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Good news if true. Your move @welshgovernment.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social...

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An addendum to this is that it's really helpful to use the Pinpoint function if you see Choughs feeding. Foraging data is critical to identifying places that they value when new woodlands or developments are proposed. #BirdingWales

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Near-absence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Little Terns Sternula albifrons across 13 European countries | www.tandfonline.com/... | @birdstudy.bsky.social | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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And works with lots of other farmers in #NorthWales to save Curlews.

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🚨Europe moves towards ending lead poisoning! The EU Commission presented today a proposal to #BanLeadNow in ammunition and fishing weights, but loopholes remain. Find out more in our press release 👉https://www.birdlife.org/news/2025/02/27/press-release-europe-moves-towards-ending-lead-poisoning/

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There's a fascinating blog about Curlew from the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Tracking is such a powerful tool! midwalesringers.blogspot.com/2025/01/trac... More about Curlew longevity here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... #ornithology

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And so it begins. Bird surveys, 2025 breeding season edition. First date in Clocaenog, in search of Willow Tits. None on my 6km transect, but others did elicit responses on theirs. Lots of Crossbills and Siskins around, and a few Bramblings too. #BirdingWales

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What if we told you vultures save us billions every year? 🦅 Vultures in Southern Africa provide $1.8B in ecosystem services, but populations have dropped 97% due to poisoning, belief-based use, and electrocution. Without them, ecosystems suffer. 💔 🔗 Read more: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/02...

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TODAY is 30th anniversary of last irrefutable record of a Slender-billed Curlew, 25 Feb 1995, Merja Zerga, Morocco. June is 30th anniversary of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement @curlewaction.bsky.social @curlewrecovery.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social #ornithology #birds

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Lovely to see the Wales BTO Regional Network meeting up at the weekend! We have 3 WeBS Local Organiser vacancies in Wales - Clwyd (inland), Clwyd (coastal) and West Glamorgan. You can read more about what the role involves ➡️ bit.ly/3iaebjR. If you are interested, do message us at [email protected]

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A project working to protect the native water vole population by eradicating the invasive American mink, has secured an investment worth almost £250k from The Heritage Lottery Fund

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The @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes feature @btocymru.bsky.social's Cudyll Cymru and calls on birdwatchers in #NorthWales to help survey Dartford Warblers and Nightjars. And with Swallow and Sand Martins in Wales, when will they reach us... #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/strong-...

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Blue Sky, apricity and a good dose of Vitamin Sea. Several miles along the beach at Abererch without seeing a soul. Good to see several Ringed Plovers hanging around the area fenced off for their benefit, and to hear a Green Woodpecker yaffle, all too rare a sound in most of NW Wales. #BirdingWales

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1/Allwch chi helpu i fonitro adar ysglyfaethus a'r Cigfrain yng Nghymru? Mae Cudyll Cymru yn brosiect newydd Gwyddoniaeth Dinesydd sy’n gofyn i wirfoddolwyr ddewis ardal arolwg, ac yna i gofnodi rhywogaeth benodol yr arolwg. Cofrestrwch i greu ardal arolwg eich hun ar ein gwefan➡️ bit.ly/_CudyllCymru

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1/ Can you help monitor raptors & Ravens in Wales? Cudyll Cymru is a new #CitizenScience project that asks volunteers to choose a survey patch & record key species. Sign up to survey in your local area via our website. ➡️ www.bto.org/CudyllCymru #Ornithology #birdingWales

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All is not well in the Southern Lowlands of Iceland - one of the most important wader breeding areas in Europe. WaderTales blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... Paper by Aldís Pálsdóttir et al in 'Bird Study': www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology

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And only one record in #Wales this winter. That was the case in 2021-24 too, after a complete blank in 2020. #BirdingWales

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Four seals die on Norfolk coast after contracting bird flu

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🐾 Scots back lynx return🌍 New poll (Jan 2025, 2,014 Scots): ✅ 61% support legal lynx reintroduction (+9 pts since 2020) ❌ 13% oppose (-6 pts) Four lynx were illegally released in Scotland in January. FM John Swinney opposes predator reintroduction. #Wildlife #Rewilding #Conservation #Biodiversity

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When I need new t-shirts I go to a shop. @anthony-zed.bsky.social opens some software. Take a look at his range of designs and products, #MadeinWales

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Hawfinches have been more regular at this formerly-favoured site in the Conwy Valley this year. #BirdingWales

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Starting to hear reports of Avian Influenza hitting Whooper Swans. Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing. In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contact DefraGovUK, in N Ireland Daera & in Republic of Ireland Dept of agriculture. Please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social for monitoring

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In this week's Daily Post BirdNotes, alongside sightings from #NorthWales, a study by @rspb.bsky.social tracks the lives of the secretive Hawfinch and @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social appeals for a new seawatching hide. 📷 @mikepnature.bsky.social. #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/black-r...

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A biting wind for today's @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count on the Conwy estuary, #NorthWales. Duck numbers down on last month, but the highest count of Dunlin all winter and the lone Greenshank continues to hang out near the Marina. A few more Shelducks suggest Spring will come... #BirdingWales

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Friday SCOOP: @vox.com has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants. This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US. @benjij.bsky.social has the story: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

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Menai Strait was shrouded in murk all day, unlike this pic from a couple of weeks ago. Flock of 20 Choughs still feeding on Ynys Seiriol, 27 Purple Sandpipers on the rocks and Eider count slowly increasing to 28 off Penmon this morning. @angbirdnews.bsky.social #BirdingWales

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Definitely the best V-day posts I've seen this year. *As a sometime fact-checker, I approve - nay applaud - these messages...

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The @Telegraph excels itself today with the claim that @NaturalEngland is ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’. This is our job, & we do it as a matter of legal requirement. Would be odd for a conservation organisation to do anything else. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Great to see this important study now out in #BirdStudy. Here’s the link to the paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @btobirds.bsky.social #ornithology #ukbirding

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New review: #Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms "we show negative responses of the growth, reproduction, behaviour and other biomarkers within terrestrial and aquatic systems" "results question the sustainability of current pesticide use" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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📢 Calling all 12-16-year-olds in England & Wales! Join our FREE 2025 Summer Camps!🍃 Get ready to discover wildlife, explore the outdoors & take action for nature!🤩 You'll make new friends & have so much fun! Don't miss out! Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/4hddtjz ⏰Deadline 5th May 2025 #AFCSummerCamp

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Lead has been poisoning our wildlife and communities for decades – but now we have a chance to turn things around. With a crucial review into lead ammunition finally at an end, will you join me in calling on @SteveReedMP to help make lead history? t.co/adwVNC1FOF #UKBirding

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" @naturambyth.bsky.social placements aimed at providing people from any background with little or no experience the opportunity to experience working in the environmental sector, with skills, training and support to enter a career in nature conservation" Swansea, Carmarthen, Pen Llyn & Ynys Môn

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Nice to see @birdsinwales.bsky.social Welsh Bird Report 2023 on the NHM library shelf.

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