• Question: What was the most exciting bird you have ever done research on?

    Asked by anon-361935 to Lucy on 24 Apr 2023.
    • Photo: Lucy Mitchell

      Lucy Mitchell answered on 24 Apr 2023:

      This is a great question! My favourite bird to have studied is the European nightjar – I studied this bird for my PhD. They arrive in the UK from Africa at this time of year, until the end of May and they leave again at the end of August.
      They only eat insects that fly – moths, beetles etc. – and even though they look like they have a tiny beak, when they open it the skin at the side of their beak stretches and they have a big parachute mouth that they can catch them in! They’re really cool to see 🙂

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  • Photo: Santosh

    Santosh commented on :

    I did not do laboratory research on birds, but I did a lot of reading on a bird variety from grasslands. The bird is called ‘bustard’. Some varieties are being poached, so they are facing the danger of being extinct.
    So, I teamed up with a group of scientists for pressed the need for their protection.

  • Photo: Paula

    Paula commented on :

    Every time I start something new I have to research, I think it is all exciting. I am constantly looking into things we can do to help the planet and the exciting thing is the answer is easy; we need to use and buy less. Why not try it !