the Swift Tower in Beijing's Olympic Forest Park. More than 2,000 birdhouses in an avian highrise. 🪶

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A Neolithic rock engraving apparently showing a Great Auk being captured | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Tim R. Birkhead, Robert Montgomerie | #ornithology 🪶

Latest video has Jake Fiennes, author of Land Healer, explaining regenerative agriculture and how to achieve both food production and nature youtu.be/B7Ur03wSpuE?...

This is the driest #RSPBLakenheathFen has ever been www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very firm statement on releases of captive-bred Turtle Doves, from Operation Turtle Dove inc @rspb.bsky.social & @naturalengland.bsky.social: *Doesn't meet IUCN guidelines *Risk of disease/genetic pollution *Irresponsible aims operationturtledove.org/captive-rele... 1/2 #ornithology #ukbirding

(1/) The population of the familiar Mallard has remained relatively stable across the UK in recent years. It increased by 5% between 1995–2023. However, the 10 year trend shows an 8% decline. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience

landing at Incheon (Seoul, South Korea) airport yesterday at low tide

Tomorrow the 2nd virtual meeting of ITTEA & EAAFP Task Forces on illegal taking of migratory birds will take place. Agenda includes a gov & NGO case study from Philippines, a mistnets review, #CMSCOP15 prep, scoreboard and baseline updates, and much more. More info: www.cms.int/en/meeting/2...

In Abbey Garden #BuryStEdmunds the female Native Black Poplar already showing some Autumn colour ahead of neighbours Caucasian Wingnut to the left and Cutleaf Alder to the right. #Suffolk #ThickTrunkTuesday

Today we open the 8th meeting of the CMS Energy Task Force (ETF). ⚡🐦 Created under CMS & AEWA and coordinated by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social, ETF brings gov., industry & conservations together to align renewable energy growth with the needs of migratory species. More: www.cms.int/en/meeting/e...

Today I learned they are called bitterlings in English and German both! I remember finding it incredibly exciting as a child when my father smuggled mussels from a lake we holidayed at so we could have bitterlings in our new pond. It probably was very illegal even then.

#ornithology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In Osaka Natural History Museum @rspb.bsky.social Jeff Kew at symposium to encourage Nature Positive coastal wetland restoration in Osaka Bay, in response to loss of such habitat by construction of Expo 2025; Osaka could become national leader scaling up ace Nanko Bird Sanctuary created 50 yrs ago.

Pink-feet geese over Norfolk skies a real telling of the season.

The Oriental Bird Club today announced me as the new editor of Birding Asia magazine. Alex Berryman & I will double up on the Dec issue, then I take it forward from 2026. Keen to hear from birders w/stories to tell, sites to showcase etc & #TravelPRs w/new ecotourist offerings in Asia.

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 13th September 2025 A morning with the wader spectacular at Snettisham where Turtle Doves were equally appreciated and an autumnal stroll through Holkham Pines after lunch. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/norf... #norfolkbirding #birds

50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology

Excellent article from the FT on the need to consider climate change and biodiversity conservation together and tackle both challenges together. www.ft.com/content/f84d...

Do you know of any Curlew based work opportunities? Please send them in our direction so we can highlight them in our next newsletter and across our social media platforms! Send them to [email protected]

Post-breeding flocks of Swallows write their own music on the wires of the Lowther Estate in Cumbria. One of the benefits of livestock country, graced by Longhorn Cattle, in creative nature recovery mode. Here in West Suffolk, barely enough swallows for even a brief jingle. #BirdsSeenIn2025

Astonished, on popping into ditch in grazing marsh on way to Little Ouse by @rspbengland.bsky.social Lakenheath Fen to find it absolutely carpeted in writhing mass of creatures reminiscent of tiny garden eels; in fact unglamorously named Sludge Worms (Tubifex tubifex). #MySwim #WormWednesday 1/19

⬇️ @wclnews.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org UK target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030. But just ~6% of land across the UK is properly protected with just 5 years to go...." Here's how to fix this: www.wcl.org.uk/assets/uploa... @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

#ExcitingNews: The Farasan Islands Biosphere Reserve, located in the Red Sea on the Arabian continental shelf, is among the sites expected to be proposed for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance for Saudi Arabia. Learn more: www.ramsar.org/news/saudi-a...

Interesting to see very high numbers of Curlew Sandpipers in northern Scotland, while numbers in England are lower than average. Easterly winds across the northern North Sea have pushed birds to the Northern Isles and Outer Hebrides, while the opposite has happened further south #ukbirding

Last month it was amazing to swim in the strobe disco of huge shimmering shoals of Minnows in Ullswater. Water surprisingly clear. Such a different story swimming in a lake compared to a river bsky.app/profile/nume.... #MySwim #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #fish #teamfish #fishsky #Nature #Wildlife 🧵1/7

After Ely Nature-Friendly Farming Zone Water Vole Survey (nul points), swam down & up 500m of River Little Ouse. Not best snork; poor vis, sun vanished, encountered none of wonders have been seeing upstream. Wish people wouldn't litter & release helium balloons. You can't win 'em all! #MySwim 🧵1/8

A map to protect seabirds in Ireland 😍 Our Partner @birdwatchireland.bsky.social published an updated map with 73 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) for seabirds. The map shows where seabirds in Ireland mingle, eat, and breed, and where they should be protected. #birds #restorenature

Sit back & marvel at the denizens of an English river! Nicola’s thread is wonderful!

30+ years after its last sighting, the slender-billed curlew will soon be declared extinct. As one of its last witnesses, Simon Barnes urges better stewardship; while @numenini.bsky.social compels us to learn from the slender-billed curlew to prevent repeats. More: observer.co.uk/news/science...

🐃 Visitors often ask why we keep Asian Water Buffalo on the Reserve. We explain that they fill a vital ecological niche left by extinct wild cattle, managing fenland habitat. 🦬 It’s hard to believe that Steppe Bison once roamed East Anglia, but here’s some wonderful evidence that they did ⬇️

Definitely a 'beleaguered river' but at least we still have some biodiversity.

Welcome Emma Reynolds MP to your new role as Environment Secretary. The choices ahead on nature, farming and development will be critical, and the right ones can deliver lasting benefits for people and nature. We look forward to working with you.

Inspired by #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay? Why not join the SAVE online open day 🪶🌏 Sept 10th at 7:30 AM (UK time) Hear about progress on vulture conservation and recovery from partners across South and South-East Asia Register here: rspb.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Do you want to be a voice for Curlews? We are starting our search for our brand new Curlew Action ambassadors and would love to speak to you! Fill in this form to apply: forms.office.com/e/jNBgni5p2m

Thanks Nick Meade for access & @timholtwilson.bsky.social for arranging it, near Earsham had our furthest downstream swim in River Waveney, abounding in Roach, plus a pool of gorgeous Dace where the river flowed fast, constricted by a grove of Club-rush. #MySwim #Suffolk #Norfolk #rivers #fish 🧵1/8

Huge contribution to Zimbabwe's bird list for the #BirdsSeenIn2025 challenge by @numenini.bsky.social!

Far Eastern Curlews frequent a beach at high tide roost along the coastline of Moreton Bay, SE Queensland Australia. They're just arriving back to Aust coastlines following breeding in the northern hemisphere. #BirdsSeenIn2025 @leitchbird.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

This is a really great piece. I never saw Slender-billed Curlews outside of museums. Writing the paper that declared them extinct was a sad and unexpectedly emotional thing. As scientists we dream of discovering new species, not writing being the ones to declare them lost forever.

My first thought on reading this post was to think about the Eurasian Curlew. According to the IUCN its status is Near Threatened and population trend is decreasing. Like many birds, it's vulnerable to habitat loss and human disturbance. datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...

The demise of slender-billed #curlews could well have been pushed by the disappearance of the enormous Dutch #estuary of #Zuiderzee in 1932. Zuiderzee had the same brackish gradients as Merja Zerga, Morocco. Read this unacknowledged publication, based on oral accounts, in @IBIS_journal.

And what lessons can we learn from the demise of the Slender-billed Curlew? wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... Blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al. #ornithology

Don't miss tonight's celestial show...🌕🪐 The Corn Moon, our last full moon of summer, will rise in total lunar eclipse...glowing deep red as a Blood Moon. Catch it climbing the horizon from 19:30, with Saturn shining close by, shining brighter than usual.

Great piece today by Simon Barnes, one of last to see a Slender-billed Curlew observer.co.uk/news/science... following research confirming extinction @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

"Support farmers & landowners to make space for water with more, easily accessible funding schemes. We call on government to commit to providing financial incentives to help farmers create & maintain connected land along all river corridors (with buffers, wetlands, riparian tree planting) at scale."

Epic soaring skills, stomachs that neutralise deadly bacteria, and a vital role in stopping disease… We reckon vultures might just be the most underrated birds out there. 👀 🦅 This #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay, discover why we owe them so much: brnw.ch/21wVwo3

To mark International Vulture Awareness Day, André Botha, Chair of the Technical Advisory Group to the CMS Raptors MoU, shares solutions that are turning the tide and explains why these birds are the silent guardians of our ecosystems & our health. 🦅 🎧 Listen now: www.buzzsprout.com/2502210/epis...

To celebrate #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay & begin a 🧵on #BirdsSeenIn2025 in Zimbabwe, around Victoria Falls, the phenomenal Vulture Restaurant at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge which does so much to raise awareness of horrific plight of African Vultures such as these White-backed & Hooded. 1/25

Did you know a group of vultures in flight is called a “kettle?”🦅 Today is #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay! Vultures have suffered severe population declines from the poisoning of carcasses. We need ongoing efforts to conserve the 23 vulture species. Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/protecting-t...

With the establishment of VSZs in Nepal and India, BirdLife and SAVE partners across Asia are supporting the future of vultures Read more about the ongoing importance of regulating veterinary drugs like diclofenac here: save-vultures.org/2025/09/new-...