Articles on Migratory birds

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August 17, 2017

Migrating birds use a magnetic map to travel long distances

Richard Holland, Bangor University

New research reveals how birds navigate their way over thousands of miles.

July 24, 2017

Goldfinches need protection – migrating songbirds might be vanishing from North Africa

Rassim Khelifa, University of Zürich

The European goldfinch, with its wonderful coloration and melodic singing, is a favoured pet for people living in the western Maghreb. But continued poaching is putting the species in danger.

Early in the morning and late in the evening is when shorebirds escape disturbance on the beaches on which their survival depends. Arnuchulo

March 15, 2017

Contested spaces: saving nature when our beaches have gone to the dogs

Madeleine Stigner, The University of Queensland; Kiran Dhanjal-Adams, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland

We aren’t just jostling with each other for beach space. Scuttling, waddling, hopping or flying away from beachgoers all around Australia, wildlife struggles to survive the daily disturbances.

Terns at sunset, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr

August 15, 2016

Beyond borders: Why we need global action to protect migratory birds

Amanda Rodewald, Cornell University

Migratory birds play key ecological roles. and connect us with nature. The 1916 Migratory Bird Treaty curbed overhunting, but birds face other threats today that require international solutions.

Arctic migrants such as this Sanderling face an uncertain future. Erik Thomsen

July 19, 2016

Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms

Hannah Wauchope, The University of Queensland and Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland

For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed.

Top contributors

Richard Fuller
Associate Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland
Hawthorne Beyer
ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, The University of Queensland
Kiran Dhanjal-Adams
Research Associate Ecological Modeller, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Hannah Wauchope
PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Amanda Rodewald
Professor and Director of Conservation Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
Madeleine Stigner
Research assistant, The University of Queensland
Rassim Khelifa
Ph.D. Student Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich
Richard Holland
Senior Lecturer in Animal Cognition, Bangor University