Alister Clunas

Waders/shorebirds have relatively high annual survival (and low productivity).
Bird ringing/banding is key to mearsuring survival.
When a survival rate falls it can have a rapid impact on population level.
🎂 Blog from 8 March 2018:
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#ConservationScience🌍

What a disaster! Very sad.

BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans Self-styled ‘punk’ beer company bought land in 2020, pledging to plant Scotland’s ‘biggest ever forest’

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Puffins from the Shiant Isles are having a tough winter of it with an almost unprecedented 'wreck' on European coasts.

How many recoveries would you expect in a normal year?

Do Brits fear being dragged into an illegal war? The extent of the UK's involvement in this war has significantly changed in the week since Israel and the US first began to strike Iran. What do people think?

Do Brits fear being dragged into an illegal war?
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What everyone forgets is that every soldier has a mother. During years of Cold War imagined mothers on ‘other side’ worrying as much as I did (tho I didn’t have children then).
It’s time we put war in the Middle Ages box & always found peaceful ways of sorting out problems.

BirdWatch Ireland CEO Andrew Kelly & BTO CEO Juliet Vickery are sitting at a table outside smiling as they get ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31.

RSPB Chief Executive Beccy Speight & BTO CEO Juliet Vickery are sitting together at a table in the David Attenborough Building in Cambridge holding pens ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31.

BTO CEO Juliet Vickery & Scottish Ornithologists Club President Ruth Briggs are sitting at a table smiling and holding pens ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31.

BTO CEO Juliet Vickery & Welsh Ornithological Society Chair Anne Brenchley are sitting at a table together looking down and holding pens as they get ready to sign a partnership agreement for the Bird Atlas 2027–31. Wildlife and nature themed artwork hangs on the wall behind them.

1/ Five leading charities forge partnership for bird conservation for the Bird Atlas 2027–31! 🐦 But what is the Bird Atlas? ⬇️🧵 #Ornithology

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New post Parkswatchscotland: Apologies to Sandy Bremner and readers for error in post on National Parks and NLHF https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/?p=32524

SNP one and two minimises the SNP2 vote. Use your list vote for another pro independence party. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

On ferry for Arran and screening of Finland film in Whiting Bay Hall 7.30 tonight. Great sailing weather & after earlier cancellations the ferry is on time. Huzzah. Still tix for tonight & Prestwick Sunday. Largs sold out. lesleyriddoch.com/events

Please report any dead birds found on @birdtrack.bsky.social Very straightforward to use.

NatureScot reinstates use of General Licences on Raeshaw Estate during appeal process On 10 February 2026, NatureScot imposed a three-year General Licence restriction on Raeshaw Estate in the Scottish Borders (and on neighbouring Watherston Wood, which is understood to be under sepa…

NatureScot reinstates use of General Licences on Raeshaw Estate during appeal process raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/03/n...

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026 are taking a stand against climate change and the changing environment to help their communities.

Congratulations to @ruthtingay.bsky.social for making the Big Issues’s 100 Chnagemakers for her work @raptorpersuk.bsky.social and @wildjustice.bsky.social
Good news to wake up to!
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I’m afraid this is definitely so I have first hand experience of it!

It is disgraceful! Shame on the Labour government.

New post Parkswatchscotland: What does the Scottish Government’s rejection of the Flamingo Land planning application mean & what now? https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/?p=32470

Is this all Reform is good for? Divide and conquer

This year's winter storms could prove a disaster for UK puffins Hundreds of dead and dying seabirds are washing up on British beaches.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Mass deaths like this underline just how fragile our #seabirds are, as well as the urgent need to build resilience in their populations...The #RSPB is calling amongst other things, for stronger protection of breeding colonies from invasive predators. #Biosecurity is key

A few of our colleagues were lucky enough to attend the #IslandInvasives conference in New Zealand this February. A fantastic opportunity to find out what is happening around the world for #biosecurity and #island restoration, knowledge share with experts and learn about developing technologies.

Tulchan Estate is not for sale (again) - Land Matters On Wednesday this week, Savills announced the “sale” of the 8800 hectare Tulchan Estate in Morayshire at offers over £67 million. Newspapers have reported the “sale” today (see above extracts from the...

BLOG - Tulchan Estate is not for sale for offers over £67 million. Instead the shareholding of the company that owns it (in turn owned in Guernsey) is for sale. This has implications for tax receipts & the tenant farmers whose right to buy is once again blocked. andywightman.scot/2026/02/tulc...

That's the way to do it. So good to see progressive politicians pushing back hard on Reform's messaging. Highly effective and so refreshing and Labour could learn a lot from Polanski in this regard. Take the attack to the Faragists - don't let them get away with it.

Some commentary on the murder conviction of ex-Head Gamekeeper David Campbell Two days ago, a jury at the High Court in Glasgow returned a guilty verdict in the trial of former Head Gamekeeper David Campbell, 77, who had been accused of murdering his ex-colleague from Edrady…

Some commentary on the murder conviction of ex-Head Gamekeeper David Campbell.

#RaptorResearch

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More marine protected areas are required in Scotland free of damaging dredging.

BB eye: A birder’s guide to High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI, bird flu) virus infections have historically been most commonly associated with wild Eurasian waterfowl with...

BB eye: A birder’s guide to High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI)
A clear, timely overview of bird flu, outbreak history, and how we monitor its impacts on wild bird populations.
📰 Open access until the end of February!
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📸 Common Crane, by David Tipling

A rainbow forms over Gough Island

First confirmed cases of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) on Gough Island represent one of the most geographically isolated detections of HPAIV to date. But how did it get there?

Read on for a summary

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#seabirds

Wherever I end up, it's always fun to find colour-rings, so a double-hit of blue-ringed Black-headed Gulls, stood on the rails, around Salford Quays today was very welcome. Almost certainly local birds but no matter, a CR is a CR 🙂
Look forward to hearing more 👍
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#ukbirding

The totals reported on @birdtrack.bsky.social are likely to be a fraction of the seabirds coming ashore. Please report birds to help gain a better understanding of the impact of the ‘wreck'. @markavery.bsky.social

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