BirdLife International has received a £7.5m grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund to support conservation along the African–Eurasian Flyway, one of the world’s most important migration routes. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/.../article/... 📸Christian Gelpke

Funny looking sheep around here.. And yes, I am desperately trying to avoid drawing his toes - please send help / vegetation.

Asteroid strike on the moon.

The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.

Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe (Nature Ecology & Evolution).. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Projections for 265 common bird and 144 common butterfly species across Europe under multiple sustainability scenarios, including those of existing conservation objectives, find no scenario in which t...

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At the end of July, I check whether French authorities have reauthorised the temporary ban on shooting Curlew. They did! Curlews are still shot, but it is illegal. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/b... Birds tagged in France breeding in UK ⬇️ #ornithology

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Under the cover of darkness: Foraging behaviour increases on cloudy, new moon nights in a pelagic seabird | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Darren Wilkinson, Adam Kane, Mark Jessopp, John L. Quinn | #ornithology 🪶

Migratory bird numbers fall in Wales as global decline continues nation.cymru/news/migrato...

Migratory bird numbers fall in Wales as global decline continues

Abby Neve A major review is warning that over half of migratory bird species are in decline including those that breed in Wales. The international collaboration involved scientists from multiple organ...

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Have a budding scientist in your life? Hear from RSPB Conservation Scientist Zoe Deakin on the amazing Science Quest podcast as she talks about her work as part of our Marine team Including working with the smallest seabirds in the world! Listen here: www.funkidslive.com/podcast/scie...

Call out for adventurous young birders, aged 18-30* * Don’t make the same mistake that I did by turning up for a Club 18-30 holiday dressed as Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · last wk.

🧵 The Search for Lost Birds is looking for young, adventurous birders to lead expeditions to find “lost” bird species. Currently, 121 birds lack any scientific documentation for a decade or longer (70+ are entirely missing from the Macaulay Library!) Continued... searchforlostbirds.org

I found the first couple of sentences of this article really interesting.

Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids@jenteo.bsky.social · last wk.

✍️New blog post! An Antidote to the Attention Economy: Building an Intellectual Life jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/a... A short post with a few practical suggestions for building an intellectual life in an age dominated by shallow content and endless distraction.

#awks #shooters ;)

David Weiskopf believes in you@dave.bzky.team · 2w ago

I hereby invite every person who has written a piece about how environmentalists are doing it wrong to become an environmentalist who does it right.

"It is never too late to start a long term monitoring survey, but it is always too early to stop it" I have start a ringing programme on European storm-petrels in 1997 and ring my 30,000 birds this week 😀 #seabirds

Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

Are you interested in #gulls, diet metabarcoding, or both? Of course you are! Check out our new preprint where we use molecular methods to decode the (animal-based) diet of lesser black-backed gulls - arguably a species with one of the most diverse diets out there. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 2w ago

Evaluating DNA metabarcoding to characterise diet diversity and foraging strategies in a generalist mesopredator, the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.17.738687v1

If your new academic year resolution is to improve your statistical knowledge and coding skills in “R” in a friendly and supportive online learning environment, check out our forthcoming courses for autumn and winter 2026-27. #rstats #RStats www.ecoexplore.co.uk/ourcourses

Data Analysis Courses — Eco-Explore

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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 ago

New 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 🪶🧪

A reminder that this is the prime time for finding young gulls in unexpected places! This video explains what to do if you find a gull and you're worried about it. If in doubt, please consult the SSPCA's website: https://www.scottishspca.org/advice/gull-chicks/

So much in this paper. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health

Anthropogenic activities are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure to these increasing atmospheric CO2 levels ...

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If you went down to the woods in May... A short 🧵about how @birdsandbikes.bsky.social and I spent our spare time this spring in Coed Gwydyr and adjacent woodlands in the Afon Conwy catchment, #NorthWales. #BirdingWales

Really looking forward to seeing Donald Trump presenting the men’s football World Cup to Spain :)

LyndallTerrier@lyndallterrier.bsky.social · 2w ago

😁🤣 "“Don’t even talk to them. They’re hopeless, bad people,” the president said. “There are a couple of others, but in particular Spain,” he added...". www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/t...

Celebrating 20yrs Rat free this year! One of the biggest successes on the island is the seabirds, but for Manx Shearwaters it has been phenomenal. One of our box birds from today, the fact we have 15,000 and they breed successfully was unthinkable 30yrs ago!

Hydration break -Messi has just popped to put the kettle on.

Gasp in admiration at my photo of a purple hairstreak, taken this afternoon. Prints available on request.

Saturday giveaway time! I picked a copy of the (still brilliant) Macmillan Guide to Bird Identification at Cley village fete & like the last time, I want to give this copy to a really keen young birder (18 or under). Drop me a DM - or reply here - & Lynnette will pick a name from a hat. #ukbirding

Embarrassingly disappointing from an institution that has rather a lot of power and every reason/obligation to act as a beacon of hope in an otherwise rather hopeless-feeling situation that we as a global community find ourselves in.

Mr and Mrs Trellis@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 3w ago

So much for caring for God's acre - CofE votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land. The CofE has voted against plans to restore 30% of its land for nature. It owns c105,000 acres of land, yet currently just 3.5% of its land is used for nature restoration... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Great goal by that Irish-Scottish chap! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony...

Anthony Gordon (footballer) - Wikipedia

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"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." ~ Albert Schweitzer