Eradication of Rats (and other invasive non-native predators of eggs and chicks) on islands can play a big role in seabird recovery.
Ensuring they don't get there in the first place is essential too, and far cheaper. It places a big onus on island managers for whom sustaining funding is a challenge
No prizes for guessing what would headline this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes... It's set to be just the seventh first-for-Britain found in #NorthWales, a list that dates back to 1753. A few non-heron sightings too.
📷John Riley #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZP6... Proper good this from @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ukbirding
A handful of seeds sown by one woman grew into a movement spanning farms, golf courses, churchyards and village greens. Together they are helping restore one of Wales' most threatened habitats ✍️Debs Luxon wp.me/p8Mk4U-1mzX
Marine heatwave already building. More bad news for our seabirds.
Biofuels for aviation may sound like a green solution, but they risk putting serious pressure on UK land use. ✈️
They would compete with food production & nature restoration.
Read CEO Martin Lines' article 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/ruxsanrjbe
More than 10,000 seabirds, 1,000 dolphins and whales and hundreds of seals are accidentally killed by commercial fishing in UK waters each year, a report has warned
This sounds like good progress.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Julian Hughes
Julian Hughes
Pet owners have historically been advised they should treat cats and dogs as a preventative measure every month.
Emily Beament, Press Association Environment Correspondent More than 10,000 seabirds, 1,000 dolphins and whales and hundreds of seals are accidentally killed by commercial fishing in UK waters each ye...
#Lundy Site of Special Scientific Interest is designated for breeding #seabirds - #Puffins, Manx #Shearwaters, #Kittiwakes, #Razorbill & Common #Guillemot. Thanks to the removal of #invasive rats between 2002-04 Manx Shearwater no.'s have increased 7500% since & European Storm Petrel now breed there
Caernarfon residents woke on Sunday to an array of expensive optical equipment lined along the harbour wall. Britain’s first Western Reef Heron has attracted birders from across the country since...
🌊 An early-season marine heatwave is spreading across the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Some coastal waters near France and parts of the western Mediterranean are running more than 5°C above normal for this time of year.
Summer hasn’t even started yet.
From the extensive collection of awful photos: This colour ringed kittiwake was seen this afternoon in one of the Isle of May monitoring plots. Not a bird caught here but ringed last July on Puffin Island, Anglesey. Presumably not yet of breeding age and prospecting various colonies
