Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine drove greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) up by 75 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) in the war’s fourth year, bringing the total since 24 February 2022 to 311 million tCO2e. This large figure is comparable to the annual emissions of France or half of Germany’s yearly emissions. While emissions rose […]
...Annual movement pattern of a single individual Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus based on GPS tracking
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo is a raptor widely distributed in the Palaearctic Realm. Populations of a subspecies Buteo buteo vulpinus called Steppe Buzzard are strictly migratory and wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. However,
detailed information about its individual movement pattern is missing. We equipped a nestling of Steppe Buzzard with
a telemetry logger in eastern Ukraine in the 2021 breeding season. The bird was GPS-tracked till the end of 2022. We
characterised its post-fledging period and area, periods and movement patterns of pre-migration vagrancy, two
autumn and one spring migrations and winter and summer stays.

