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| Autumn seawatching in Ireland (Personal Account) |
| Irish birder Anthony McGeehan writes about the excellent seawatching in the autumn in Ireland with particular reference to the places to watch from and the species seen. (Please note this is a pdf file and may take a few seconds to download) |
| Written by: Dutch Birding (16 Aug 2007) | |
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| Contributing factors sought as Red Knot population plummets (Conservation News) |
| Go to article A new report has revealed a drastic population decline in the Red Knot subspecies Calidris canutus rufa. Numbers at their wintering grounds in southern South America have fallen drastically in recent years; from 51,300 in 2000 to approximately 30,000 in 2004, and still further to just 17,200 in 2006. |
| Written by: BirdLife (15 Aug 2007) | |
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| Court threat halts wetland destruction (Conservation News) |
| Go to article The threat of court action has forced the Polish government to halt work on a controversial highway that would irreparably damage one of Europe's most pristine wildlife sites. |
| Written by: RSPB (05 Aug 2007) | |
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| BBRC appoint new chairman (Conservation News) |
| Go to article Following a call for nominations earlier this year, the board of directors of British Birds have appointed a new Chairman of the Rarities Committee. |
| Written by: BBRC (27 Jul 2007) | |
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| Birding in August (The month ahead) |
| Go to article August means the back of the summer blues and the expectations of what the autumn may bring. It is "the" month for seawatching and many will head to the west coast of Ireland and headlands throughout Britain in search of shearwaters, petrels and skuas. |
| Written by: Rare Bird Alert (27 Jul 2007) | |
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| Mixed bag for Scotland’s birds (Conservation News) |
| Go to article Each year, hundreds of birders go out with notebooks to count Scotland’s birds, as part of the annual BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey. Some of the main findings include worrying declines in Lapwing and Kestrel numbers whilst there is better news for House Sparrows and Whitethroats. |
| Written by: BTO (26 Jul 2007) | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird admitted to The British List (First for Britain) |
| Go to article The British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee (BOURC) has accepted the record of an adult male Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens near Whitchurch, Shropshire on 7 November 2005, as the first British record. |
| Written by: BOURC & BBRC (25 Jul 2007) | |
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| Seabirds struggle again (Conservation News) |
| Go to article Mid-season reports from RSPB coastal reserves suggest that Scotland's seabirds are suffering another poor breeding season. |
| Written by: RSPB (18 Jul 2007) | |
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| Yellow-nosed Albatross - a First for Britain (First for Britain) |
| An exhausted sub-adult Yellow-nosed Albatross was found by walkers on Friday 29 Jun on Brean Beach, Somerset. Taken into care it was released Saturday at 4pm when it flew out to sea. Apparently an attempt was made to contact a local birder but he was out. See photos here and watch video here |
| Written by: Lee Evans (03 Jul 2007) | |
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| The RSPB launches new monthly podcast. (Conservation News) |
| The RSPB is launching a new monthly podcast called Nature's Voice and in the first edition Prince Charles talks about the plight of the worlds albatrosses |
| Written by: RSPB (25 Jun 2007) | |
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| Sea Eagles to fly again in east Scotland (Conservation News) |
| Sea eagle chicks will today (Friday 22 June) touch down at RAF Kinloss with the launch of the next phase of the reintroduction programme for Britain's largest and most spectacular bird of prey. |
| Written by: RSPB (22 Jun 2007) | |
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| US common birds in shocking decline (Conservation News) |
| New research from the National Audubon Society (BirdLife in the US) has revealed that populations of some of America’s most common birds have plummeted over the past forty years, with some down by as much as 80%. |
| Written by: BirdLife (19 Jun 2007) | |
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| New bunting family is cause for celebration (Conservation News) |
| The Cirl Bunting, a bird with a troubled 200-year history in the UK is causing a stir by breeding in Cornwall for the first time in around 15 years. |
| Written by: RSPB (19 Jun 2007) | |
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| RSPB: Historic chick for Loch Garten Ospreys (Conservation News) |
| The first of three eggs have hatched for the Loch garten Ospreys in what has been at times a traumatic time for all involved. |
| Written by: RSPB (14 Jun 2007) | |
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| Cornish Choughs hatch for fifth successive year (Conservation News) |
| A bumper crop of chough chicks has fledged in Cornwall this week, five years after the pioneering pair of choughs that returned to the county in 2001 first bred. |
| Written by: RSPB (01 Jun 2007) | |
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| Warblers advance on all fronts (Press report) |
| Britain's most colourful warbler is spreading its territorial wings because warmer winters and better heathland management have increased its chances of survival. |
| Written by: RSPB (31 May 2007) | |
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| Long-billed Murrelet admitted to the British List (Conservation News) |
| The BOURC and The BBRC have made the expected announcement that the Long-billed Murrelet which occured at Dawlish Warren from 7th-14th November 2006 has been accepted as the first record of this species in Britain. Read the full press release here. |
| Written by: BOURC & BBRC (29 May 2007) | |
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| Climate change threatens UK birds (Conservation News) |
| A new report warns that familiar wildlife will quickly decline in the UK if immediate action is not taken to tackle climate change. |
| Written by: RSPB (22 May 2007) | |
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| Chick success for Glaslyn Ospreys (Press report) |
| The Glaslyn Osprey family is now complete after all three chicks successfully hatched at the nest in Pont Croesor near Porthmadog. |
| Written by: RSPB (22 May 2007) | |
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| Cranes breeding in the fens (Conservation News) |
| Cranes have been found breeding in the Fens of East Anglia for the first time in 400 years |
| Written by: RSPB (17 May 2007) | |
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| Wildlife starves on emptied wetland (Conservation News) |
| Tens of thousands of migrating birds are facing starvation because the world’s largest land reclamation project has all but destroyed their most important refuelling station. |
| Written by: RSPB (14 May 2007) | |
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| Highland Birding Sites (Local Rarity Review) |
| As some of our customers will be in Scotland over the coming days for the trip to Sula Sgeir for the Black-browed Albatross here is some useful information and sites for birding in Scotland. |
| Written by: Martin Scott (03 May 2007) | |
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| Identification and ageing of Glaucous-winged Gulls and hybrids (ID Article) |
| Following the reappearance of 'the' Glaucous-winged Gull, this time at Beddington Sewage Works in Surrey we are pleased to make this our first article to be uploaded in a new partnership with Dutch Birding, bringing you high quality identification articles by Europe's top ornithologists. |
| Written by: Enno B Ebels, Peter Adriaens & Ron R King, Dutch Birding (19 Apr 2007) | |
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| French expedition finds Hampshire surprise in Senegal (Press report) |
| Amazingly, two warblers ringed on the same day (21 August 2005) at Titchfield Haven, Hampshire, were recently caught at the same site in Djoudj National Park, Senegal, within a week of each other!migrants, commuting between the UK and West Africa every year |
| Written by: BTO (16 Apr 2007) | |
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| Breeding Plover Survey - get involved (Press report) |
| This spring, the Breeding Little Ringed and Ringed Plover Survey aims to establish the current status of these two charismatic species and determine how they have fared since the last surveys back in 1984.
Read more to find out how you can get involved. |
| Written by: BTO (16 Apr 2007) | |
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| Long-distance Godwit sets new record (Press report) |
| A satellite-tracked Bar-tailed Godwit has set a new record for long-distance non-stop flight, a team from the Pacific Shorebird Migration Project have reported. |
| Written by: BirdLife (05 Apr 2007) | |
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| New reserve for the Midlands (Conservation News) |
| Wildlife lovers across the Midlands are being delivered a £1.3 million present by the RSPB, Staffordshire County Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, SITA Trust and Natural England. |
| Written by: RSPB (26 Mar 2007) | |
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| Via Baltica: Poland referred to European Court of Justice (Conservation News) |
| BirdLife International were among a number of environmental NGOs welcoming today’s decision by the European Commission to refer Poland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the planned construction of the Via Baltica Expressway. |
| Written by: BirdLife (22 Mar 2007) | |
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| Northern Bald Ibises return (Conservation News) |
| Satellite tracking reveals that Bald Ibis are returning to their breeding grounds, but the mystery of where young, non-breeding birds go in winter remains. |
| Written by: BirdLife (19 Mar 2007) | |
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| Urban Peregrines with catholic tastes (Conservation News) |
| For the second consecutive year a pair of peregrines are nesting on Derby Cathedral. Last year they successfully fledged three young and this year their progress can be monitored via a live video feed. |
| Written by: Nick Brown (DWT) & Nick Moyes (Derby Museum), Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (15 Mar 2007) | |
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| Sociable Lapwing: Ornithologists “hit jackpot” (Conservation News) |
| A small expedition team travelling across Syria today announced the discovery of the largest wintering population of one of Eurasia’s most endangered birds, the Sociable Lapwing. |
| Written by: BirdLife (13 Mar 2007) | |
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| World's waterbirds find themselves in a bind (Conservation News) |
| Efforts to save the world’s declining waterbirds have been brought into sharp focus with the release of a global publication bringing together reports from a number of top scientists. |
| Written by: BirdLife (13 Mar 2007) | |
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| Green light given for Via Baltica (Conservation News) |
| Despite condemnation from the highest levels of the European Commission and conservationists across Europe, the Polish government has given the green light for the diggers to begin the destruction of the pristine Rospuda wetlands. |
| Written by: RSPB (13 Mar 2007) | |
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| Aquatic warbler mystery solved (Conservation News) |
| One of Europe's last remaining ornithological mysteries has been solved finally, thanks to five years of detective work by an international team of researchers. |
| Written by: RSPB (13 Mar 2007) | |
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| EU Commission bans trade in wild birds. (Conservation News) |
| After 20 years of campaiging by the RSPB the EU Commission has announced a complete ban on the trade of wild birds saving an estimated 2 million birds each year. |
| Written by: RSPB (15 Jan 2007) | |
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| French wetlands crucial for Aquatic Warbler (Conservation News) |
| A recent paper in the journal Ibis has ientified wetlands in north-western France as internationally important sites for Aquatic Warblers who use them as stopover sites on the migration from their breeding ground in Europe. |
| Written by: BirdLife (12 Jan 2007) | |
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