Foraging behaviour and time allocation of chick-rearing Razorbills Alca torda at Graesholmen, central Baltic Sea

Ibis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 143 (4) ◽  
pp. 402-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
SILVANO BENVENUTI ◽  
LUIGI DALL'ANTONIA ◽  
PETER LYNGS
Bird Study ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Isaksson ◽  
Tom J. Evans ◽  
Olof Olsson ◽  
Susanne Åkesson

Ornis Svecica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3–4) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Włodzimierz Meissner ◽  
Joanna Drozdowska ◽  
Szymon Bzoma

Biometrical analysis of Razorbills Alca torda captured or drowned in fishing nets in the Polish economic zone of the Baltic Sea is based on measurements of 98 individuals collected in the non-breeding period (October–April) in 2006–2013. These birds are assumed to represent the breeding population of the Baltic Sea as recoveries show that very few other birds visit that area. Bill depth and wing length of juveniles were much smaller than in older birds which suggests that the final size of these measurements is not achieved during the first winter but continue to increase as the birds grow older. In older birds only total head length and bill length were significantly larger in males than in females. Mean bill depth of Razorbills from the Polish Baltic zone fits well to clinal variation from south-west to north of the European part of the breeding range. However, mean wing length was much larger than expected according to the regression, which might result from differences in measuring technique. On the other hand it cannot be excluded that the Baltic population may actually have longer wings.


Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
KNUD FALK ◽  
SILVANO BENVENUTI ◽  
LUIGI DALL'ANTONIA ◽  
KAJ KAMPP ◽  
ALBERTO RIBOLINI

Ornis Svecica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2–4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olof Olsson ◽  
Jonas Hentati-Sundberg

The island of Stora Karlsö hosts the largest colonies of fish-eating seabirds in the Baltic Sea. However, recent and reliable estimates of the number of breeding pairs of the main species have been missing. Based on a complete census in 2014, we estimated the number of Common Guillemots Uria aalge to 15,700 pairs, more than half (up to 70%) of the Baltic Sea population. The number has almost tripled since the early 1970s and the increase has been particularly strong the last 11 years, with an annual increase of 5.1%. We counted 24,600 individual adult Razorbills Alca torda and estimated it to correspond to a maximum of 12,300 pairs in 2015–2016 (census over two seasons). The colony has grown strongly; on average by 5.6% annually since the early 1970s, and Stora Karlsö now hosts up to 30% of the Baltic Sea population. Stora Karlsö also hosts colonies with about 300 pairs each of Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus and Herring Gull Larus argentatus. The gulls’ trends are negative, with an average annual decline the last 10-year period by 5.0% and 6.2%, respectively.


Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. MONAGHAN ◽  
P. WALTON ◽  
S. WANLESS ◽  
J.D. UTTLEY ◽  
M.D. BLJRNS

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 284-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Hjorth Scharff-Olsen ◽  
Anders Galatius ◽  
Jonas Teilmann ◽  
Rune Dietz ◽  
Signe May Andersen ◽  
...  

Abstract A crucial first step in assessing and managing the role and impacts of predators on their environment is knowledge on their foraging behaviour and diet. Here, we synthesize previously published and newly generated data on the diet of harbour seals, grey seals, and ringed seals in the Baltic Sea region. More than 45 000 otoliths recovered from 3147 samples of scats and digestive tracts were collected throughout all seasons and most Baltic Sea sub-basins from 1968 to 2013. The data revealed a large extent of interspecific, spatial, and seasonal variation in seal diet, implying that caution should be made when extrapolating from one species, area or season, to others. Still, a few fish species, including Atlantic herring, sprat, cod, and sandeels had high occurrence across seal species and locations. The compiled data provide the first overview of seal diet across the entire Baltic Sea region, but also comes with several limitations. Thus, while the data presented here constitutes an important reference for future inference, it also illustrates an urgent need for standardizing methodology across studies on the diet of seals and other aquatic predators.


The Condor ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Dall'Antonia ◽  
Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson ◽  
Silvano Benvenuti

AbstractA newly modified, bird-borne data-logger was used to investigate the flight activity and diving behavior of foraging Razorbills (Alca torda) breeding at Latrabjarg, northwest Iceland. The recorders allowed us to determine with high time-resolution all relevant movements in 47 complete foraging trips of 29 different Razorbills during two successive breeding seasons, 1997 and 1998. In 1998, direction recorders equipped with a compass recorded 19 foraging routes of 10 different Razorbills. The trips consisted of a number of flights interrupted by short series of diving bouts by which the birds seemingly explored areas for prey availability. Foraging occurred at sites where Razorbills stopped, dived, and rested for a long time before returning to the nest by a single flight or a sequence of a few flights. The majority of dive profiles (n = 17 095 dives) consisted of nonstop downward and upward movements to depths rarely greater than 35 m, and never exceeding 41 m. There was considerable diurnal variation in foraging behavior, expressed by more frequent and shallower dives around midnight. The Razorbill's diving pattern turns out to be very different from that reported for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) breeding in the same colony. Considerable differences in duration of trips, average number of dives, and time allocation were observed between the two breeding seasons, suggesting differences in foraging conditions for the birds.Asignación de Tiempo y Patrones de Forrajeo durante la Crianza de los Pichones en Alca torda en el Noroeste de IslandiaResumen. Un archivador de datos recientemente modificado que se acopla a las aves fue utilizado para investigar la actividad de vuelo y el comportamiento de buceo de individuos reproductivos de Alca torda en Latrabjarg, noroeste de Islandia. Los equipos nos permitieron determinar con una alta resolución de tiempo todos los movimientos relevantes en 47 viajes de forrajeo de 29 individuos diferentes durante dos temporadas reproductivas sucesivas (1997 y 1998). En 1998, equipos registradores de dirección equipados con una brújula, registraron 19 rutas de forrajeo de 10 individuos diferentes. Los viajes consistieron en un número de vuelos interrumpidos por pequeñas series de sesiones de buceo por medio de las cuales las aves aparentemente investigaban la disponibilidad de presas en distintas áreas. El forrajeo tuvo lugar en sitios donde las aves se detuvieron, bucearon y descansaron por un período prolongado antes de regresar al nido en un solo vuelo o en una secuencia de pocos vuelos. La mayoría de perfiles de buceo (n = 17 095 inmersiones) consistieron en movimientos ininterrumpidos hacia abajo y hacia arriba a profundidades rara vez mayores de 35 m y nunca superiores a 41 m. Hubo una variación considerable en el comportamiento de forrajeo a lo largo del día, con inmersiones más frecuentes y menos profundas alrededor de la medianoche. Los patrones de buceo de A. torda resultan ser muy diferentes de los que se han reportado para individuos de Uria lomvia que se reproducen en la misma colonia. Se observaron diferencias considerables en la duración de los viajes, el número promedio de inmersiones y la asignación del tiempo entre las dos épocas reproductivas, lo que sugiere que existieron diferencias en las condiciones de forrajeo para las aves.


Boreas ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Christiansen ◽  
Helmar Kunzendorf ◽  
Kay-Christian Emeis ◽  
Rudolf Endler ◽  
Ulrich Struck ◽  
...  

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