| Titre : | Bird Study 62(4) - octobre 2, 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/10/2015 |
Dépouillements
Article
Simon R. Wotton, Auteur ;
Mark Eaton, Auteur ;
Steven R. Ewing, Auteur ;
Rhys E. Green, Auteur
Capsule The UK Corncrake population increase has slowed, but has rapidly recovered from a large decline in 2013.Aims To provide an update on the population size and distribution of breeding Corncrakes in the UK, including the results of the most[...]
Article
Alina Olalla-Kerstupp, Auteur ;
Gabriel Ruiz-Aymá, Auteur ;
José I. González-Rojas, Auteur ;
Antonio Guzmán-Velasco, Auteur
Capsule We studied the migratory movements and site fidelity of a male Long-billed Curlew using satellite telemetry in North America; the bird completed three migratory cycles and showed strong fidelity to stop-over, breeding, and wintering site[...]
Article
Dario Massimino, Auteur ;
Alison Johnston, Auteur ;
James W. Pearce-Higgins, Auteur
Capsule Abundance monitoring data suggest that the short-term response of breeding birds to recent warming in Great Britain has been range expansion, caused by poleward shifts of leading range margins and no significant shifts of trailing range [...]
Article
Pedro Andrade, Auteur ;
Pedro Rodrigues, Auteur ;
Ricardo Jorge Lopes, Auteur ;
Jaime Albino Ramos, Auteur ;
Regina Tristão Da Cunha, Auteur ;
David Gonçalves, Auteur
Capsule Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla populations from the Azores archipelago show morphological differences to continental birds which are consistent with the ‘Island Rule’.Aims The morphology of insular vertebrates is usually the result of the e[...]
Article
Juan Carlos Senar, Auteur ;
Jeff Kew, Auteur ;
Allison Kew, Auteur
Capsule We analysed ring recovery data of Siskins from the EURING database (N = 42,707 individuals) and found 18 groups of birds that moved together a median distance of 200 km (range 51–1296 km). The median time elapsed between capture and reco[...]
Article
Innes M.W. Sim, Auteur ;
Mick Green, Auteur ;
Graham W. Rebecca, Auteur ;
Malcolm D. Burgess, Auteur
Capsule The first details of the migration pattern of a male Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus, fitted with a geolocator on its Scottish breeding grounds, showed that it wintered in the Algerian Atlas Mountains, substantially east of the suspected mai[...]
Article
Terje Lislevand, Auteur ;
Bohumír Chutný, Auteur ;
Ingvar Byrkjedal, Auteur ;
Václav Pavel, Auteur ;
Martins Briedis, Auteur ;
Peter Adamik, Auteur ;
Steffen Hahn, Auteur
Capsule Red-spotted Bluethroats Luscinia s. svecica from two European breeding populations spent the boreal winter on the Indian sub-continent.Aim Tracking the migration of Red-spotted Bluethroats from Europe to the hitherto unknown non-breeding[...]
Article
Christopher J. Whelan, Auteur ;
Joel S. Brown, Auteur ;
Amy E. Hank, Auteur
Capsule House Sparrows preferred millet over seeds of prairie forbs and grasses native to the USA. By reducing the abundance and availability of some grains, changing agricultural practices may contribute to the population declines of House Spar[...]
Article
Daniel B. Hayhow, Auteur ;
Steven R. Ewing, Auteur ;
Alistair Baxter, Auteur ;
Andy Douse, Auteur ;
Andrew Stanbury, Auteur ;
D. Philip Whitfield, Auteur ;
Mark A. Eaton, Auteur
Capsule The number of Dotterel breeding in the UK declined by 57% between 1987/88 and 2011, from 980 to 423 breeding males; there has been a contraction of the species’ geographical range as well as declining numbers on core sites.Aims To estima[...]
Article
Christopher J. Heward, Auteur ;
Andrew N. Hoodless, Auteur ;
Greg J. Conway, Auteur ;
Nicholas J. Aebischer, Auteur ;
Simon Gillings, Auteur ;
Robert J. Fuller, Auteur
Capsule The breeding Woodcock population in Britain in 2013 was estimated at 55 241 males (95% CL: 41 806–69 004), suggesting a large-scale decline that is supported by 2 additional sources of data.Aims To provide an updated estimate of the size[...]
Article
Juan Moreno, Auteur ;
Sonia González-Braojos, Auteur ;
Rafael Ruiz-De-Castañeda, Auteur
Capsule Very low and anomalous temperatures in early spring of 2010 were followed by the only massive reproductive failure event recorded in 24 years in a population of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca breeding at 1200 m altitude in central S[...]
Article
Blair Urquhart, Auteur ;
Simon Hulka, Auteur ;
Kevin Duffy, Auteur
Capsule Using game birds as surrogate carcasses for raptors could significantly bias calibration searches for wind turbine collision fatalities.
Article
Allan J. Perkins, Auteur ;
Hywel E. Maggs, Auteur ;
Jeremy D. Wilson, Auteur
Capsule Corn Buntings nested in tall dense grasses and cereals, selecting for sward density over height, and cereal fields with high weed scores.Aims To measure the vegetation attributes of fields selected as nest sites by Corn Buntings, to info[...]
Article
Martin Čech, Auteur ;
Pavel Čech, Auteur
Capsule Non-fish prey constitutes an important component of the diet of many fish-eating birds.Aims In the present study, the role of non-fish prey in the diet of the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis was evaluated.Methods The species and size spe[...]
Article
Francisco Díaz-Ruiz, Auteur ;
Juan Carlos Zarca, Auteur ;
Miguel Delibes-Mateos, Auteur ;
Pablo Ferreras, Auteur
Capsule Feeding habits of the Black-billed Magpie are of interest for researchers, conservationists and hunters since magpies are considered as predators of eggs and chicks of both songbirds and gamebirds.Aims To characterize the feeding habits [...]
Article
Blair Urquhart, Auteur ;
Simon Hulka, Auteur ;
Kevin Duffy, Auteur
Capsule Using game birds as surrogate carcasses for raptors could significantly bias calibration searches for wind turbine collision fatalities.
Article
Dario Massimino, Auteur ;
Alison Johnston, Auteur ;
James W. Pearce-Higgins, Auteur
Capsule Abundance monitoring data suggest that the short-term response of breeding birds to recent warming in Great Britain has been range expansion, caused by poleward shifts of leading range margins and no significant shifts of trailing range [...]
Article
Christopher J. Heward, Auteur ;
Andrew N. Hoodless, Auteur ;
Greg J. Conway, Auteur ;
Nicholas J. Aebischer, Auteur ;
Simon Gillings, Auteur ;
Robert J. Fuller, Auteur
Capsule The breeding Woodcock population in Britain in 2013 was estimated at 55241 males (95% CL: 41806-69004), suggesting a large-scale decline that is supported by 2 additional sources of data.Aims To provide an updated estimate of the size of[...]
Article
Terje Lislevand, Auteur ;
Bohumír Chutný, Auteur ;
Ingvar Byrkjedal, Auteur ;
Václav Pavel, Auteur ;
Martins Briedis, Auteur ;
Peter Adamik, Auteur ;
Steffen Hahn, Auteur
Capsule Red-spotted Bluethroats Luscinia s. svecica from two European breeding populations spent the boreal winter on the Indian sub-continent.Aim Tracking the migration of Red-spotted Bluethroats from Europe to the hitherto unknown non-breeding[...]
Article
Pedro Andrade, Auteur ;
Pedro Rodrigues, Auteur ;
Ricardo Jorge Lopes, Auteur ;
Jaime Albino Ramos, Auteur ;
Regina Tristao da Cunha, Auteur ;
David Gonçalves, Auteur
Capsule Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla populations from the Azores archipelago show morphological differences to continental birds which are consistent with the Island Rule\'.Aims The morphology of insular vertebrates is usually the result of the e[...]
Article
Simon R. Wotton, Auteur ;
Mark Eaton, Auteur ;
Steven R. Ewing, Auteur ;
Rhys E. Green, Auteur
Capsule The UK Corncrake population increase has slowed, but has rapidly recovered from a large decline in 2013.Aims To provide an update on the population size and distribution of breeding Corncrakes in the UK, including the results of the most[...]
Article
Martin Čech, Auteur ;
Pavel Čech, Auteur
Capsule Non-fish prey constitutes an important component of the diet of many fish-eating birds.Aims In the present study, the role of non-fish prey in the diet of the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis was evaluated.Methods The species and size spe[...]
Article
Allan J. Perkins, Auteur ;
Hywel E. Maggs, Auteur ;
Jeremy D. Wilson, Auteur
Capsule Corn Buntings nested in tall dense grasses and cereals, selecting for sward density over height, and cereal fields with high weed scores.Aims To measure the vegetation attributes of fields selected as nest sites by Corn Buntings, to info[...]
