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Footprint beds record Holocene decline in large mammal diversity on the Irish Sea coast of Britain
Long-term monitoring along the Irish Sea coast of Britain at Formby has identified hundreds of animal and human footprints in 31 discrete sediment...
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Confirmation of avian trichomonosis among wild birds in Ireland
Trichomonas gallinae is the causative protozoan parasite of avian trichomonosis, an infectious disease of wild bird species. Since an outbreak in the...
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Assessing the ecological suitability of the Irish landscape for the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
Restoration of natural processes via the reintroduction of locally extinct species is a key component of the rewilding process. In Ireland, the...
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Hybridisation and genomic diversity in British and Irish pigeons Columba livia
Human introductions of animals and plants have caused a diverse array of conservation problems, including extinction by hybridisation. This results...
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Hares in the long grass: increased aircraft related mortality of the Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus) over a 30-year period at Ireland’s largest civil airport
Collisions between wildlife and aircraft are a serious and growing threat to aviation safety. Understanding the frequency of these collisions, the...
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Broadcasting Regional Call Dialects Has Little Influence on the Effectiveness of Call-Broadcast Surveys for Marsh Birds
Emergent wetlands have declined in North America and, in response, many wetland-dependent animals have declined in abundance. For example, many...
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Natural body size variation in seabirds provides a fundamental challenge for flight height determination by single-camera photogrammetry: a comment on Humphries et al. (2023)
Determining flight heights for seabirds is a crucial prerequisite for understanding collision risks associated with offshore wind farms and other...
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Crane Knowledge Compact: The Myths and the Facts
Back then, as I anxiously watched the crane pair in its confined breeding site, apparently controlled by their purely mechanical instincts, I knew...
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Sciomyzidae (Diptera) Assemblages in Constructed and Natural Wetlands: Implications for Constructed Wetland Design
Wetlands constructed primarily for the treatment of wastewaters have been shown to have a role in enhancing biodiversity. However, while most...
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A core on the Atlantic margin of Europe: an urban bird assemblage in Cork City, Ireland
Urbanization threatens bird populations globally, however many urban habitats present important refugia for wildlife in this rapidly changing...
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Coexistence without conflict, the recovery of Ireland’s endangered wild grey partridge Perdix perdix
By 1995, Ireland’s wild grey partridge ( Perdix perdix ) was extinct nationally as a breeding species on farmland. The two populations remaining were...
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Consequences of migratory distance, habitat distribution and season on the migratory process in a short distance migratory shorebird population
BackgroundThe migratory process in birds consists of alternating periods of flight and fueling. Individuals of some populations make few flights and...
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Introduced species in a tidal ecosystem of mud and sand: curse or blessing?
For about a century, biodiversity in the tidal Wadden Sea (North Sea, European Atlantic) has increased by more than one hundred introduced species...
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Plastics in stomachs of northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis collected at sea off east Greenland: latitude, age, sex and season
A sample of 145 stomachs from fulmars hunted 100 km offshore east Greenland 64° 30′ N in early June 2015 was analysed for abundance of plastic...
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Summer dynamics of cyanobacteria in an oligo-mesotrophic temperate lake in Northwest Ireland
Despite the potential adverse consequences they can impart on biotopes, cyanobacteria are an understudied component of lake plankton communities in...
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Conservation genetics of regionally extinct peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) and unassisted recovery without genetic bottleneck in southern England
The peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) has been affected by persecution, pollution, trade, and habitat degradation, but it is considered a flagship...
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Bird and small mammal community composition and abundance in upland open habitats and early conifer forests
Anthropogenic land-use change, such as commercial afforestation, is a significant driver of shifts in ecological communities and species abundance....
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Annual movements of a migratory seabird—the NW European red-throated diver (Gavia stellata)—reveals high individual repeatability but low migratory connectivity
In this study, the annual movements of a seabird species, the red-throated diver ( Gavia stellata ), were investigated in space and time. Between 2015...
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Pair bonds during the annual cycle of a long-distance migrant, the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
BackgroundThe extent to which pairs remain together during the annual cycle is a key question in the behavioural ecology of migratory birds. While a...
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Cattle Grazing of a Celtic Sea Saltmarsh Affects Invertebrate Community Composition and Biomass, but not Diversity
Large grazers can regulate biodiversity and ecosystem functioning through both direct and indirect effects on biological communities. For this...
