

Are grey colour morphs better protected against predation?

On the hunt for winter sun

By Connor Panter|2022-01-31T19:27:21+00:003 Feb 2022|behaviour, bird movements, birds of prey, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, foraging resource limitation, gps tags, habitat selection, illegal killing, land management, land use, migrant, mortality, movements, overwintering, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, winter|

Exploring drivers of Red Kite space use in winter

Ringing birds in the cold

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-22T15:00:53+00:0019 Nov 2020|bird handling, winter|

The body temperature of great tits drops by several degrees during handling.

The year-round benefits of occupying preferred habitat

By Ryan Germain|2021-03-17T14:39:34+00:0030 Apr 2018|adult survival, habitat, habitat selection, winter|

Do habitat features that influence over-winter survival also influence reproductive success in a territorial, year-round resident?

Short tails in a severe winter

By Masaru Hasegawa|2021-06-09T13:17:04+00:0010 Jul 2017|flight, selection, survival, winter|

A once-in-a-century severe winter revealed selection for short-tailed Pacific Swallows

The winter ecology of House Martins

By Cosme López Calderón|2021-07-29T15:58:41+00:0029 May 2017|carry-over effects, migrant, Migration, stable isotopes, winter, wintering|

Winter areas, spatial segregation and carry-over effects

Living close, doing differently

By Carles Carboneras|2021-11-26T15:02:42+00:0011 Jan 2016|bird communities, Breeding, colour ringing/banding, Science, Seabirds, tracking, winter, wintering|

Breeding and wintering Mediterranean Gulls do not mix

Whinchat survival from the wintering grounds

By Emma Blackburn|2021-11-26T15:19:58+00:0030 Nov 2015|ecology, migrant, population dynamics, survival, winter|

Do wintering conditions limit populations?