Survival of Afro-Palaearctic passerine migrants in western Europe and the impacts of seasonal weather variables

How high do birds fly? A review of current datasets and an appraisal of current methodologies for collecting flight height data: Literature review

The consideration of flight heights is a key factor determining how seabirds interact with offshore wind farms. Of particular interest is the need to accurately predict flight heights, in order to ...

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How high do birds fly? Development of methods and analysis of digital aerial data of seabird flight heights

The purpose of this work was to develop a method for analysing digital aerial ornithology survey data, to derive species-specific flight heights. The focus of this work has been to develop an approach ...

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Patterns and causes of covariation in bird and butterfly community structure

Non-uniform monitoringBTO is fortunate to hold unique large, long-term datasets on bird abundance and distribution collected by dedicated volunteers. Our scientists translate these data into trends ...

Earth Observation Data Integration Pilot Project 5 - Developing community and crowd-sourced validation of 'Living Maps'

Earth Observation data offer great potential for a range of terrestrial surveillance and management issues. Living Maps – land cover maps with a focus on priority semi-natural habitats – are being ...

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An experimental evaluation of the effects of geolocator design and attachment method on between-year survival on whinchats Saxicola rubetra

The role of habitat change in driving Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix population declines across Scotland