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Richard D. Gregory
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Professor, Ecologist, Conservationist, Ornithologist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science & Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, University College London - #biodiversity #conservation #ornithology #stateofnature – birder - views my own .. more

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · Dec 15
***New** Latest wild bird trends in Europe: Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) indicators 1980–2024. Data = 168 bird species, 30 countries⬇️ @rspb.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @ebcc.info 🐦@rspbscience.bsky.social pecbms.info/european-wil...
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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 1d
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says

Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 1d
It’s not adding up.

Nature in England is in freefall, yet today’s Office for Environmental Protection report warns the Government is at serious risk of missing its legally binding targets to restore it.

That must be a wake-up call. ‼️

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A Robin perched on a bare woodland branch, its orange-red face and chest bright against winter light as it calls with its beak wide open. Behind it, tangled branches and pale sunlight create a forest backdrop, evoking the fragile, everyday wildlife that depends on healthy, protected habitats to survive.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 2d
Who is the most trusted source of information on climate change?

Great news - for your family and friends, it's pretty much YOU!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 3d
Increasing habitat suitability for the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing over the past 30 years - across its range!

Paper by Tejas Bhagwat out in the Journal of Ornithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @consbiogoe.bsky.social
#Conservation #MigratoryBirds
Sociable Plover at Little Rann of Kutch, India Photographed by Subramanya CK, 2010

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RSPB Action @rspbaction.bsky.social · 7d
Farmers are flocking to Oxford for two farming conferences, and we’re joining them!

As we step into the new year, we’re sowing the seeds for a future where nature and farming go hand in hand.

Keep an eye out here for live updates.
#OFC26 #ORFC26

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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 7d
Six roles with @rspbcymru.bsky.social to survey breeding waders in #Wales in March/April, with a particular focus on #Curlews. Closing date is 25 January.

#ConservationJobs

app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Breeding Wader Surveyor (Fixed Term) | RSPB
We are looking for fieldworkers to undertake a survey of breeding wader species at sites across Wales (primarily in North Wales, Powys and Gwent). The role will be mobile, visiting a wide range of upl...
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 8d
A new report from Natural Resources Wales has found that almost 3,000 species are at risk of disappearing from Wales. Steve Ormerod said the climate emergency and agricultural intensification were key pressures in the crisis.

Read more from Steven Morris in The Guardian : https://ow.ly/xjF550XJyuv

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 9d
The Convention on Biological Diversity has opened its official Reporting Tool to actors beyond national governments, allowing communities, cities, organisations & businesses to submit information on their #biodiversity actions www.cbd.int/article/2025...
Whole-of-society contributions will receive visibility they deserve
The CBD Secretariat has recently activated a new feature in the Convention’s Online Reporting Tool (ORT) allowing actors other than national governments to submit their commitments to the global endea...
www.cbd.int

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Welsh Ornithological Society @birdsinwales.bsky.social · 13d
Heddiw, mae Cymdeithas Adaryddol Cymru yn mabwysiadu’r tacsonomeg adar fyd-eang unedig, Avilist, gan amlinellu Rhestr Adar Cymru â’r safon rhyngwladol.

Rhestr Adar Cymru 2026 tair iaith ar gael i’w lawrlwytho:
🔗 birdsin.wales/the-welsh-bi...

📸 Credyd: @mikepnature.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 23d
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jappliedecology.bsky.social Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 23d
🌳 Woodland proximity limits benefits of conservation land management for farmland breeding waders - Where grassland breeding wader assemblages may be put at risk by tree planting, buffer zones >500 m should be implemented to mitigate the negative effect on wader species👇

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 23d
🌳 Woodland proximity limits benefits of conservation land management for farmland breeding waders - Where grassland breeding wader assemblages may be put at risk by tree planting, buffer zones >500 m should be implemented to mitigate the negative effect on wader species👇

buff.ly/ETYsi3y

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Josh Cinner @joshuacinner.bsky.social · 23d
Here is a link around the paywall for my latest commentary
in One Earth titled " A decade of bright spots in conservation and ecology: Lessons, limits, and future directions"
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mIX89C%7E...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 29d
**New** Latest bird species trends & multispecies indicators in EU & Europe - Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) data 1980–2024- Shows an overall decline in common birds breeding in Europe, most pronounced among farmland birds🐦
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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 29d
**New** pdf: The State of Europe’s Wild Birds 2025.
Latest update on trends in common & widespread birds in Europe from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) ⬇️ @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @ebcc.info @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social 🐦

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European Bird Census Council @ebcc.info · Dec 15
The Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme has published 2025 update on indices and trends! Unfortunately, it still shows an overall decline in common birds breeding in Europe, with the most pronounced decline among farmland species. Read more about the new update: pecbms.info/what-is-new-...

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Birdingprof @birdingprof.bsky.social · Dec 13
Time to get the erasers ✏️ out. The new BOURC report is out. It’s a good job I already ripped that particular plaster off some months ago, my pain is subsiding already.

#rarebirdsuk

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (BOURC): 58th Report (January 2026)
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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John Fellowes @jrf66.bsky.social · Dec 12
"These results highlight the local importance of small areas of open forest for threatened arboreal mammals in the Kimberley." connectsci.au/pc/article/3...
Niche partitioning explains the difference between widespread and restricted distributions, and detection rarity of arboreal mammals from north Kimberley savannas
A disproportionate number of rare and declining mammals in northern Australia are arboreal. We found that the rarest Kimberley species are tree denning ope
connectsci.au

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · Dec 11
We're hiring!

Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶

Deadline: 11th Jan 26

Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Dec 5
"£500m over 20 years is sod all," said @jakefiennes.bsky.social, responding to this week's announcement of govt funding for Landscape Recovery

As Jake rightly points out, this is a fraction of the overall farming budget & not what was originally promised

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice
Conservationists say changes, coupled with underfunding, will curb take-up and leave less land protected for nature
www.theguardian.com

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Dec 4
Is all wildlife #conservation good? In this Perspective, Tien Ming Lee &co discuss whether it is possible to over-conserve charismatic species and call for greater focus on whole ecosystems in conservation measures of success.
#wildlife #WorldWildlifeConservationDay 🧪
plos.io/4nQ0Ygo
Image shows a large white bird with a long, curved beak and red face (a crested ibis) standing in an area of vegetation. Image credit: Siqi Wang, Yangxian County, Shaanxi, China. CC-BY 4.0

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · Dec 3
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richardkbroughton.bsky.social Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · May 10
Bird Study is a @btobirds.bsky.social journal and welcomes high-quality papers on #ornithology, especially bird ecology & evidence-based conservation, analysis of distribution/abundance patterns, movements, habitat associations, field methods, ringing & tracking. www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbi...