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Heatwaves · EnglandBTO Migration Blog (mid August 2025) VIOLA.ROSS-SMITH Thu, 14/08/2025 - 14:34 Mid August may feel like summer to many people, especially as I write this in the midst of the latest heatwave, but in birding terms autumn is already well underway. The first waves of autumn wader passage have been ongoing since June and some of our summer migrants have already mostly departed, for example the reporting rate for Swift had already dropped significantly…Read Article
BTO Migration Blog (mid August 2025)

Scotland, United Kingdom · ScotlandAn improved method to derive behavioural budgets and energetics from geolocator data in Common Guillemots Uria aalge VIOLA.ROSS-SMITH Thu, 14/08/2025 - 11:06
Buckingham, L., Bogdanova, M.I., Daunt, F., Furness, R.W., Bennett, S., Dunn, R.E., Jardine, D.C., Newell, M.A., Weston, E.D. & Green, J.A.
Light-immersion data from geolocators can be used to estimate behavioural budgets and energetics in seabirds throughout the annual cycle. However, all…Read Article
An improved method to derive behavioural budgets and energetics from geolocator data in Common Guillemots Uria aalge

United Kingdom · United KingdomA review of the Biological Defined Minimum Population Scale (BDMPS) approach and methodology to apportioning season impacts on seabirds arising from offshore wind farms MIKETOMS Wed, 13/08/2025 - 14:28
Johnston, D., Langlois Lopez, S., Humphreys, E. & O’Hanlon, N.
RR 791 Johnston et al FINAL (web).pdf Estimates of breeding seabird populations are used to assess the potential impacts of proposed wind farm developments. The approach used in these…Read Article