📢Funded PhD position: We are looking for a PhD candidate documenting cultural behaviour in 4 neighbouring communities of Taï chimpanzees and investigating the effects of illegal human activity on their cultures. Start between Oct 1 and Feb 1. Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctora…

Congratulations to Professor Tim Clutton-Brock FRS who has been awarded the BES Honorary Membership by British Ecological Society tinyurl.com/ktkrkpyw

It was unfortunatly not that difficult to compile another newsletter on illegal killing of birds, making progress, but we need to step up for better protection of Quail and other migratory birds. Read all here: Wildlife Crime Newsletter: July-August 2024: mailchi.mp/0c68fbd8c84b/w…

#BirdsSeenIn2024 in China The British Nature Guide

#Freshwater #sponges are amazing! Unexpected, colourful, mindblowing structures in a canal near you 🪸 onderwaterinleiden.nl/mediafotofilm/…

Breckland Floral Group, led by Plantlife’s dynamic Jo Jones, is improving the understanding of special plants, such as red-tipped cudweed and sand catchfly. ⁦Citizen science into action! More videos: youtube.com/@bill_sutherla…

A RSPB survey on the Humber Estuary has revealed an area is a hot-spot for breeding Common Redshank: bit.ly/3TioeXG

🌍 Last week 6th September, we concluded #CAP2024 with major announcements, including a $125,000 donation from Global Birdfair to support the Galala Bird Observatory in Egypt. An exciting step forward for global conservation! 🦅🌿 #GalalaBirdObservatory #GlobalConservation

On multiple fronts, conservation advocates are finding progress in efforts to protect horseshoe crabs and Red Knots and the other shorebirds that rely on them. audubon.org/magazine/push-…

👉The intensity of agriculture in 7 countries that entered the EU in 2004 and 2007 increased after the accession, while farmland bird population trends started to decline. 🧐Read the new paper based on the PECBMS data in Science of the Total Environment: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Analysis, on a Cambridge Conservation Initiative Collaborative grant, of global trade in birds. GTS = Globally Threatened Species. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Due to unexpected circumstances this Tawny Owl sculpture is now available. Please contact me via my website if interested. #tawnyowl #owlsculpture # metalowl

What is the scale of the global wild bird trade? New paper led by BirdLife is the first attempt to quantify and map the relative prevalence in trade of all bird species globally: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

Great to see this published OSPAR. Now to see the UK step up & meet this challenge by publishing seabird strategies with urgency Welsh Government, DAERA Scot Gov Marine & deliver ESCaRP measures with urgency Defra UK Mary Creagh CBE MP to halt decline & deliver EIP targets.

Landscape structure and site characteristics influence whether the northern house martin Delichon urbicum occupies artificial nests | doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7… | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology

Bar-tailed Godwit. This is peak arrival week in New Zealand, as reported by miranda trust. These 'baueri' birds take more than a week to fly the length of the Pacific Ocean. More about 6⃣ subspecies, including newly-recognised 'yamalensis'. wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/10/18/new… #ornithology

Mud, glorious mud! Whilst coastal areas at low tide can look barren, they are packed full with animals and species 🦀 Natural England has created these fantastic illustrations to reveal the secrets found beneath the surface! Find out more 👉 buff.ly/4cxjm8K

In parts of coastal East Africa the whimbrel is known as the “wind-caller”. I love that. 📷 by Hugh Harrop.

Graham Appleton LIFEOnTheEdge RSPB England Wim Tijsen Global Flyway Network Frank Mawby Lucy Mason Thanks for this! However, while Norfolk is still a stronghold for Redshank, numbers are overall down on the last survey. But, the 4 survey plots show differing results. Declines in areas with easy access, stable on less accessible marsh. Hope to write up for Norfolk Bird Report

A group of endangered Oriental white storks were recently spotted gracefully foraging and resting in the serene Tiaozini wetland in Dongtai city, #Jiangsu province. Let's cherish and protect these magnificent creatures!💙 #EcoJiangsu Green China