Great Tits Had Paler Yellow Plumage in More Built-Up Urban Territories
Across 838 observations from six European cities, great tits breeding in territories with more impervious surface had lower…
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Nearly Three-quarters of Migrating Redwings Carried Ticks During Two Mild Belgian Autumns
Ticks were found on 72.9% of 284 redwings sampled during late-autumn migration in Belgium; 12.9% of 698 screened…
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Hooded Crows Were Linked to 87 Reported West Nile Virus Bird Outbreaks in Europe
The September ECDC–EFSA report linked hooded crows to 87 reported West Nile virus bird outbreaks, Eurasian magpies to…
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Great Tit and Eurasian Blue Tit Eggs Contained Different Mixes of PFOS Isomers
Researchers analysed 41 eggs from a contaminated industrial site in Belgium and detected both linear and branched PFAS…
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Acceptance of Wild Boar Declined as Support for Electric Fencing and Hunting Rose in Flanders
Three public surveys in Flanders from 2017, 2020 and 2023 found declining acceptance of wild boar presence, especially…
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More Urbanised Streams Had Fewer Insectivorous Bird Species Across Five European Cities
Across 102 urban streams in five cities in Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium and Norway, insectivorous bird richness was…
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Forest Disturbance Increased Modelled Habitat Suitability for Four European Herbivores
Tracking data from 3,069 animals showed that forest disturbance generally increased modelled relative habitat suitability for moose, red…
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H5N1 Outbreak Killed at Least 8,137 Black-headed Gulls and 614 Common Terns in Germany
A 2026 reconstruction of Germany's 2023 H5N1 outbreak documented at least 8,137 dead adult black-headed gulls and 614…
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East Greenland Barnacle Geese Fell to 65,516 While the Russian Flyway Held Near 1.5 Million
AEWA’s 2026 assessment estimated 65,516 East Greenland barnacle geese in March 2026, down from earlier peaks of 80,000,…
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North-west European Greylag Goose Winter Population Estimated at 802,320
The north-west European greylag goose population was estimated at 802,320 wintering birds in January 2025, well above the…
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European Honey-buzzards Tracked from Germany Used Flexible Routes to Africa
Satellite tracking of 12 adult European honey-buzzards breeding in Germany documented routes to wintering areas from Liberia and…
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Urban Great Tits Bred Earlier but Some Adjusted Less to Spring Temperature
Five European long-term studies found earlier breeding in four urban great tit populations, while two showed a weaker…
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Rooftop-nesting European Herring Gulls Took Fewer Incubation Breaks but Had Lower Hatching Success
A Belgian study of 78 herring gull nests found rooftop pairs left their eggs less often than ground-nesting…
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A Subadult Common Swift Was Tracked in Non-stop Flight for 19 Months
A multi-sensor logger followed one subadult common swift through 19 months of non-stop flight, revealing migration and non-breeding…
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Earlier-Hatched Black-headed Gull Chicks Survived Better
Among 530 colour-marked chicks from four Polish colonies, hatching date predicted first-year survival more clearly than body condition…
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A Small Fraction of Wild Boar Showed Disproportionately High Movement and Contact Across Europe
A synthesis of nearly 3.9 million GPS locations from 743 wild boar in 13 European countries found generally…
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Small Diet Shifts Linked to Heavier Lesser Black-backed Gull Chicks
A three-year Belgian study found that lesser black-backed gull pairs showing greater year-to-year changes in the marine share…
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Intermediate-Coloured Buzzards Increased Across Europe as Dark and Light Extremes Declined
A dataset of 99,343 citizen-science observations revealed strong geographic structure in common buzzard plumage across Europe; after pre-2000…
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Exploratory Young Lesser Black-backed Gulls Used Urban Habitats More, but Exploration Did Not Predict Survival
In habitat-use models of 30 juvenile lesser black-backed gulls, more exploratory birds used urban habitats more and less…
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Five Percent of Tracked Wild Boar Accounted for Half of Potential Pig-farm Contacts
Across 187 GPS-tracked wild boar and 457 pig farms in Europe, 5% of the boars and 1% of…
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