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Protecting curlews is not just about their nesting sites. This paper explains why and I've summarised below 🧵🧵🧵nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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In Finland attending the @unep_aewa meeting on the status of Curlew and Black-tailed Godwit, and the reports from countries across Europe are deeply worrying. Here are the headlines for Curlew. 🧵 👇👇
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Fascinating article, take note @ScotGamekeepers
Studies of the Dava mega fire showed muirburn areas made no difference whatsoever to its spread. Also, even more fascinating only 9% of wildfires were found to be caused by tourists, 71% by muirburn going out of control. Well well.
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A major new review brings together 20 years of GPS data from 626 Eurasian Curlews across Europe. It shows that tracking is no longer simply telling us where birds go, it is revealing what Curlews need to survive and where conservation must act. 🧵
📷 E Eng Recovery project
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Although I was already interested in wildlife, this is where, in 1973 at the then "Rye House Marsh", my life absorbed by birding & natural history began, aged 12 with the local YOC group. Now the intention is to close the reserve & hand it back to TW. 1/n
change.org/p/save-rspb-rye-m…
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This is remarkable . Holkham's Spoonbill webcam captures the moment a Spoonbill lays the third egg of its clutch. First time ever in UK such a moment has been filmed and probably first time in UK it's been witnessed.
Successful trip to Donana national park with exceptional and repeated views of Iberian Lynx. Good supporting cast of Spanish Imperial Eagle and abundant waterbirds. Still very dry in most areas though.
A great pleasure to work with NCC Ltd Greece on the island of Folegandros, looking to create a wetland oasis for migrant birds at the Gundari resort. Hydrology and topography checked, all looking good. Plans drawn up and sent to owner. Eleonora’s Falcons always overhead.
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Creating landscapes with more nature is a great and necessary idea - we try and do our bit
But ‘rewilding’ as an ideology is struggling in practice… it quickly runs up against legal and ethical boundaries in human landscapes
This is worth a read…
bbc.co.uk/future/article/202…
Some significant Mourning as we left Scilly on our 51st year of visiting. Some Prickly moments until we at Least had Spotted the Shrew.
Graham White retweeted
¿Por qué la región entre Zamora, León y Ourense arde tanto?
No, no es para construir aerogeneradores, tampoco por ninguna de las teorías conspiranoicas que estamos leyendo. La explicación es más compleja… y menos cómoda para quienes buscan respuestas simples. 1/13
ALT Copernicus
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Tiny Bird Tower...
One of the highlights of this summer was building this project in northern Denmark – a small watchtower overlooking a wetland and a small lake. The tower was delivered to the site as a complete structure, set on a self-levelling platform.
We call it the “treetop café” because this tiny tower features two benches with a small table between them, perfectly suited for 2–4 people. A panoramic view. No distractions. Just a cup of coffee, preferably in good company, and sweeping views of nature alive with birds, plants, and insects.
This project was made for the Danish Fugleværnsfonden.
#biotopearchitecture
Graham White retweeted
Why is no-one talking about what's going to happen to Eastern England?
Starmer should be talking all this stuff constantly.
We need our leaders to lead, not to follow the billionaire press.
ALT Land projected to be below annual flood level in 2050 showing a huge area from Mablethorpe to Peterborough in red
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🦆 Waterfowl don’t feel at home in Doñana anymore ☹
New research by @ebdonana revealed that 9 out of 15 analysed waterfowl species have declined over the last 40 years in the Doñana National Park. This is due to the loss of flooded areas in the marshes of the park.
Data shows that human activity and climate change have drastically altered this wetland, which is one of the most important wintering hot spots for migratory birds.
Artificially flooded ecosystems, such as rice fields, or salt marshes cannot offset the negative effects of the degradation.
When Doñana suffers, it is not just a regional issue but affects birds across Europe. This is a reminder that we need to preserve this wetland before the damage becomes irreversible.
#DoñanaSeExtingue
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12x Varanger by Biotope (w google maps links to sites)
A brief journey of 12 selected projects starting in Varangerbotn and ending in Hamningberg.
Background: The main goal of all the projects has been to make nature more accessible to as many people as possible. 🧵 (1/14)
Graham White retweeted
#Birds are on the move and migrating! Great #shearwater Franklin already south of the equator and off Brazil. Sherwin headed S and Pax and Hathaway still in the N Atlantic! #trackseabirds #scicomm #seabirds #BirdsOfTwitter #migration
Great boat trip out of Wells with @OrioleBirding today. Plenty of gulls, including 3 Caspian, Yellow-legged, Black Terns, Bonxie, many close Gannets, and two Mackerel for dinner!
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The sign of the times. Holkham August 2024. Past, present and future ? @every_heron
Why do so many wader scrapes perform poorly? The problem is often a stable water regime. The key to managing scrapes is to build high invertebrate biomass & then to make it available to birds within dynamically managed shallow water regime with bare/sparsely vegetated mud. 1/4
Declining bird use of ageing scrapes can be rejuvenated by a regime of drawdown & reflooding, stimulating plant growth & decomposition, creating a food source for invertebrates such as chironomids. In stable conditions predatory inverts increase, competing with birds for food 3/4
