MicromysPilot study by colleagues in #BirdStudy suggests urban sites might be a sink habitat for wider countryside Blue Tit and Great Tit populations. Using #ColourRinging and resighting to look at movements between urban and rural sites. #BTOScience #UrbanEcology #FreeToView https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2022.2139814
Evidence that rural wintering bird populations supplement suburban breeding populations
Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus and Great Tits Parus major wintering in rural areas tended to move further to breed the following breeding season and more frequently cross the urban–rural boundary, t...