Birds expected to adapt well to climate change show 'substantial advantage'

Species expected to suit changing conditions have outperformed other birds in the past 30 years, joint European-US study shows

Birds that were expected to do well due to climate change have outperformed other species in the past 30 years, a study of wildlife in Europe and the US has found. Scientists said they have shown that common bird populations thousands of miles apart are responding to changing weather in a similar, pronounced way.

The international team, led by Durham University, found that birds they thought would be suited to the changing conditions "substantially" outperformed those expected to suffer between 1980 and 2010.