Richard D. Gregory

Great winter bird count with the team at @rspb.bsky.social Hope Farm this morning - impressive numbers of farmland birds - grey partridge, corn bunting, reed bunting, yellowhammer, linnet, skylark, fieldfare, snipe, kestrel & a merlin flyby 🐦 @rspbscience.bsky.social

"Biodiversity, forests, and healthy landscapes matter—not only for their own sake, but because they shape the everyday experiences through which nature supports a good life."

But not everyone benefits equally: access, safety and inclusion in natural spaces influences participation.

Wessex Stone-curlew Project Officer We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic individual with skills in farmland wildlife surveys (preferably Stone-curlew) to join our team conserving this RSPB Priority Species. The ideal ...

Wessex Stone-curlew Project Officer - RSPB - environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/109267-...

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NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy

The use of citizen science data (common bird monitoring and online portal) to investigate the impact of Usutu virus on bird populations in Belgium. In 31 of the 60 species, annual changes were >20% worse inside affected areas than outside (11 species were >50% worse). More:https://shorturl.at/teoFW

All businesses depend on and impact nature.📈🤝🌳

IPBES recently launched the Business and Biodiversity Assessment - a first-of-its-kind report which sheds a light on actions to better understand and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature.

🔗 tinyurl.com/3c8wcct5

Black-eyed Birds - British Ornithologists' Union A new way to monitor impact of avian influenza in Gannets?

If you're interested in the science covered in the article, here's 3 papers...
1. The paper documenting the spread of HPAI in Gannets and the weird black eyes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Summarised beautifully by @heyjooode.bsky.social in this @bou.org.uk blog: bou.org.uk/blog-lane-ga...

A lovely article about our research on Gannets featuring interviews with #seabirders @heyjooode.bsky.social and @sue-lewis.bsky.social

#ornithology

BirdLife Suomi | Vuoden lintulaskija on Päivi Sirkiä BirdLife Suomi ja Helsingin yliopiston Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo ovat valinneet vuoden lintulaskijaksi Päivi Sirkiän ja vuoden nuoreksi lintulaskijaksi Pyry Laurikan. Molemmat ovat osallistuneet...

Vuoden lintulaskija on @paivisirkia.bsky.social! Tänään vietetään kansainvälistä naisten ja tyttöjen tiedepäivää. Lintulaskennat ovat osa kansalaistiedettä, ja naisten osuus laskennoissa on ilahduttavasti kasvanut 2000-luvulla.
www.birdlife.fi/tiedote-2026...
@birdlifesuomi.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

What’s it really like to work in science at the RSPB? To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we speak to six of our Conservation Scientists.

This #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience meet just six of the inspiring women in our Conservation Science department and hear about some of their most memorable moments at the RSPB 🧪

Read the full story here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

A European storm petrel nesting among rocks in Mousa, Shetland.

The RSPB is looking for surveyors to census the UK’s largest Storm Petrel colony on Mousa, Shetland.

We need 2-4 volunteers who are comfortable working and camping in a remote location with limited facilities, to help complete playback surveys during mid-July 2026. 🪺🏝️🏕️

OUT NOW!

The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers is available now!

Explore this first of it’s kind report highlighting methods and actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature.

🔗 https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses Experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running.

www.bbc.com/news/article... @rspbscience.bsky.social

Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to chan...

Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem ⬇️
Yet the main causes of biodiversity loss are well known & well understood. As Sandra Díaz says “The existing evidence pointing to where to start is massive; what is lacking is the will to act on its basis.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Welcome to Manchester!

Yesterday morning @ipbes.net ES, Dr. Luthando Dziba and UK’s special representative for Nature, Ruth Davis, welcomed stakeholders to #IPBES12 Stakeholder Day.

They were followed by introductions from ONet and the #BizBiodiversity chairs.

Here’s the account from the EBCC European breeding bird atlas 2020 🐦

ASPT is excited to launch a five-part special webinar series, “Taxonomy: What is it good for?”, spotlighting voices from the global plant taxonomy community and the real-world impact of systematic research. We kick things off Friday, February 6 at 12 PM ET with Sandra Knapp (Natural History Museum, London). Her talk, “Of course taxonomy matters! The story of the mega-genus Solanum (Solanaceae)” . . . dives into one of the largest and most fascinating plant genera on Earth—and shows why taxonomy is absolutely essential to science, conservation, and society. Registration is free. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7317682353817/WN_uouPXpdySw-UUfG32sjAzw#/registration #ASPT #PlantTaxonomy #Systematics #Botany #PlantScience #TaxonomyMatters #Solanaceae #Solanum #Webinar #ScienceTalks #Biodiversity #Herbaria

ASPT is launching a free 5-part webinar series, “Taxonomy: What is it good for?” on the real-world impacts of systematics. Join us Feb 6 for @sandyknapp.bsky.social's “Of course taxonomy matters! The story of the mega-genus Solanum (Solanaceae).”

Register and share!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Global Black-faced Spoonbill population tops 7,000 but growth slows A global census shows the Endangered Black-faced Spoonbill population has surpassed 7,000 individuals for the first time, but experts warn that the pace of growth is slowing and habitat pressures remain a concern.

The global population of Black-faced Spoonbill has exceeded 7,000 individuals for the first time, according to results from the 2025 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census:

A social media quote image with a teal-green border, featuring a professional portrait on the left side showing a person in a navy suit with a red tie against a light gray background. The right side contains text under the header "QUOTE ABOUT IPBES #BIZBIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT". The quote reads: "Biodiversity underpins every economy and every society. It generates jobs and income, regulates the climate, and sustains food, water, and health systems. Yet its very dependability hides the scale of our reliance on its continued stability. Too often, biodiversity is an invisible and expendable asset on a balance sheet. That is changing. Awareness is now accelerating of the risks to development if biodiversity fails—and of the economic opportunities and future prosperity that emerge where it thrives." The quote is attributed to "ALEXANDER DE CROO, ADMINISTRATOR, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)". The IPBES logo appears in the top left corner.

This IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment makes a vital contribution to exposing and explaining how business, economies and development ambitions depend on biodiversity.
— Alexander De Croo, UNDP Administrator

#BizBiodiversity report set for approval at #IPBES12: http://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG

Amazing resource - but why not use English_name_AviList from AviList for species name in a unified world phylogeny ?? Thanks 🐦

Both there👍

Both are included - just search for Little Auk or Rock Dove. Based on AviList 🐦

Amazing new tool from @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social - Birds of the World, The Cornell Lab - to help explore bird phylogenies ⬇️ @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social 🐦

UK Government shows abysmal progress towards restoring nature The UK Government remains off track to meet its environmental commitments and its actions now will determine whether or not key targets for biodiversity and the protection of land and sea by 2030 will be met, says the latest progress report by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).

The UK Government remains off track to meet its environmental commitments, says the latest progress report by the Office for Environmental Protection:

Editorial Expression of Concern for the Report “Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances” On 24 April 2020, Science published the Report “Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances” by R. van Klink et al. (1). The editors have been made awar...

⚠️ Editorial Expression of Concern for the Report : Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances 🪲 DOI:10.1126/science.aax9931

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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On the subject of penguins and madness, did you know that 9 King Penguins were released in 1936 in Arctic Norway by the Norwegian Nature Protection Society? At least a couple possibly survived until 1944. So for a brief period Polar Bears and penguins could in theory have met. #biologicalinvasions

Damp start to #BGBW this morning - but great list 15 species - male & female blackcap the stars with this lovely stock dove 🐦@rspbscience.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.

Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.

Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?

🔴 El quebrantahuesos "Centenario", liberado en 2017 en #PicosDeEuropa, ha muerto envenenado, informó hoy la
Fundación para la Conservación del Quebrantahuesos (FCQ).
👉 lifeprobv.quebrantahuesos.org/la-fundacion...
📸 Cadáver de "Centenario", con el emisor que portaba visible (foto: FCQ).