Behind the curve when winds bring eastern birds to North Sea coasts, but the account opens with the first Redwings and Yellow-browed Warblers in #NorthWales#UKBirdingwww.birdnotes.wales/blog/redwing...
Easterly winds last week brought the ‘tseep’ calls of Redwings to North Wales, with the first heard over Penrhyn Bay on Friday night and on Holyhead Mountain on Saturday. The main arrival of...
NEW: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power 🧵 Four key ingredients in UK's success: ❌🏭Stopping new coal ❤️🔥☢️🌄Building alternatives 💷Making polluters pay 📢Clear political signals But there's much more to say… 1/n interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseou...
Our new paper assessing the global trade in wild birds finds that 45% of all bird species are traded to some degree, and almost 10% of birds fall in the higher classes of trade pressure. Parrots, falcons, hawks, owls & hornbills were particularly likely to be traded. www.birdlife.org/news/2024/09...
The global trade in wild birds poses severe threats to species survival. New research from BirdLife highlights the urgent need for stronger monitoring and regulation to curb illegal and dangerous prac...
Thanks to @billaspin.bsky.social for the tip-off on the Summer Tanager connection. Impressive memory skills!
In this week's Daily Post BirdNotes from #NorthWales#Anglesey@bardseybirdobs.bsky.social#UKBirdingwww.birdnotes.wales/blog/autumn-...
Most birders dream of finding a rare visitor. Few of us will come across a first for Britain or Wales, but finding a Wryneck is more achievable as small numbers turn up each year. This woodpecker...
"Legislation and voluntary approaches have not been effective in reducing illegal use of lead shot" Spatial and temporal variation in the prevalence of illegal lead shot in reared and wild mallards harvested in England www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The use of lead shotgun ammunition for shooting wildfowl has been restricted in England since 1999, but surveys finding lead shot in harvested birds s…
A few Wheatears, and several dozen Swallows and House Martins were the only migrants I could conjure up between Porth Swtan and Carmel Head, Anglesey, today. But watching a Grey Seal give birth was a first, amid a salty bloodbath. Two tired pups on the beach, watched by their Mums just offshore.
"Rats were eradicated from one New Zealand island in 1959, inspiring efforts to do so elsewhere: 820 attempts have been made on 666 islands, with 88% successful. As a result, populations of seabirds and other animals have recovered." www.science.org/content/arti...
Ambitious eradication plans aim to protect vulnerable seabirds and other wildlife
Believe me, that makes it much less 'quiet' than the Orme has been every morning this week. So far...