CEO of Birdwatch Ireland says buzzards aren’t to blame for decline in wild bird species – ‘It’s entirely the fault of humans’ Suggestions that the buzzard is responsible for the dramatic decline in native bird species in Co Wexford have been dismissed by the CEO of Birdwatch Ireland. Responding to an article in The Wexford P...

CEO of BirdWatch Ireland says Buzzards aren’t to blame for decline in wild bird species – ‘It’s entirely the fault of humans': www.independent.ie/regionals/we...

One of the highlights this autumn in Highland was finding this flock of migrating Woodpigeons at Durness!. Picked up initially flying north then east when they hit the north coast.

The first actively migrating Woodpigeons I've seen in Highland! #highlandbirds

That is a big area of controversy in the vis mig community. Lots of observations of presumptive Uk birds leaving SW England in late October/November. Few observations of ‘in off’ further N. Do you think these had ‘left’ or ultimately were arriving?

25 years of wader declines This article summarises a Bird Study paper arising from a 25-year Scottish study of breeding Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Redshank & Curlew. The story is set against a backdrop of a changing farming…

Birdwatchers who are under 40 will not appreciate just how many breeding waders there were in Scottish farmland back in 1990.
If your benchmark is 2015, look at what happened in the previous 25 years:
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And things have not improved since:
#ornithology

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Wow! Fantastic Daniel.

And the Pennines

Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…

Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.

18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.

#RaptorResearch

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The BBC made a clumsy error in editing clips of Donald Trump. But its governance structure should cause more concern—including the role of former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says 10bn tonnes of C02 emissions must be removed from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström * Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil Removing carbon from the atmosphere will now be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned, as even in the best case scenario the world will heat by about 1.7C. Johan Rockström of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, who is one of the chief scientific advisers to the UN and the Cop30 presidency, said 10bn tonnes of carbon dioxide needed to be removed from the air every year even to limit global heating to 1.7C (3.1F) above preindustrial levels. Continue reading...

Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says

That area looked cracking when. I. Was there on a family holiday in August- I suspect could do with more coverage

Certainly 'moving' birds down in Low Countries on the trek data - birds 'about' further N would be the data to look for.

might just be milder winters.

trend in the Netherlands more all over the place, but the last 3 years fewer andmarkedly so this year. In brackets x UK count for the same year. 2019: 1003690 (3x). 2020: 2584254(7x). 2021: 1719996 (4.9x). 2022: 2314049 (4x). 2023: 928099 (2.6x). 2024: 1022977 (5.9x). 2025: 342329 (6.6x)

Russia’s FSB claims it thwarted a Ukrainian intel op, allegedly backed by “British handlers”, to hijack a MiG-31 with a Kinzhal missile and provoke NATO by flying it toward Romania’s Constanța airbase. Supposedly, $3 million was offered via personal bank transfer.

Another cartoonish FSB story.

These two at Thruscross reservoir, N Yorkshire, and 16 earlier on 8/11 added to the trend by flying off North. 11 at Nosterfield the same day did likewise.

as Tom Will confirm - needs to the the morning and bright. cool days are the best

Some worrying trends however: total number of Redwings recorded moving on trektellen in UK between 2019 and 2025 in time period 30th September to 30th October. 2020: 362,502. 2021: 350,634. 2022: 556,041. 2024: 171,772. 2025: 51,861. we should certainly keep an eye on this.

Once a year I like to remind myself and others how amazing Guira Cuckoo eggs are!

Of course- cheers

Great post but I’d have thought Pygmy Shrew was smaller- you live and learn

Cracker

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Andrew Bailey confirms what we've all known for years.

‘Wot, no pine cones’

Riven Owl and Harrier shooting

Short eared owl on the #Yorkshire moors. Would be a lot more if we got rid of #drivengrouseshooting @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social #raptors #rewilding

Interesting opinion has changed for the better- it’s still dire though

less than zero - even if we went to zero today warming would still continue for some while unless current atmospheric levels are reduced.

Bizarre I had 3 N yesterday, which is unusual- but near Beckwithshaw N Yorkshire