New hope for the Antipodean Albatross. 💫

@globalbirdfair.bsky.social has donated a record-breaking US $140,000 to support our Safeguarding Ocean Species project!

A huge thank you to the entire Global Birdfair community for their generous support. 🙏💙

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#ukbirding White Stork northwest out to sea high over Margate beach at 13:50

We've just launched AviList! - the new unified global taxonomic checklist for the world's birds, developed through the Working Group on Avian Classification, including BirdLife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, IOC and others @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.avilist.org

A monumental taxonomy unification effort has just been published - thanks to all those who've collaborated for years to make this happen!
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...

Massive declines and local recoveries: First range-wide assessment spotlights ending egg-taking as key to the survival of the Macrocephalon maleo (Maleo) | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithological Applications | #ornithology 🪶

A couple of screenshots of the new DataZone from @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Explore it for yourself at datazone.birdlife.org

My edirol recorded a single call of what sounds almost exactly like Spotted Crake from my Baldock house at 01:50 this morning. That's distracting. soundcloud.com/robert-marti... #hertsbirds #ukbirding

Today was my 3,000th consecutive day of recording my birding on eBird. Just the best way to document sightings. Also the only way I can figure out what I was doing in 2017. A Blackcap was properly singing in the garden this morning, but no sign of my irregular hawfinch teaser.

I am delighted to share my first PhD paper! We found that Key Biodiversity Areas cover the distributions of the world’s terrestrial birds excellently, representing 99.7%. #KBAs are incredibly useful for conservation planning and policy. 🧪🦤🦉🌍🌐
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Really enjoying the sporadic appearance of a hawfinch visible from my bedroom office in Baldock this year. 11:25 showing this morning. Video, can't seem to remove the time stamp... #hertsbirds

Hawfinch over Norton Road Baldock heading N at 14:38. #hertsbirds

73 species in a 5 km radius from my Baldock home in 4 hours today on a glorious winter day. 34 Goldies with 42 Lapwings along Wallington Road, and at least one Marsh Tit still hanging on in the woods. 68% of last year's total already. Safety birding: max efficiency, no surprises #hertsbirds

Marsh harrier s over Norton common Letchworth at 10:59, #ukbirding #hertsbirds

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In a significant milestone for the conservation of Hawaiʻi’s native #birds, five ʻAlalā (Hawaiian Crow) were released onto the slopes of Haleakalā. 🎉🐦‍⬛ bit.ly/3ZmVpLZ.

📢 New in Biological Conservation
The paper presenting sRedList (sredlist.eu) is now online! sRedList will assist IUCN Red List assessors to conduct more comprehensive and standardized species assessments, ultimately helping to keep the Red List up-to-date

doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

paper #4/5

Osprey on yard list! Heading south over Baldock at 12:37, with much disruption from my 2.5 yr old in trying to get doc!