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Lapwing eggs only rarely taken by badgers, new data shows
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
Badger Predation on Lapwing Nests Is Rare, six-year study finds
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Lapwing eggs only rarely taken by badgers, new data shows
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
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As part of @wclnews.bsky.social, we’re warning MPs about the loss of nature already being seen in their area 📢
The #PlanningBill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife even further 🚨
We cannot accept this - it simply must be amended.
Take action today 👇
rspb.org.uk/planning
The #PlanningBill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife even further 🚨
We cannot accept this - it simply must be amended.
Take action today 👇
rspb.org.uk/planning
May 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As part of @wclnews.bsky.social, we’re warning MPs about the loss of nature already being seen in their area 📢
The #PlanningBill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife even further 🚨
We cannot accept this - it simply must be amended.
Take action today 👇
rspb.org.uk/planning
The #PlanningBill as it stands is an application to demolish wildlife even further 🚨
We cannot accept this - it simply must be amended.
Take action today 👇
rspb.org.uk/planning
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Please ALSO report any sightings of dead and sick birds to @birdtrack.bsky.social through www.birdtrack.net for monitoring purposes. Thank you.
March 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Please ALSO report any sightings of dead and sick birds to @birdtrack.bsky.social through www.birdtrack.net for monitoring purposes. Thank you.
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⚠️ Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. #UKBirding
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
March 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
⚠️ Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. #UKBirding
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
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Surrey Wildlife Trust has teamed up with the Dogs Trust to appeal to dog owners to keep their pets on leads at the county's many sensitive sites for ground-nesting birds:
Surrey Wildlife Trust urges better control from dog owners
Surrey Wildlife Trust has teamed up with the Dogs Trust to appeal to dog owners to keep their pets on leads at the county's many sensitive sites for ground-nesting birds. The charities are warning how unsupervised dogs can cause birds to abandon their nests, leaving eggs and chicks unprotected. With...
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March 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Surrey Wildlife Trust has teamed up with the Dogs Trust to appeal to dog owners to keep their pets on leads at the county's many sensitive sites for ground-nesting birds:
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Top environmental petition is quite something. Plz help us get this over 100,000 signatures. Thanks v much.
Thanks to you, our petition is the top-ranking environmental petition on the Government website.
We've now reached 75K signatures, and know the top 55 constituencies for signatures, with over 200 each!
Read more on our latest blog: wildjustice.org.uk/general/ban-...
We've now reached 75K signatures, and know the top 55 constituencies for signatures, with over 200 each!
Read more on our latest blog: wildjustice.org.uk/general/ban-...
March 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Top environmental petition is quite something. Plz help us get this over 100,000 signatures. Thanks v much.
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UK Government has halted SFI applications, cutting off support for nature-friendly farming in England. ❌🍃
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
UK Government has halted SFI applications, cutting off support for nature-friendly farming in England. ❌🍃
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
Farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on & off.
Pulling the rug from under them erodes trust, disrupts farming, and stalls critical progress on nature & climate.
A beautiful Little Owl today at Pontefract Park for a year patch ✅ @patchbirding.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A beautiful Little Owl today at Pontefract Park for a year patch ✅ @patchbirding.bsky.social
x44sp. today at Pontefract Racecourse,Pontefract on 02/03/2025, 09:00 - 13:30. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @patchbirding.bsky.social
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March 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
x44sp. today at Pontefract Racecourse,Pontefract on 02/03/2025, 09:00 - 13:30. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @patchbirding.bsky.social
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With the first Wheatear and Sand Martins in Britain, and a House Martin in Ireland, plus large movements of wildfowl along the south coast over the week, what will turn up on your patch this weekend? Good luck and remember to keep us updated by using the hashtags! #patchbirding
February 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
With the first Wheatear and Sand Martins in Britain, and a House Martin in Ireland, plus large movements of wildfowl along the south coast over the week, what will turn up on your patch this weekend? Good luck and remember to keep us updated by using the hashtags! #patchbirding
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February 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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A two-year habitat-restoration project is set to boost wildlife at a Dorset heath:
Habitat-restoration project to boost Dorset's heathland birds
A two-year, £1.2-million habitat-restoration project is set to boost wildlife at a Dorset heath. Dorset Council is removing hundreds of invasive pine trees from Avon Heath Country Park to help rejuvenate the heathland. The 210-ha site is home to all of Britain's native reptile species including Smo...
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December 26, 2024 at 3:56 PM
A two-year habitat-restoration project is set to boost wildlife at a Dorset heath:
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I would like you, please, to sign this petition to ban driven grouse shooting. The first under a Labour government.
10k signatures gets a government response, 100k a debate in Westminster parliament. UK residents & UK citizens living abroad can sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
10k signatures gets a government response, 100k a debate in Westminster parliament. UK residents & UK citizens living abroad can sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
November 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
I would like you, please, to sign this petition to ban driven grouse shooting. The first under a Labour government.
10k signatures gets a government response, 100k a debate in Westminster parliament. UK residents & UK citizens living abroad can sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
10k signatures gets a government response, 100k a debate in Westminster parliament. UK residents & UK citizens living abroad can sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Last chance to order our 2025 calendar this weekend! Final numbers go to print on Monday so order now to avoid missing out! Featuring 10 of the best bird artists around. Funds raised from the sale of calendars helps support our small charity spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/spurn-2...
November 22, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Last chance to order our 2025 calendar this weekend! Final numbers go to print on Monday so order now to avoid missing out! Featuring 10 of the best bird artists around. Funds raised from the sale of calendars helps support our small charity spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/spurn-2...
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BREAKING: The latest #COP29 text falls woefully short.
The finance package is too low, too weak, while critical acknowledgement of nature has been entirely erased.
This is more than disappointing, it's dangerous. 🚨
Leaders—don't walk away without fixing this.
The finance package is too low, too weak, while critical acknowledgement of nature has been entirely erased.
This is more than disappointing, it's dangerous. 🚨
Leaders—don't walk away without fixing this.
November 22, 2024 at 4:16 PM
BREAKING: The latest #COP29 text falls woefully short.
The finance package is too low, too weak, while critical acknowledgement of nature has been entirely erased.
This is more than disappointing, it's dangerous. 🚨
Leaders—don't walk away without fixing this.
The finance package is too low, too weak, while critical acknowledgement of nature has been entirely erased.
This is more than disappointing, it's dangerous. 🚨
Leaders—don't walk away without fixing this.
A bit of local patch birding this morning at Pontefract Racecourse,Pontefract on 22/11/2024, 10:13 - 14:17. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding @btobirds.bsky.social
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November 22, 2024 at 3:49 PM
A bit of local patch birding this morning at Pontefract Racecourse,Pontefract on 22/11/2024, 10:13 - 14:17. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding @btobirds.bsky.social
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A reminder about BTO's website apps and surveys being offline from 5pm.
⚠️ Advance warning that from 5pm Friday 22nd to 5pm Monday 25th November, BTO’s website and apps for surveys will be offline for essential updates. This includes BirdTrack, BBS, GBW and WeBS. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
A reminder about BTO's website apps and surveys being offline from 5pm.
Barn Owl snoozing in the Pontefract sunshine this morning. #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Barn Owl snoozing in the Pontefract sunshine this morning. #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
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From this morning’s edition of Shooting Times. Hang on a minute, isn’t this the industry that claims to be self-regulating & not shooting Woodcock until after 1st December to protect resident UK red-listed population?! Idiots.
November 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
From this morning’s edition of Shooting Times. Hang on a minute, isn’t this the industry that claims to be self-regulating & not shooting Woodcock until after 1st December to protect resident UK red-listed population?! Idiots.
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Did you know you can support us by stopping on our sheltered and secluded Caravan & Motorhome Club certified site at Kew Villa for only £18 per night, knowing that all proceeds feed directly into our charities conservation & research work here at Spurn?
spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/accommodation
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November 16, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Did you know you can support us by stopping on our sheltered and secluded Caravan & Motorhome Club certified site at Kew Villa for only £18 per night, knowing that all proceeds feed directly into our charities conservation & research work here at Spurn?
spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/accommodation
spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/accommodation
Scarlet Tanager at Shelf, West Yorkshire from Tuesday. #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
November 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Scarlet Tanager at Shelf, West Yorkshire from Tuesday. #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding