Research Ecologist
Office:
Thetford
Team(s):
Data Science and Bioacoustics Team
Caroline is working on various projects using survey data, including modelling the effects of habitat condition on bird population trends, and is also involved in a project to monitor seabird movements
around wind turbines.
Before joining the BTO, Caroline spent many years in animal behaviour research, specifically focussing on the visual strategies of raptors as they hunt prey and modelling guidance laws on their attack trajectories. Caroline has a deep concern for the environment and is keen to apply her insights from sensory ecology to the problem of bird collisions with wind turbines. Caroline is also a bird watcher and ringer in her spare time.
PhD in “Attack strategies in birds of prey”, Dept of Biology, Oxford University, 2015
BSc (hons) in Zoology, Dept of Zoology, Leeds University, 2009
Recent BTO Publications
- Brighton, C.H., Clarke, J.A. & Boersch-Supan, P.H. Scientific support to the trial of Spoor AI at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre View at journal website( DOI: )
- Boersch-Supan, P.H., Brighton, C.H., Thaxter, C.B. & Cook, A.S.C.P. Natural body size variation in seabirds provides a fundamental challenge for flight height determination by single-camera photgrammetry. A comment on Humphries et al. 2023 View at journal website( DOI: )
- Brighton, C.H., Massimino, D., Boersch-Supan, P., Barnes, A.E., Martay, B., Bowler, D.E., Hoskins, H.M.J. & Pearce-Higgins, J.W. The benefits of protected areas for bird population trends may depend on their condition 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110553 View at journal website( DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110553 )