89% of Recorded Common Cuckoo Egg-laying at Great Reed Warbler Nests Occurred After 14:00
Across five breeding seasons in the Czech Republic, video documented 200 Common Cuckoo egg-laying events at 132 Great…
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Research, conservation and new discoveries
A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Wild Boar Harvests and Road Collisions Peaked in Years Without Major Beech and Oak Seed Crops
Wild boar hunting bags showed broad two-year fluctuations across parts of Central Europe. In Baden-Württemberg, both the number…
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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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Latitude Shaped Redshank Arrival While Breeding Outcome Shaped Departure Across Europe
GPS tracking of 85 adult common redshanks across European breeding landscapes found spring arrival about two days later…
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Golden Jackals Occurred Closer to People Where Wolves Were Common
Across 8,991 survey sites in 13 European countries, wolf presence was the strongest constraint on golden jackal occurrence.…
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Young and Adult Common Reed Warblers Had Similar Non-Breeding Isotopic Niches
Stable-isotope measurements from feathers found broadly similar and largely overlapping non-breeding resource niches in young and adult common…
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More MHC Supertypes Did Not Generally Mean Fewer Blood-Parasite Infections in Bluethroats
Among 198 European bluethroats, researchers found 172 MHC class I alleles and eight functional supertypes. Carrying more supertypes…
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Common Gulls Were Less Often Infected and Carried Fewer Trematodes Than Larger Gulls at Czech Ponds
Trematodes were found in 15 of 33 common gulls in an eastern Czech study, compared with 27 of…
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Willow Tit’s Three Major Genomic Lineages Closely Matched Its Main Song Types
Whole-genome data from 88 willow tits representing all 14 subspecies revealed three major Palearctic genomic lineages whose broad…
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Thrush Nightingales Crossed Deserts by Flying at Night and Remaining Almost Inactive by Day
Multisensor loggers showed that thrush nightingales crossed the Sahara and Arabian Desert through consecutive nocturnal flights, with daytime…
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Climate Best Explained Fine-Scale Genetic Connectivity in Expanding Golden Jackals
A Eurasian landscape-genomics study of 363 golden jackals found that geography dominated genetic structure at continental scale, while…
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Ring Recoveries Mapped Two Major African Flyways for Western Palearctic Common Terns
Thousands of ringing recoveries showed western-breeding common terns mainly used the East Atlantic flyway, while central and eastern…
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Genetic Check Finds True Brood Parasitism Almost Absent in Barn Swallows
Parentage analysis of 7,827 offspring found mixed maternity in six broods, but only three of 1,943 broods represented…
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Nearest Neighbour Yellowhammers Sing the Most Different Rhythms
Recordings of 38 male yellowhammers showed individually distinctive song rhythms, with the strongest rhythmic differences occurring between the…
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Earlier-Fledged Juvenile Kingfishers Migrated Farther and Followed Region-Specific Routes
A 2026 study of juvenile common kingfishers from Czech and Slovak populations found that earlier-fledged birds migrated farther,…
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Chlamydia psittaci Was Detected in 20.6% of Brno Feral Pigeon Dropping Samples
A Brno survey detected Chlamydia psittaci in 20.6% of pooled feral-pigeon dropping samples. Positive flocks showed clear geographic…
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Roe Deer, Fallow Deer and Wild Boar Used Woody Biocorridors for More Than Movement
Camera traps in South Moravia showed that woody biocorridors served as movement routes, feeding areas and shelter for…
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Ten of 17 Western Marsh Harriers Recovered in West Africa Had Been Ringed in Finland or Poland
Among 17 documented western marsh harrier recoveries in Ghana, Togo and Benin, six birds had been ringed in…
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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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Habitat and Prey Traits Shaped Sparrowhawk Diet Around 62 Czech Nests
A 2026 Czech study of 1,107 prey items from 62 Eurasian sparrowhawk nests found that diet composition varied…
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