BirdLife Maltaβs latest PR addresses misleading claims by FKNK on Turtle-dove recovery. While FKNK cites limited data to suggest improvement EU experts continue to call for zero harvest along the Central-Eastern flyway which includes Malta. A 37% long-term decline in breeding pairs cannot be ignored
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Excited to share this paper on shearwater diets in the Mediterranean! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks to a great team, Lucie Michel and co-authors including @fdepa1.bsky.social @jgcecere.bsky.social , part-funding by @dornitholges.bsky.social,
@hannahpepe.bsky.social for the post graphics!
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Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm π
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The Yelkouan Shearwater (Garnija) depends on the dark to safely return to its nests along our precious Maltese cliffs. Martin Austad from BirdLife Malta's seabird team explains how light pollution is disrupting this species and why urgent action is needed.
#KeepCliffsDark
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Seabird Team's Field Update
Exciting news from last Friday's fieldwork! The first egg of the 2025 season has been discovered at the Yelkouan Shearwater colonies! A promising start for this year's breeding season.
#SeabirdConservation #YelkouanShearwater #LifePanPuffinus #BirdLifeMalta
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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology Research Group @uni-freiburg.de led by Prof. Dr. Marco Heurich
Managing EUROLYNX / EUROWILDCAT / Remote Sensing Data Pool
https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Wildlife-Ecology-and-Conservation-Biology-Marco-Heurich
Public Engagement Executive @birdlifemalta.bsky.social
Former video journalist skilled in storytelling, video, photo & audio editing.
Ornithology, Mycology, nature.
Seabird team leader JNCC.
Member BMS Field Mycology & Conservation Committee.
Own views.
Helping people reconnect with Nature - custodians, not always customers | Some humour & comments, too | My website https://tinyurl.com/Henricusp | I am lead editor of NAEE Journal www.naee.org.uk & Wildlife Australia magazine
Biologist living in Mallorca πͺΆβοΈ
miguel.mcminn@gmail.com
Retired librarian. Now I take care of my books (environment, politics). I try anyway to be useful.
Special interest: land consumption, biodiversity loss, invasive species. I live in Sicily.
News and updates from the Wilson Ornithological Society, an international scientific society for professional and amateur bird nerds. π¦
https://wilsonsociety.org/
EU Horizon Europe funded project (GA 101135471) quantifying light & noise pollution combined impacts on aquatic biodiversity #marine #freshwater #estuaries Improving understanding of prevalence, impacts & ability to manage them https://aquaplan-project.eu
Marine Biologist ππ¦π, Interested in Ornithology π§π¦©, Member of YSO-Madagascar (Young reSearchers Organization), MSc at the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (Institut of Fisheries and Marine Sciences), University of Toliara, Madagascar π²π¬
The German Ornithological Society promotes all forms of #ornithology. Founded in 1850, we represent continuity and permanence in #avian #science.
You can also find us on Instagram @DOrnitholGes and you can check out our website www.do-g.de
Studying the largest insectivoreπ animal of Europe, the Honey buzzardπ¦
πͺΆ. Phenology, food availability and food use for reproduction πͺΊπ₯. @vogelwarte.bsky.socialπ¦π¦’π¦π¦π§π¦€π¨π
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentijn-S-Van-Bergen
#seabird ecologist | One of those 'radical environmentalists' with 'ill intentions' Trump warned you about | S-permit bird ringer | She/Her π³οΈβπ | π³οΈββ§οΈ Ally
Official account of Oceana International. Dedicated to protecting & restoring the worldβs oceans on a global scale.
BirdLife Malta works to conserve wild birds and their habitats on the Maltese Islands through education, research and campaigning. Learn more, visit our website birdlifemalta.org
Faroe Islander Seabird ecotoxicology, biodiversity and invasive species. Hoarder of bird skulls, feathers & eggshells. Natural history books and taxidermy are my love languages. University of Aberdeen and Glasgow alumni - got Meniere's too
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MΓ©tis Nation (Treaty 7) βΎ #IndigenousScientist with #TangaroaBlue. Co-team lead at Adriftlab@bsky.social π¦π, research on #PlasticPollution, #seabirds, #bushfires, and #islands. Passionate about #WomenInSTEM, #LGBTSTEM, #SciComm #ecogrief & #dachshunds
PhD (Seabird Ecology). Thalassophile π Nemophilist π² Cyclist π΄
Research & conservation of seabirds.
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Subject Editor: Avian Conservation & Ecology https://ace-eco.org,
Northwestern Naturalist, Australian Field Ornithology
Researches marine predator movement & energetics with a focus on feathery, flying taxa
π ruthedunn.com
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π CNRS Postdoc, Montpellier
Loves terns and likes all birds. #Conservationist working on Breeding Bird Survey, previously tern conservation and cancer cell migration.
π³οΈβππ¨π¦π§ Conservation, curator in charge of birbs, island hopper, climber, connoisseur of fine teas, biscuit fiend, v left, queer af, ErdΕsβBacon = 8, he/him.
π Tring & Milton Keynes, UK
https://linktr.ee/albnd