Sleeping Eurasian oystercatchers adjust their vigilance in response to the behaviour of neighbours, human disturbance and environmental conditions

Graeme Shannon

School of Environmental & Natural Sciences

Press/Media: Research

Description

Study published in the Journal of Zoology exploring the effects of human activity, social context and environmental conditions on sleeping behaviour in oystercatchers.

Period	29 Jun 2020 → 1 Jul 2020

Media coverage

5

Media coverage

Title	Sleeping with one eye open: How noisy humans are keeping birds awake
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Independent
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	1/07/20
Description	Graeme Shannon looks at how our everyday activities are preventing our feathered-friends from getting their essential shut-eye.
URL	https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/science-and-technology/birds-sleep-one-eye-open-lockdown-a9591641.html
Persons	Graeme Shannon

Title	Don’t disturb the sleeping oystercatchers
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	Bangor University
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	29/06/20
Description	Zoologists from Bangor University have shown how human activity could be disturbing oystercatchers, a near-threatened British bird.
URL	https://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/latest/don-t-disturb-the-sleeping-oystercatchers-43811
Persons	Graeme Shannon

Title	Oystercatchers sleep with one eye open while roosting on the ground so they can keep a look out for dogs and humans, study says
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Daily Mail
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	29/06/20
Description	Birds use 'peeking' to sleep, meaning they keep opening one eye to spot danger Near-threatened species did this 'significantly more' when humans were near Scientists said that dogs represented a 'real and unpredictable' threat to birds
URL	https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8470365/Oystercatchers-sleep-one-eye-open-look-dogs-humans-study-says.html
Persons	Graeme Shannon

Title	Birds take 40 winks to keep safe
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	The Times
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	29/06/20
Description	Short article in The Times newspaper discussing our research.
Persons	Graeme Shannon

Title	Don’t disturb the sleeping oystercatchers warn Bangor Uni scientists
Degree of recognition	Local
Media name/outlet	Anglesey Môn News
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	29/06/20
URL	https://angleseymonnews.com/dont-disturb-the-sleeping-oystercatchers-warn-bangor-uni-scientists/
Persons	Graeme Shannon

Keywords

Sleep
Oystercatchers
Vigilance
Human activity