David Harper's Research

• Conservation of declining farmland birds, especially Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

• Ecology of feather mites, especially Proctophyllodes (see below for photograph)

• Species studies of birds

• Body condition of birds

• Evolution of animal signals

Female feather mite Proctophyllodes miliariae from Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra (scale bar is 100 microns). Click here for more pictures of feather mites (the gallery is incomplete).