Willem (Wim) Van den Bossche

😱 The EU plans to remove renewal deadlines for most pesticides. That means companies wouldn’t have to test for new risks & toxic pesticides could stay on the market indefinitely.

📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate

Bumper Sociable Lapwing count offers hope for global population More than 5,000 Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwings were counted at a major migration stop-over in Turkmenistan in autumn 2025. The record high offers rare good news for the species and highlights the importance of key staging sites.

Counts carried out this autumn on the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan border have logged more than 5,000 Sociable Lapwings – one of the largest gatherings of this Critically Endangered species recorded in recent decades:

Motus tracks Jack Snipe from Teesside to Swedish breeding grounds Saltholme RSPB's new Motus station has tracked Jack Snipe migrating between Teesside and Sweden, providing rare insights into their routes and showing the importance of wider coverage across northern England.

A Motus antenna at Saltholme RSPB has tracked the movements of two Jack Snipe between Sweden and the UK, offering new insight into the species' migration routes:

zover is t al gekomen @jogchumv.bsky.social & @denoppe.bsky.social 😱

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Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird

Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...

Kamerbrief van Minister Wiersma van LVVN over kittens met vogelgriep en andere vogelgriep onderwerpen. Zoals de verhoging van het risico op virusinfectie van laag-gemiddeld naar gemiddeld, voor mensen die beroepsmatig met besmette dieren in aanraking komen. www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/do...

Avian flu hits poultry farms in 13 European states Over the past week, almost 90 of the region’s commercial poultry flocks have been confirmed with infections of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), while cases in wild birds have been fo...

Overzicht van gevallen van hoog-pathogene vogelgriep in pluimvee en wilde vogels in Europa in het afgelopen jaar, maand en week. In Nederland zijn 21 commerciële pluimveebedrijven besmet in het afgelopen jaar (tot 26 november), waarvan 7 in de afgelopen week.

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Species in Peril report reveals Wales's most endangered wildlife A new Species in Peril report from Natural Resources Wales identifies more than 3,000 species in Wales now found in just five or fewer locations. The study highlights butterflies, beetles, lichens and more – and suggests simple, low-cost habitat management could help secure their future.

Natural Resources Wales has published a pioneering report identifying more than 3,000 species in Wales that now occur in five or fewer locations – putting them at very high risk of extinction in the country:

Gaat wielrensport boven zeldzame steenpatrijs? - Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA Al meer dan 6000 mensen willen dat de organisatie van de Tour de France de route van een van de etappes aanpast. Deze etappe voert namelijk via de  Col de Sarenne, een beklimming die in de bufferzone ...

@jogchumv.bsky.social na de gravel, nu dit...
www.bnnvara.nl/vroegevogels...?

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er zijn al GIFs van 🤣

In Europa waren nooit eerder zoveel wilde vogels besmet met vogelgriep Vogelgriep: In vergelijking met dezelfde periode in ‘rampjaar’ 2022 zijn dit jaar zeker twee keer zoveel wilde vogels besmet met het virus. „Dit ziet er zeker niet goed uit.”

“Een kwart van de onderzochte levende eenden in Nederland draagt de zeer besmettelijke vogelgriepvariant H5N1 met zich mee. Dat is het hoogste percentage besmette wilde vogels dat ooit is vastgesteld.”

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Numbers wintering in coastal north-west Europe may have declined by c. 20% 🥹
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Avian influenza in Europe: enhanced surveillance and strict biosecurity needed as detections surge Between 6 September and 14 November 2025, 1,443 detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses were reported in wild birds across 26 European countries – four times higher than t...

Message from European Food Safety Authority, European Union Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, and external experts: Avian influenza in Europe: enhanced surveillance and strict biosecurity needed as detections surge
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/avia...

St Paul’s Islands and Northern Cliffs receive highest level of protection - The Malta Independent St Paul's Islands (Selmunett) and the stretch of cliffs from iċ-Ċumnija to ix-Xaqqa have officially been declared Special Protection Areas (SPA), strengthening their existing status as

BirdLife Malta’s scientific research and evidence-based studies have once again delivered results, securing stronger protection for vital natural sites for the benefit of our country.

#MaltaSPAs #LIFEPanPuffinus #BirdLifeMalta www.independent.com.mt/articles/202...

ik zie precies toch wat oranje veertjes aan de achterzijde, net naast t zwart, dus toch een mannetje ? die zal dan inderdaad niet bezorgd geweest zijn over de gluurder 😅

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Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, small brown seabird flying across open sea. Seasonal migratory movements investigated in BCI study © feathercollector/Shutterstock

🌊Investigating where Swinhoe's Storm-petrels go across the north-western Pacific and Indian Oceans

🛰️Insights from geolocators recovered from four birds: doi.org/10.1017/S095...

#BirdConservation #Ornithology #Conservation #Research
#Swinhoe's #stormpetrel #seabird #tracking #migration

jammer genoeg nooit gewoond, maar tientallen jaren op vakantie geweest daar :-)

gelukstijger komt eigenlijk van tijgerMUG, afkomstig van gered worden door de MUG = geluksvogel zijn ! 🤔 zonder dank

ietske inderdaad 😅 en dan nog zo'n risico's nemen met dat opzichterig stuntvliegen 🤷‍♂️

inderdaad ! en als zwarte roodstaart heb je het al helemaal gehad, klemmen en dan ook nog trollen op sociale media die je 'zwart' maken 😓😉

misschien beroepsmisvorming, maar ik vrees dat ik de eerste vogel met een 'makkelijk' leven nog moet ontmoeten...😞

Latest BirdTrack data show Woodcock arriving en masse over the the last fortnight. Sadly, Woodcock are prone to colliding with buildings while they migrate. If you find a dead Woodcock in these circumstances, please add the record to BirdTrack or email details to woodcock@bto.org

#ukbirding

In October, our Flyways Conservation Officer, Lilla Barabás, travelled to Cyprus to witness first-hand the amazing work that @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social is doing to tackle the illegal killing of birds. 💔🪶

Find out more about their amazing projects here 👉 flightforsurvival.org/fighting-for...

welke app 😏

tja, maar ik ging daar al als kleuter...toen was t oostduinkerke en zal t altijd blijven voor mij :-)

in Engeland 'exploderen' ze, mahow is t niet oostduinkerkezanger ?