Terrible this illegal persecution continues, but encouraging that the conservation release org. is chaired by a farmer, and the eagle was saved by gamekeepers.

Nest protection an emergency room conservation intervention that is unlikely to be scalable to reverse declines, but may prevent local extinction and thus warranted. Ultimately we need to stop giving generalists like Great-spotted Woodpeckers a leg up by feeding them #Ornithology

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Landscape-scale predator control,with sympathetic habitat management, sustain #Curlew #Ornithology

A conservation-public win/win. But those kits are going to need places to disperse to - is Greater London ready for a regional network of #Beaver wetlands ?

A conservation-public win/win. But those kits are going to need places to disperse to - is Greater London ready for a regional network of #Beaver wetlands ?

Landscape-scale predator control,with sympathetic habitat management, sustain #Curlew #Ornithology

Not Devastated. Resolute! Although, now facing Terrorism charges for peaceful, non-violent placard expressing solidarity with the rights of activists to take direct action. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

BREAKING: Court of Appeal rules that Government’s proscription of Palestine Action lawful. Meaning police likely to continue arresting pensioners holding cardboard placards & Huda is expected to appeal. The fight for our rights continues - join: defendourjuries.net/savinglives/

BREAKING: Police beginning to arrest people holding signs saying: "Saving lives is not terrorism. I support Palestine Action." outside court after Lady Justice Carr, read the judgement of the court ruling the Government’s proscription of Palestine Action to be lawful.

Conservation Positivity

This is such well-deserved recognition for Mary's tireless work, bringing people together to help curlews and to connect with the natural world.

Conservation Positivity

Reform Candidate Sh*ts Himself On National TV Rob Kenyon’s Question Time appearance was an absolute abortion but despite that and his sexism, he could still win Makerfield regardless. I explain how and why, while absolutely ripping the piss out of him youtu.be/WAw3V2XZqqk

Appeal Court throws out Moorland Association's legal challenge against new burning regulations. Good news ⚖️👏 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/05/a...

Far-right AI war firm Palantir has won yet another UK contract. This time the genocide-linked company’s software will manage guns, explosives, and even poisons held by the British state. The news comes as the UK’s tech committee urged the government to pull the plug on Palantir’s takeover

This is worrying. I can only hope that a rough few years may focus attention

FFS

📢📢 1/3 New Research Alert! Our latest paper in the Journal of Quaternary Science. Did Middle Paleolithic humans choose their prey, or were they just facing the same ecological pressures as other large predators? Open access in the Journal of Quaternary Science: doi.org/10.1002/jqs....

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

An amazing find in Perthshire- an adult Robin repeatedly feeding a recently-fledged Dipper! Interspecific feeding is recorded from time-to-time, but it's rare and a phenomenal thing to witness first-hand. Huge thanks to James Clements for reporting it. #BirdingScotland

Please take a look and consider supporting. We need another one staring being an MP is their sole job for their time in parliament. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Yes. Fascism never completely disappears, and every generation needs to defeat it anew. When we drop our guard, it rises again.

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How satellite tracking birds is helping conserve a crucial wetland.🛰️⤵️ For @birdlifesa.bsky.social, conserving the Berg River Estuary is crucial for protecting the migratory birds of the African-Eurasian Flyway.🪽 Read our latest Voices of the Flyways to learn more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06...

'Climate change is pushing rice-growing regions into temps beyond those at which rice has been cultivated in the past 9,000 years of human history, new research finds. Research suggests that warming is proceeding 5,000 times faster than rice has ever evolved.' www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06... 🌍 #Biodiversity

Very interesting study on Atlantic Salmon survival from the River Frome, Dorset, by @gwct.org.uk www.gwct.org.uk/research/pap...

A couple of colourful and obliging Sicilian Wall Lizard (Podarcis waglerianus) - endemic to Sicily. Many thanks @paulhoskisson.bsky.social for identification, via @matthutchings.bsky.social

View from the bottom of a ‘Wildlife Pond’ Biodiversity Net Gain #BNG

View from the bottom of a ‘Wildlife Pond’ Biodiversity Net Gain #BNG

UK Great Spotted Woodpeckers & Blue Tits destroy half of all Willow Tit nests, far higher than elsewhere, far higher losses than other tits. UK has among highest GSW & Blue Tit abundance in the World, as we've created a paradise of endless free food, safe nestboxes, and few nest predators (martens).

White Stork ‘reintroduction’ to UK is instead the introduction of a non-native generalist predator, official Natural England position. Finally.

Great day for our second field trip to @NWT reserve Sweetbriar Marshes with the 1st year UEA students @ueaenv.bsky.social and @biouea.bsky.social. Lots of birds today, including swifts and swallows and many others. With @pauldolman.bsky.social @willnash.bsky.social @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social

UK #Deer populations still increasing rapidly, Fallow trebled, Muntjac >doubled in last 10 years! BBS Report here: www.bto.org/sites/defaul...

#Buzzard intermediate colour morph fitter (productivity & survival), now a study in @bou.org.uk Ibis shows their share of Europe’s population increased significantly from 2000-2022, while proportions of dark & light birds shrunk 22 %, 14 % respectively. #ornithology bou.org.uk/blog-gristwo...

Interested to see how this #Rewilding develops in Alentejo Portugal: plans for sanctuary to expand to405 hectares, with 20 to 30 elephants living “naturally” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

BTO @btobirds.bsky.social are the main source for population abundance trends of British mammal species, particularly for important meso-predators such as fox (declining) and wild herbivores such as deer (increasing). 🌍

#Buzzard intermediate colour morph fitter (productivity & survival), now a study in @bou.org.uk Ibis shows their share of Europe’s population increased significantly from 2000-2022, while proportions of dark & light birds shrunk 22 %, 14 % respectively. #ornithology bou.org.uk/blog-gristwo...

UK #Deer populations still increasing rapidly, Fallow trebled, Muntjac >doubled in last 10 years! BBS Report here: www.bto.org/sites/defaul...

Interested to see how this #Rewilding develops in Alentejo Portugal: plans for sanctuary to expand to405 hectares, with 20 to 30 elephants living “naturally” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Excellent day for a field trip with the @ueaenv.bsky.social and @biouea.bsky.social 1st year students to monitor plants, invertebrates and birds @NWT reserve Sweetbriar Marshes @ueaceec.bsky.social with Will Nash and @pauldolman.bsky.social

For those in the Norwich area (that are not attending the NNNS events at Wendling Beck & Sparham) it is the Norwich Community Gardens Festival this weekend. Lots of green spaces around the city are open and holdong events. For full details see norwichcommunitygardensfestival.co.uk

Police vans now lining up ready for the recently-coined “grab a granny brigade”. A reminder that these signs have words written on them which replicate a 1670 placard proudly displayed inside the Old Bailey. This is not a crime.

100% Zack. Get Palantir out of NHS data. We should use this incredibly valuable resource for the benefit of patients, not private company profits.

Excited to share our new paper in @britishbirds.bsky.social! We present the first confirmed evidence of farmland ground-nesting bird nests on a solar park in the UK. We also conducted focal watches to understand how Corn Buntings were using Westmill Solar Park during the breeding season. 1/4

No evidence that increased Eagle Owl numbers contributed to declines of Northern Goshawk in this elegant long-term Dutch-German study of Intraguild Predation. #Ornithology

No evidence that increased Eagle Owl numbers contributed to declines of Northern Goshawk in this elegant long-term Dutch-German study of Intraguild Predation. #Ornithology

🔈 BOU COUNCIL NOMINATIONS We are seeking nominations for 5 positions on Council, for appointment at the 2027 AGM A great opportunity to be involved with the governance of the BOU Nomination deadline: 15 June 2026 bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶