Behavioral Ecology research group
@bergfzp.bsky.social
Research group at FES, CULS Prague, Czech republic, focusing on #animalbehaviour #breedingbiology #communityecology #landscapeconservation
📖 New blog! 🐣
We look at hand-reared lapwing and plover chicks and how they survive after release. The stories show that young waders can be successfully raised and return to the wild.
👉 Read more on our website: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
We look at hand-reared lapwing and plover chicks and how they survive after release. The stories show that young waders can be successfully raised and return to the wild.
👉 Read more on our website: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
📖 New blog! 🐣
We look at hand-reared lapwing and plover chicks and how they survive after release. The stories show that young waders can be successfully raised and return to the wild.
👉 Read more on our website: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
We look at hand-reared lapwing and plover chicks and how they survive after release. The stories show that young waders can be successfully raised and return to the wild.
👉 Read more on our website: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
🪶 The memory game with waders! 🃏
We’ve created a memory game with our favourite wader species - both those we study long-term and those we’ve encountered on our trips abroad.
🎄 If you’d like a printed set as a holiday gift, send us a message and pick it up at our faculty.
We’ve created a memory game with our favourite wader species - both those we study long-term and those we’ve encountered on our trips abroad.
🎄 If you’d like a printed set as a holiday gift, send us a message and pick it up at our faculty.
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🪶 The memory game with waders! 🃏
We’ve created a memory game with our favourite wader species - both those we study long-term and those we’ve encountered on our trips abroad.
🎄 If you’d like a printed set as a holiday gift, send us a message and pick it up at our faculty.
We’ve created a memory game with our favourite wader species - both those we study long-term and those we’ve encountered on our trips abroad.
🎄 If you’d like a printed set as a holiday gift, send us a message and pick it up at our faculty.
🪶 Yehla is on the move again!
After two weeks staying near the Pyrenees and resting at a local airport ✈️, she finally continued her journey. She flew over Madrid, and now we’re waiting to see where she’ll settle for the winter.
Map 👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/cs/r-20592-p...
After two weeks staying near the Pyrenees and resting at a local airport ✈️, she finally continued her journey. She flew over Madrid, and now we’re waiting to see where she’ll settle for the winter.
Map 👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/cs/r-20592-p...
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🪶 Yehla is on the move again!
After two weeks staying near the Pyrenees and resting at a local airport ✈️, she finally continued her journey. She flew over Madrid, and now we’re waiting to see where she’ll settle for the winter.
Map 👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/cs/r-20592-p...
After two weeks staying near the Pyrenees and resting at a local airport ✈️, she finally continued her journey. She flew over Madrid, and now we’re waiting to see where she’ll settle for the winter.
Map 👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/cs/r-20592-p...
🇨🇿CZ ONLY
🎥 Popularizujeme vědu pro malé i velké!
Kolegové ze ZOO Brno se objevili v pořadu Terčin zvířecí svět na ČT a vysvětlili, proč do hnízd dáváme umělá vajíčka s dataloggery a co díky nim zjišťujeme o inkubaci.
🎬 Dívejte se zde: www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/12005...
🎥 Popularizujeme vědu pro malé i velké!
Kolegové ze ZOO Brno se objevili v pořadu Terčin zvířecí svět na ČT a vysvětlili, proč do hnízd dáváme umělá vajíčka s dataloggery a co díky nim zjišťujeme o inkubaci.
🎬 Dívejte se zde: www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/12005...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🇨🇿CZ ONLY
🎥 Popularizujeme vědu pro malé i velké!
Kolegové ze ZOO Brno se objevili v pořadu Terčin zvířecí svět na ČT a vysvětlili, proč do hnízd dáváme umělá vajíčka s dataloggery a co díky nim zjišťujeme o inkubaci.
🎬 Dívejte se zde: www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/12005...
🎥 Popularizujeme vědu pro malé i velké!
Kolegové ze ZOO Brno se objevili v pořadu Terčin zvířecí svět na ČT a vysvětlili, proč do hnízd dáváme umělá vajíčka s dataloggery a co díky nim zjišťujeme o inkubaci.
🎬 Dívejte se zde: www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/12005...
📊 42nd Meeting of the Ringing Centre Collaborators
👉Martin Sládeček presented his talk
“A Year in the Life of the Northern Lapwing – What GPS Telemetry Revealed.”
🐣He summarized key insights from year-round tracking: breeding success, migration timing, and wintering grounds.
👉Martin Sládeček presented his talk
“A Year in the Life of the Northern Lapwing – What GPS Telemetry Revealed.”
🐣He summarized key insights from year-round tracking: breeding success, migration timing, and wintering grounds.
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
📊 42nd Meeting of the Ringing Centre Collaborators
👉Martin Sládeček presented his talk
“A Year in the Life of the Northern Lapwing – What GPS Telemetry Revealed.”
🐣He summarized key insights from year-round tracking: breeding success, migration timing, and wintering grounds.
👉Martin Sládeček presented his talk
“A Year in the Life of the Northern Lapwing – What GPS Telemetry Revealed.”
🐣He summarized key insights from year-round tracking: breeding success, migration timing, and wintering grounds.
🌙🇪🇸 Xena and Hvězda have reached Spain! Yehla is heading the same way but paused before the Pyrenees 🏔️. Most lapwings take the western route, yet some (like Sněhurka) cross the central ridge at nearly 3,000 m. Even over the sea they can climb up to 2,500 m.
#podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
#podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🌙🇪🇸 Xena and Hvězda have reached Spain! Yehla is heading the same way but paused before the Pyrenees 🏔️. Most lapwings take the western route, yet some (like Sněhurka) cross the central ridge at nearly 3,000 m. Even over the sea they can climb up to 2,500 m.
#podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
#podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
🇪🇸 Seven of our lapwings are now on the Iberian Peninsula! 🐦
After Nerea, Jahoda and Sněhurka have arrived this week. Májka and Cirkulárka are in same flock southwest of Madrid, Wifina has made it all the way down to Gibraltar 🇬🇮, and Čalamáda remains the northernmost of them all.
#fzpczu
After Nerea, Jahoda and Sněhurka have arrived this week. Májka and Cirkulárka are in same flock southwest of Madrid, Wifina has made it all the way down to Gibraltar 🇬🇮, and Čalamáda remains the northernmost of them all.
#fzpczu
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🇪🇸 Seven of our lapwings are now on the Iberian Peninsula! 🐦
After Nerea, Jahoda and Sněhurka have arrived this week. Májka and Cirkulárka are in same flock southwest of Madrid, Wifina has made it all the way down to Gibraltar 🇬🇮, and Čalamáda remains the northernmost of them all.
#fzpczu
After Nerea, Jahoda and Sněhurka have arrived this week. Májka and Cirkulárka are in same flock southwest of Madrid, Wifina has made it all the way down to Gibraltar 🇬🇮, and Čalamáda remains the northernmost of them all.
#fzpczu
🐦 Lapwings Drak and Emulze, which had been staying in the same flock, have both taken off, but each in a different direction! 🌍
In the CZ, only Lucifer 😈 remains. Yesterday, he was seen in a flock of 60 lapwings near Hradec Králové.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
In the CZ, only Lucifer 😈 remains. Yesterday, he was seen in a flock of 60 lapwings near Hradec Králové.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🐦 Lapwings Drak and Emulze, which had been staying in the same flock, have both taken off, but each in a different direction! 🌍
In the CZ, only Lucifer 😈 remains. Yesterday, he was seen in a flock of 60 lapwings near Hradec Králové.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
In the CZ, only Lucifer 😈 remains. Yesterday, he was seen in a flock of 60 lapwings near Hradec Králové.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
🔁 Again and again
How many times did our lapwings nest this year? How successful were they, and how quickly did they re-nest after losing a clutch? 🐣
We explore these questions (and more) in our new blog 👇
waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
How many times did our lapwings nest this year? How successful were they, and how quickly did they re-nest after losing a clutch? 🐣
We explore these questions (and more) in our new blog 👇
waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🔁 Again and again
How many times did our lapwings nest this year? How successful were they, and how quickly did they re-nest after losing a clutch? 🐣
We explore these questions (and more) in our new blog 👇
waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
How many times did our lapwings nest this year? How successful were they, and how quickly did they re-nest after losing a clutch? 🐣
We explore these questions (and more) in our new blog 👇
waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
🥚 Egg turning is crucial for embryo development, but its frequency varies widely among birds.
📊 An analysis of 112 species shows that altricial birds turn their eggs more frequently than precocial ones, and that turning frequency decreases with longer incubation periods.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/orni...
📊 An analysis of 112 species shows that altricial birds turn their eggs more frequently than precocial ones, and that turning frequency decreases with longer incubation periods.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/orni...
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🥚 Egg turning is crucial for embryo development, but its frequency varies widely among birds.
📊 An analysis of 112 species shows that altricial birds turn their eggs more frequently than precocial ones, and that turning frequency decreases with longer incubation periods.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/orni...
📊 An analysis of 112 species shows that altricial birds turn their eggs more frequently than precocial ones, and that turning frequency decreases with longer incubation periods.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/orni...
🐦The first male that started his autumn migration is Uherák, a lapwing from Staré Nechanice. During the breeding season, this male was observed incubating two different nests with two females simultaneously.
📖 Read more about lapwing incubation behaviour: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
📖 Read more about lapwing incubation behaviour: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
October 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🐦The first male that started his autumn migration is Uherák, a lapwing from Staré Nechanice. During the breeding season, this male was observed incubating two different nests with two females simultaneously.
📖 Read more about lapwing incubation behaviour: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
📖 Read more about lapwing incubation behaviour: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
💥 Migration continues..
Fifinka and Quinoa have reached 🇫🇷, while Májka flew even further to 🇪🇸.
Over the weekend, Trinity and Xena also departed 🇨🇿.
So, only six tagged lapwings remain in the Czech Republic.
Map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
Fifinka and Quinoa have reached 🇫🇷, while Májka flew even further to 🇪🇸.
Over the weekend, Trinity and Xena also departed 🇨🇿.
So, only six tagged lapwings remain in the Czech Republic.
Map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
💥 Migration continues..
Fifinka and Quinoa have reached 🇫🇷, while Májka flew even further to 🇪🇸.
Over the weekend, Trinity and Xena also departed 🇨🇿.
So, only six tagged lapwings remain in the Czech Republic.
Map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
Fifinka and Quinoa have reached 🇫🇷, while Májka flew even further to 🇪🇸.
Over the weekend, Trinity and Xena also departed 🇨🇿.
So, only six tagged lapwings remain in the Czech Republic.
Map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
🍂 Fifinka and Quinoa are currently in Germany, while Sněhurka has made it all the way to France 🇫🇷 and is likely continuing toward Spain later 🇪🇸.
We’re tracking Fifinka (map below) and Sněhurka for the second migration season.
👉 Follow their movements here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
We’re tracking Fifinka (map below) and Sněhurka for the second migration season.
👉 Follow their movements here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🍂 Fifinka and Quinoa are currently in Germany, while Sněhurka has made it all the way to France 🇫🇷 and is likely continuing toward Spain later 🇪🇸.
We’re tracking Fifinka (map below) and Sněhurka for the second migration season.
👉 Follow their movements here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
We’re tracking Fifinka (map below) and Sněhurka for the second migration season.
👉 Follow their movements here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
🪶 These days, we can find lapwings in flocks of tens to hundreds of individuals in fields with low vegetation or in sand pits.
Only 10 tagged lapwings (1/3 of the total number) still remain in the Czech Republic.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
Only 10 tagged lapwings (1/3 of the total number) still remain in the Czech Republic.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🪶 These days, we can find lapwings in flocks of tens to hundreds of individuals in fields with low vegetation or in sand pits.
Only 10 tagged lapwings (1/3 of the total number) still remain in the Czech Republic.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
Only 10 tagged lapwings (1/3 of the total number) still remain in the Czech Republic.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR #programPROSTREDIPROZIVOT
Lapwings on the move! 🇩🇪➡️🇫🇷
Izolepa started migration last week and is now in Germany, northwest of Mannheim.
On the same day, Yehla followed, stopping just 20 km away and continuing toward France.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
Izolepa started migration last week and is now in Germany, northwest of Mannheim.
On the same day, Yehla followed, stopping just 20 km away and continuing toward France.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lapwings on the move! 🇩🇪➡️🇫🇷
Izolepa started migration last week and is now in Germany, northwest of Mannheim.
On the same day, Yehla followed, stopping just 20 km away and continuing toward France.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
Izolepa started migration last week and is now in Germany, northwest of Mannheim.
On the same day, Yehla followed, stopping just 20 km away and continuing toward France.
See map: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
🐦 Each lapwing takes its own path!
A lot happened over the past week: Lulu made it to France in 23 h, Jahoda in 22 h with two breaks. Felicie stopped near Stuttgart, while Brusinka took a full week’s pause by Mannheim before continuing on to France.
🌍 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
A lot happened over the past week: Lulu made it to France in 23 h, Jahoda in 22 h with two breaks. Felicie stopped near Stuttgart, while Brusinka took a full week’s pause by Mannheim before continuing on to France.
🌍 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🐦 Each lapwing takes its own path!
A lot happened over the past week: Lulu made it to France in 23 h, Jahoda in 22 h with two breaks. Felicie stopped near Stuttgart, while Brusinka took a full week’s pause by Mannheim before continuing on to France.
🌍 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
A lot happened over the past week: Lulu made it to France in 23 h, Jahoda in 22 h with two breaks. Felicie stopped near Stuttgart, while Brusinka took a full week’s pause by Mannheim before continuing on to France.
🌍 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
Woodcocks and Their Invisible Nests
Why are they so hard to find? How can the internet help? And what can droppings and feathers in the nest reveal?
📸🪶🔍 Read our new blog here:
👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
Why are they so hard to find? How can the internet help? And what can droppings and feathers in the nest reveal?
📸🪶🔍 Read our new blog here:
👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
September 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Woodcocks and Their Invisible Nests
Why are they so hard to find? How can the internet help? And what can droppings and feathers in the nest reveal?
📸🪶🔍 Read our new blog here:
👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
Why are they so hard to find? How can the internet help? And what can droppings and feathers in the nest reveal?
📸🪶🔍 Read our new blog here:
👉 waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20737-s...
🐦 Lapwing Cirkulárka from Obědovice 🇨🇿, which had stayed near La Rochelle 🇫🇷 since June, has now set off south and is already west of Madrid 🇪🇸!
👉 Follow her journey to the wintering grounds and learn about her breeding season here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
👉 Follow her journey to the wintering grounds and learn about her breeding season here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🐦 Lapwing Cirkulárka from Obědovice 🇨🇿, which had stayed near La Rochelle 🇫🇷 since June, has now set off south and is already west of Madrid 🇪🇸!
👉 Follow her journey to the wintering grounds and learn about her breeding season here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
👉 Follow her journey to the wintering grounds and learn about her breeding season here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
🍂🐦 The second wave of lapwing migration has begun!
On Sept 19, Brusinka and Andreska crossed the Czech border and are now near Frankfurt. Gouda headed west but turned northeast, and she’s now near Dresden.
👉 Track them here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
On Sept 19, Brusinka and Andreska crossed the Czech border and are now near Frankfurt. Gouda headed west but turned northeast, and she’s now near Dresden.
👉 Track them here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
September 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🍂🐦 The second wave of lapwing migration has begun!
On Sept 19, Brusinka and Andreska crossed the Czech border and are now near Frankfurt. Gouda headed west but turned northeast, and she’s now near Dresden.
👉 Track them here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
On Sept 19, Brusinka and Andreska crossed the Czech border and are now near Frankfurt. Gouda headed west but turned northeast, and she’s now near Dresden.
👉 Track them here: waderscope.fzp.czu.cz/en/r-20736-s...
🥚 In cooperation with zoos, we monitor bird incubation using artificial eggs with data loggers.
📊 This allows us to collect data on temperature and egg turning. Only rarely do birds reject the eggs, as happened here with a Great white pelican at ZOO Dvůr Králové.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR
📊 This allows us to collect data on temperature and egg turning. Only rarely do birds reject the eggs, as happened here with a Great white pelican at ZOO Dvůr Králové.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR
September 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🥚 In cooperation with zoos, we monitor bird incubation using artificial eggs with data loggers.
📊 This allows us to collect data on temperature and egg turning. Only rarely do birds reject the eggs, as happened here with a Great white pelican at ZOO Dvůr Králové.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR
📊 This allows us to collect data on temperature and egg turning. Only rarely do birds reject the eggs, as happened here with a Great white pelican at ZOO Dvůr Králové.
#fzpczu #podporenoTACR
🔬🐣 'Modern Tools for Monitoring Bird Incubation' workshop
📊Participants learned about monitoring incubation conditions and the latest results from our collaboration with zoos.
💻We introduced the IncuBase platform, which streamlines hatchery work and provides recommendations for optimal incubation.
📊Participants learned about monitoring incubation conditions and the latest results from our collaboration with zoos.
💻We introduced the IncuBase platform, which streamlines hatchery work and provides recommendations for optimal incubation.
September 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🔬🐣 'Modern Tools for Monitoring Bird Incubation' workshop
📊Participants learned about monitoring incubation conditions and the latest results from our collaboration with zoos.
💻We introduced the IncuBase platform, which streamlines hatchery work and provides recommendations for optimal incubation.
📊Participants learned about monitoring incubation conditions and the latest results from our collaboration with zoos.
💻We introduced the IncuBase platform, which streamlines hatchery work and provides recommendations for optimal incubation.