Data from: Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn
Data from: Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn
Citation
Brust V, Hüppop O. 2021. Data from: Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.kt323qm0Abstract
Flights over open water can be challenging for migrating songbirds. Despite numerous observations of songbirds migrating over remote islands, virtually nothing is known about the proportion of songbirds risking to fly offshore rather than to follow the coastline. By means of large-scale automated radio-telemetry, we individually tracked songbirds during their autumn migration through the German Bight area in the south-eastern North Sea. Our tracking network facilitated the recording of movement patterns over the bay and, for the first time, the estimation of the proportions of individuals embarking on offshore flights from their coastal stopover sites. Our data are consistent with previous observations of decreasing migration densities from nearshore to offshore, i.e. from east to west in autumn. Still, we revealed a considerable proportion of 25% of birds flying offshore. The tendency to fly offshore decreased from west to south migrants, which is in line with optimal bird migration theory. Among south-west migrating species, which also comprise the vast majority of songbird species migrating through the German Bight area, thrushes showed the highest proportions of offshore flights. Considering the recent and ongoing increase of artificial offshore structures, our results suggest that some species or species groups might especially face an increased risk of being negatively affected.
Keywords
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,Erithacus rubecula,Prunella modularis,Sturnus vulgaris,Sylvia atricapilla,Sylvia borin,Sylvia communis,Turdus merula,Turdus philomelos,animal movement,animal tracking,avian migration,common whitethroat,dunnock,Erithacus rubecula,Eurasian blackbird,Eurasian blackcap,European robin,European starling,garden warbler,North Sea,Prunella modularis,radio telemetry,redwing,sedge warbler,song thrush,songbirds,Sturnus vulgaris,Sylvia atricapilla,Sylvia borin,Sylvia communis,Turdus iliacus,Turdus merula,Turdus philomelos
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@misc{001/1_kt323qm0,
title = {Data from: Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn},
author = {Brust, V and Hüppop, O},
year = {2021},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.kt323qm0},
doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.kt323qm0},
publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}RIS
TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.kt323qm0 T1 - Data from: Underestimated scale of songbird offshore migration across the south-eastern North Sea during autumn AU - Brust, Vera AU - Hüppop, Ommo Y1 - 2021/11/04 KW - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus KW - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus KW - Erithacus rubecula KW - Prunella modularis KW - Sturnus vulgaris KW - Sylvia atricapilla KW - Sylvia borin KW - Sylvia communis KW - Turdus merula KW - Turdus philomelos KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - avian migration KW - common whitethroat KW - dunnock KW - Erithacus rubecula KW - Eurasian blackbird KW - Eurasian blackcap KW - European robin KW - European starling KW - garden warbler KW - North Sea KW - Prunella modularis KW - radio telemetry KW - redwing KW - sedge warbler KW - song thrush KW - songbirds KW - Sturnus vulgaris KW - Sylvia atricapilla KW - Sylvia borin KW - Sylvia communis KW - Turdus iliacus KW - Turdus merula KW - Turdus philomelos KW - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus KW - Erithacus rubecula KW - Prunella modularis KW - Sturnus vulgaris KW - Sylvia atricapilla KW - Sylvia borin KW - Sylvia communis KW - Turdus merula KW - Turdus philomelos PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.kt323qm0 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.kt323qm0 ER -