Animal Navigation http://animalnav.org One of the great mysteries... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:51:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 BTO Cuckoo Tracking http://animalnav.org/2013/05/bto-cuckoo-tracking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bto-cuckoo-tracking http://animalnav.org/2013/05/bto-cuckoo-tracking/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:51:18 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=950 Animalnav.org

Please note that the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) carry out a brilliant Cuckoo tracking project. We think that we need to be sure that we are clear how fledglings make the journey to their wintering grounds.  As they have … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/05/bto-cuckoo-tracking/feed/ 0 Mystery of Bird Navigation System Still Unsolved http://animalnav.org/2013/05/mystery-of-bird-navigation-system-still-unsolved-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mystery-of-bird-navigation-system-still-unsolved-2 http://animalnav.org/2013/05/mystery-of-bird-navigation-system-still-unsolved-2/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:42:27 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=947 Animalnav.org

This link is important as it gives you more information on the work done by David Keays et al, which proved that the magnetite particle array supposed to exist in the upper beak, creates a magnetic compass response mechanism for … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/05/mystery-of-bird-navigation-system-still-unsolved-2/feed/ 0 Wild Dolphin “Asks” Divers to Help Free Itself from Hook http://animalnav.org/2013/05/wild-dolphin-asks-divers-to-help-free-itself-from-hook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wild-dolphin-asks-divers-to-help-free-itself-from-hook http://animalnav.org/2013/05/wild-dolphin-asks-divers-to-help-free-itself-from-hook/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:48:37 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=939 Animalnav.org

Wild Dolphin “Asks” Divers to Help Free Itself from Hook

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/05/wild-dolphin-asks-divers-to-help-free-itself-from-hook/feed/ 0 The long Way (excerpt) by Bernard Moitessier http://animalnav.org/2013/05/the-long-way-excerpt-by-bernard-moitessier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-long-way-excerpt-by-bernard-moitessier http://animalnav.org/2013/05/the-long-way-excerpt-by-bernard-moitessier/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:42:53 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=935 Animalnav.org

Bernard Moitessier sailed single handed around the world in 1969 and published his accounts of this trip in 1971 in the book “The long Way”.  This description comes from this book. Moitessier was a very seasoned sailor when he undertook … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/05/the-long-way-excerpt-by-bernard-moitessier/feed/ 0 Miriam Liedvogel, CAnMove Centre, Department of Biology at Lund University http://animalnav.org/2013/05/miriam-liedvogel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miriam-liedvogel http://animalnav.org/2013/05/miriam-liedvogel/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 20:42:08 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=910 Animalnav.org

Miriam Liedvogel is currently working at the CAnMove Centre, Department of Biology at Lund University.  She has done extensive research and is a real expert on Animal Navigation, which is why she is one of our heroes. You will be able to see … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/05/miriam-liedvogel/feed/ 0 BioNav RIN 13 http://animalnav.org/2013/04/bionav-rin-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bionav-rin-13 http://animalnav.org/2013/04/bionav-rin-13/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:26:25 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=906 Animalnav.org

The Royal Institute of Navigation Conference RIN 13 – Bionav – is the world’s leading Animal Navigation conference took place at the Royal Holloway College, University of London, Egham, Surrey, on 11-13 April 2013.  Leading scientists from all over the world participated … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/04/bionav-rin-13/feed/ 0 Viking Sunstones by Tristan Gooley http://animalnav.org/2013/04/viking-sunstones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viking-sunstones http://animalnav.org/2013/04/viking-sunstones/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:46:01 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=891 Animalnav.org

The Economist have just published a letter I wrote to them regarding a recent academic article on Viking sunstones. In the following letter I put forward what I believe to be an original argument on this popular subject. I have … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/04/viking-sunstones/feed/ 0 Simon Raggett’s thoughts on avian navigation http://animalnav.org/2013/04/simon-raggetts-thoughts-on-avian-navigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simon-raggetts-thoughts-on-avian-navigation http://animalnav.org/2013/04/simon-raggetts-thoughts-on-avian-navigation/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:26:34 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=887 Animalnav.org

Editor’s comment: This is Simon Raggett’s latest piece.  He has been immensely helpful in putting together my poster for BioNav RIN 13. We are all struggling to see if we can understand how animal navigation might work.  As Jim Khalili … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/04/simon-raggetts-thoughts-on-avian-navigation/feed/ 0 Nature’s Radar – Tristan Gooley http://animalnav.org/2013/03/natures-radar-tristan-gooley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natures-radar-tristan-gooley http://animalnav.org/2013/03/natures-radar-tristan-gooley/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:00:48 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=864 Animalnav.org

Nature’s Radar a paper by Tristan Gooley (one of our heroes) published in the Journal of Navigation in October 2012. Tristan and a friend set out in a little boat to navigate from Kirkwall on the North of Ockney via … Continue reading →

]]> http://animalnav.org/2013/03/natures-radar-tristan-gooley/feed/ 0 Radar Ornithology – A Summary http://animalnav.org/2013/03/radar-ornithology-a-summary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=radar-ornithology-a-summary http://animalnav.org/2013/03/radar-ornithology-a-summary/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:50:49 +0000 Richard Nissen http://animalnav.org/?p=858 Animalnav.org

In 1967 Eric Eastwood published a book called Radar Ornithology.  Whilst research has moved on since then, this is a seminal book and gives really useful hard information on the migration habits of Passerines including thrushes, continental robins, warblers, starlings … Continue reading →

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