Richard D. Gregory
@richgreg3.bsky.social
Professor, Ecologist, Conservationist, Ornithologist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science & Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, University College London - #biodiversity #conservation #ornithology #stateofnature – birder - views my own
The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report is the first of its kind highlighting methods and more than 100 specific actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies. 📚 Learn more about #BizBiodiversity: https://www.ipbes.net/business-impact
The study combines data from 149 field studies, in 27 countries across five continents to compare the impacts of plant diversity on natural pest predators across croplands, grasslands and forests. UKCEH's Ben Woodcock is among the co-authors. See our news: https://tinyurl.com/3mtyu6ft 2/2
Plant diversity boosts pests’ predators and reduces crop damage
The largest global assessment of its kind has shown that plant diversity increases populations of predators to suppress pests before they cause significant crop damage. The meta-analysis combines data from 149 field studies across five continents, with co-authors including Dr Ben Woodcock of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Human impacts substantially affect our ability to detect and understand natural biodiversity patterns.
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1/ A major new global review published in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, featuring BTO authors CEO @julietvickery.bsky.social & Senior Research Ecologist Chris Hewson, finds that 51% of the world’s migratory bird species are declining! #Ornithology 🌍🌐 📖 www.bto.org/MigratoryBir...
A recent study led by Carmen D. Soria, also using European Breeding Bird Atlas data, reveals that species richness and most distributions are consistently clustered in space across regions and time periods, confirming that biodiversity tends to form "patches." More:
Spatial autocorrelation of species diversity and distributions in time and across spatial scales | EBCC
The results of a new study show that spatial structure is a persistent and fundamental feature of biodiversity, but it depends strongly on scale, does not change uniformly over time, and varies…
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Increased nutrient diversity can induce loss of microbial diversity through enhanced resource uptake - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Increasing nutrient diversity is expected to promote microbial diversity. This study shows that more complex environments can enhance resource uptake, intensify competition and lead to microbial biodi...
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The BBS coverage across England is looking great this year! As things stand, we are on for setting a new record of survey coverage for the country. If you survey a square in England and you haven’t entered your data yet, please do so by 31 August! @btobirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social
What does eDNA actually measure? Clarifying the conceptual foundation of molecular biodiversity surveys 🌎🌐🧪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What does eDNA actually measure? Clarifying the conceptual foundation of molecular biodiversity surveys
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has expanded rapidly from proof-of-concept demonstrations to a widely used tool in biodiversity assessment, invasive species surveillance, fisheries management and conserva...
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New RSPB research shows that investing £5-£6bn a year in nature recovery could support around £80 billion of new economic output over 10yrs. https://genn.cc/new-rspb-bto-report-climate-change-risks-wipe-out-of-80-of-uks-seabirds-by-2050/ #climate #nature #birds #seabirds #NickBreeze #rspb
Really happy to see this paper out in the wild, after 27 wonderful years of sitting on a Portuguese cliff with a lot of lovely people, waiting for storm petrels to materialise out of the darkness. #seabirds
RSPB Science@rspbscience.bsky.social · 2w agoNew research reveals a substantial decline in the number of European Storm-petrels caught by researchers over the course of a 27-year study Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social #seabird 🪶🧪
Mike Shewring @mikeshewring.bsky.social · 3w ago1/🛰️🧠 New open-access paper! We built a deep-learning (U-Net) model to automatically map surfaced vehicle "hill tracks" across the UK uplands from 25 cm aerial imagery — the first spatially comprehensive assessment of their extent. 🔓 doi.org/10.1002/2688...
📢 Apply now to SCCS 2027 🎉 The 26th Student Conference on Conservation Science will take place between 30 March – 1 April 2027 at the University of Cambridge. Check the website for further details and to apply: www.sccs-cam.org
Student Conference on Conservation Science - Welcome
SCCS helps young conservation scientists gain experience, learn new ideas and make contacts that will be valuable for their future careers.
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Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project 🐦 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform
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Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪
This study was made possible by long-term monitoring. These long-term datasets are vital for understanding how events like an HPAI outbreak affect seabird populations - not just immediately, but over decades. 🐦📈📉 #avianflu #seabirds
RSPB Science@rspbscience.bsky.social · last mo.Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪
It was great to hear the Secretary of State at Groundswell talking about how nature and profitability in farming go hand in hand - we couldn’t agree more!
Climate change is reshaping bird populations across the UK, with some of our most familiar & vulnerable species under increasing pressure. New RSPB & BTO report looks at impacts & the actions we can take to protect them @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
New📃Individual Common Swifts show high fidelity to nest sites (94–95%) less fidelity to partners (59%). Declining in the UK & wider Europe - nest site loss is a hypothesized contributory factor plus the loss of aerial invertebrate food @rspbscience.bsky.social 🐦 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
High fidelity to nest sites and partners in the Common Swift Apus apus
Individual Common Swifts show high fidelity to nest sites (94–95%), and lesser fidelity to partners (59%).To determine the extent of individual fidelity to nest sites and partners by Common Swifts,...
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New data on insect pollinators show a dramatic decline in hoverflies across Great Britain between 2017–2024. 📉 Around one third reduction in abundance & number of hoverfly species recorded as part of @pomscheme.bsky.social www.ceh.ac.uk/press/new-da... 1/ @jncc.bsky.social 🧪
Visiting Skomer Island a week ago - an amazing experience among a swarm of noisy, busy seabirds - puffins as ever the stars - photo 🐦@alicegroom.bsky.social
Australia confirms first case of bird flu as virus reaches every continent https://www.europesays.com/uk/1038074/ The H5N1 strain of bird flu has for the first time been found in Australia, the country’s agriculture…
Australia confirms first case of bird flu as virus reaches every continent - United Kingdom
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has for the first time been found in Australia, the country's agriculture ministry confirmed. It means the highly contagious
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Join us online, on June 16th 19 CEST at the EBCC Annual General Meeting! We will present to the EBCC delegates, national partners, and interested parties the work from the past year (Chair's report), and EBCC projects: PECBMS, EBBA Live Farmland &EBP. Register here: forms.gle/ETg3KspqpF9X...
We are really excited to be hosting the Honey-buzzard live stream on our new website. As seen on Springwatch 2026. tinyurl.com/42ubayu8 The Society part-funded this work, which should contribute much to our understanding of the species’ breeding ecology in Sussex. Thanks to all partners.
Honey-buzzards - The Sussex Ornithological Society
Honey-buzzards have been studied and surveyed in Sussex since the early 1990s, with many chicks ringed at the nest as part of a wider project in Britain.
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Incredible news!🎉We’ve been awarded a new £7.5 million grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund to support conservation across the African-Eurasian Flyway!🪽 The funding will allow us to scale up conservation efforts and support our incredible Partners. Learn more👉 www.birdlife.org/flyways-grant
BirdLife awarded £7.5 million to protect and restore one of the world’s great flyways
A new grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund will support critical conservation efforts at key sites along the African-Eurasian Flyway.
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Two 3‑month PhD placement opportunities: Join our team to look at lessons learned from conservation livelihood interventions in the Guinea Savannah Landscape of Ghana. These placements are UK based. Deadline: 15th June Find out more here: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... 🌎️ 🧪
Illegal persecution of White-tailed Eagles at this intensity in grouse moors will at least greatly slow, and could jeopardise establishing a wild population in England. Which seems the keepers’ aim. Licensing with landowner culpability is overdue. #ornithology #WTE
Raptor Persecution UK@raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 2mo agoMore news on the satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle that 'disappeared' on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/03/m...
