Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1830518
R. Broughton, Wayne Parry
ABSTRACT We document a highly unusual Long-tailed Tit nest in northwest England that is largely constructed from plastic debris, namely synthetic fibres, apparently from a nearby discarded cushion. We describe the nest location, its construction and its dimensions. The unusual nest material is discussed in relation to the potential insulation properties, and especially its camouflage according to the hypothesis of concealment by light reflection.
{"title":"A Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus nest constructed from plastic fibres supports the theory of concealment by light reflectance","authors":"R. Broughton, Wayne Parry","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1830518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1830518","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We document a highly unusual Long-tailed Tit nest in northwest England that is largely constructed from plastic debris, namely synthetic fibres, apparently from a nearby discarded cushion. We describe the nest location, its construction and its dimensions. The unusual nest material is discussed in relation to the potential insulation properties, and especially its camouflage according to the hypothesis of concealment by light reflection.","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":"34 1","pages":"120 - 123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1830518","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45568381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1887669
Anne L. Goodall, D. Charles Deeming, L. Biddle
ABSTRACT A corrugated bituminised roofing felt ‘tree tin’ originally provided to serve as a bat roost was adopted on a regular basis by Eurasian Treecreepers as nest sites. Data on nest construction under ‘tree tins’ are discussed.
{"title":"Use of ‘tree tin’ nesting sites by the Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris, with notes on nest composition","authors":"Anne L. Goodall, D. Charles Deeming, L. Biddle","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1887669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1887669","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A corrugated bituminised roofing felt ‘tree tin’ originally provided to serve as a bat roost was adopted on a regular basis by Eurasian Treecreepers as nest sites. Data on nest construction under ‘tree tins’ are discussed.","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":"34 1","pages":"124 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1887669","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41606687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1887673
Kane Brides, K. A. Wood, Scott W. Petrek, J. Cooper, S. Christmas, Jon Middleton, K. Leighton, A. Grogan
ABSTRACT Analyses of 2280 re-encounters made during 2014–20 of 300 adult British Greylag Geese Anser anser marked at Windermere, Cumbria, in summers 2013–16 are used to describe the patterns of their moult migration. Results show that birds moulting at Windermere are migrating mainly from the nearby counties of Lancashire, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, and from within Cumbria itself. Resightings at Windermere showed that the number of individuals returning to moult decreased during the study: possible reasons for this are given. We also provide new and updated information on the survival and mean dispersal distance for non-breeding British Greylag Geese. The mean dispersal distance away from Windermere for all marked individuals was 83.3 km (95% CI 73.4–93.2). Annual mean survival rates ranged between 0.568 and 0.872 over the study period, with a mean of 0.680 (95% CI 0.584–0.775). Results from this study contribute to improving our knowledge of the demography of the British Greylag Goose population.
{"title":"Moult migration, site fidelity and survival of British Greylag Geese Anser anser at Windermere, Cumbria","authors":"Kane Brides, K. A. Wood, Scott W. Petrek, J. Cooper, S. Christmas, Jon Middleton, K. Leighton, A. Grogan","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1887673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1887673","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Analyses of 2280 re-encounters made during 2014–20 of 300 adult British Greylag Geese Anser anser marked at Windermere, Cumbria, in summers 2013–16 are used to describe the patterns of their moult migration. Results show that birds moulting at Windermere are migrating mainly from the nearby counties of Lancashire, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, and from within Cumbria itself. Resightings at Windermere showed that the number of individuals returning to moult decreased during the study: possible reasons for this are given. We also provide new and updated information on the survival and mean dispersal distance for non-breeding British Greylag Geese. The mean dispersal distance away from Windermere for all marked individuals was 83.3 km (95% CI 73.4–93.2). Annual mean survival rates ranged between 0.568 and 0.872 over the study period, with a mean of 0.680 (95% CI 0.584–0.775). Results from this study contribute to improving our knowledge of the demography of the British Greylag Goose population.","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":"34 1","pages":"84 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1887673","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42741052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1887670
R. Green, N. Burton, A. Cook
ABSTRACT Offshore wind farms are a key part of the UK government strategy to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate-change impacts; however, it is important to understand their potential impacts on wildlife. The majority of British and Irish Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna undergo a moult migration to the Wadden Sea, passing wind farms in the southern North Sea en route. We conducted a review of ring-recovery data from the British and Irish Ringing Scheme and a pilot tracking study to inform understanding of migration routes. Analysis of recovery data confirmed that British and Irish Shelduck occurred in the Wadden Sea predominantly between August and November, and use moulting sites in the Dutch Wadden Sea and Helgoland Bight. Four Shelduck were successfully tracked from East Anglia to the Wadden Sea. Four separate routes across the North Sea were identified, with previously unreported stopovers noted in the Dutch Wadden Sea, before birds continued on to moult sites in the Helgoland Bight. Flight speeds of 30.3 ± 9.2 knots (n = 299, range 8.7–55.0 knots) were recorded, and altitudes of up to 354 m. An expansion to the tracking study is planned, to increase sample sizes and geographical representation.
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Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1887671
R. Broughton
ABSTRACT Many knowledge gaps exist in the descriptions of the vocal repertoires of most bird species, and particularly for the calls of nestlings and fledglings. This short descriptive study presents the first sonograms and descriptions of the nestling calls of Marsh Tits in three nests, and also a previously unrecorded call of a female parent initiating begging by young chicks. A previously unrecorded defensive call by a nestling is also documented. Field observations of the calls of fledglings are also described, including the timing of the development of adult-type calls. The results show that short, simple ‘peep’ calls of six-day-old nestlings developed into more complex ‘begging trills’, comprising clusters of several notes, by day 13 after hatching. Several variant ‘begging trills’ appeared by day 19 (the day before fledging), and are distinct from the begging calls of closely related species. Fledglings continued to use begging trills and also produced clear adult-type contact calls, ‘pitchou’ and ‘chick-a-dee’ calls by day 5 after fledging. Young males were singing by 11 days after fledging (one day after post-fledging dispersal). The results are discussed in the context of similar species, and how the increasing availability of sound-recording equipment can encourage more gaps in knowledge to be filled.
{"title":"Calls of nestling and fledgling Marsh Tits Poecile palustris","authors":"R. Broughton","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1887671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1887671","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many knowledge gaps exist in the descriptions of the vocal repertoires of most bird species, and particularly for the calls of nestlings and fledglings. This short descriptive study presents the first sonograms and descriptions of the nestling calls of Marsh Tits in three nests, and also a previously unrecorded call of a female parent initiating begging by young chicks. A previously unrecorded defensive call by a nestling is also documented. Field observations of the calls of fledglings are also described, including the timing of the development of adult-type calls. The results show that short, simple ‘peep’ calls of six-day-old nestlings developed into more complex ‘begging trills’, comprising clusters of several notes, by day 13 after hatching. Several variant ‘begging trills’ appeared by day 19 (the day before fledging), and are distinct from the begging calls of closely related species. Fledglings continued to use begging trills and also produced clear adult-type contact calls, ‘pitchou’ and ‘chick-a-dee’ calls by day 5 after fledging. Young males were singing by 11 days after fledging (one day after post-fledging dispersal). The results are discussed in the context of similar species, and how the increasing availability of sound-recording equipment can encourage more gaps in knowledge to be filled.","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":"34 1","pages":"95 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1887671","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48038014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1887666
Roberto Pollo, E. Borgo
ABSTRACT A new longevity record has been registered for the Common Whitethroat Curruca communis, with a bird recaptured in Italy 18 years and 11 months from the date of ringing. This exceeds the previous longevity record by almost 10 years. A comparison is made with records of known longevity for other species of small passerine birds. The possible migratory routes and the total distances travelled by the bird are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2019-07-03DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1830533
Ron Haran, Roni Shachal, I. Izhaki
ABSTRACT Total habitat loss might lead to local extinction of populations, whereas habitat loss that is extreme but partial leaves some chance for their survival. Einot Gibton, a small nature reserve in Israel, has gone through a major structural change, involving the uprooting of much of its reedbed. In an attempt to maintain the local breeding population of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus in the reserve, conservationists retained 10% of the original 7.55 ha of reedbed habitat in the outskirts of the reserve. The Reed Warbler population was monitored in the year before and in the three years following the structural change, to investigate how a local bird population adapts to extreme reduction of its breeding habitat. Management operations occurred mainly while the Reed Warblers were wintering in Africa. After returning in spring their density in the remnant fragments of reedbed was six times higher than before the structural changes. Despite a 47% decline in their breeding success in the first breeding season after the work, site fidelity remained high. The 75% recovery of their habitat three years after its destruction was accompanied by recovery of their breeding success. Faced with planned, accidental or natural loss of habitat, conservationists should try to ensure that parts of the habitat persist, to maintain local populations.
{"title":"Effects of extreme habitat loss on a local population of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus","authors":"Ron Haran, Roni Shachal, I. Izhaki","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1830533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1830533","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Total habitat loss might lead to local extinction of populations, whereas habitat loss that is extreme but partial leaves some chance for their survival. Einot Gibton, a small nature reserve in Israel, has gone through a major structural change, involving the uprooting of much of its reedbed. In an attempt to maintain the local breeding population of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus in the reserve, conservationists retained 10% of the original 7.55 ha of reedbed habitat in the outskirts of the reserve. The Reed Warbler population was monitored in the year before and in the three years following the structural change, to investigate how a local bird population adapts to extreme reduction of its breeding habitat. Management operations occurred mainly while the Reed Warblers were wintering in Africa. After returning in spring their density in the remnant fragments of reedbed was six times higher than before the structural changes. Despite a 47% decline in their breeding success in the first breeding season after the work, site fidelity remained high. The 75% recovery of their habitat three years after its destruction was accompanied by recovery of their breeding success. Faced with planned, accidental or natural loss of habitat, conservationists should try to ensure that parts of the habitat persist, to maintain local populations.","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":"34 1","pages":"103 - 112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1830533","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44977052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1768698
Justin Walker
{"title":"Moult and Ageing of European Passerines","authors":"Justin Walker","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1768698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1768698","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1768698","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42817576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1777708
B. Swann, Ivan K. Brockway
{"title":"Evidence of Common Eiders re-laying clutches at a Scottish colony","authors":"B. Swann, Ivan K. Brockway","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1777708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1777708","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1777708","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49576534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2019.1759906
Alice Kirchmeir, F. Uhl, T. Bugnyar, Christine Schwab
For most research on birds in the wild, catching and marking of individuals is essential. Corvids may be difficult to catch due to their neophobia and good learning abilities; moreover, different c...
{"title":"Catching crows: seasonality, techniques and the influence of social behaviour","authors":"Alice Kirchmeir, F. Uhl, T. Bugnyar, Christine Schwab","doi":"10.1080/03078698.2019.1759906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2019.1759906","url":null,"abstract":"For most research on birds in the wild, catching and marking of individuals is essential. Corvids may be difficult to catch due to their neophobia and good learning abilities; moreover, different c...","PeriodicalId":35936,"journal":{"name":"Ringing and Migration","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03078698.2019.1759906","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49156448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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