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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23h

The impact of sea level rise on nesting sea turtles: a global meta-analysis to highlight current understanding and knowledge gaps - Marine Biology link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪🌎🦑

The impact of sea level rise on nesting sea turtles: a global meta-analysis to highlight current understanding and knowledge gaps - Marine Biology

Sea turtles face a number of threats from climate change. One pertinent threat is the impact of sea level rise (SLR), which can lead to a loss of nesting habitat and reduced survival of embryos due…

link.springer.com

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 1d

Data given to @lnbdublin.bsky.social show very low levels of prosecutions for wildlife crime. "these figures expose a system that’s simply not delivering”

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Convictions for wildlife crimes in single digits despite high number of complaints

In the absence of ‘real deterrents’, penalties amount only to ‘slap on the wrist’, says Sinn Féin MEP

www.irishtimes.com

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 1d

Over 30 years decline of an iconic farmland bird, Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio, in a Central European stronghold: meadow loss and shrub succession drive near-local extinction | doi.org/10.1017/S095... | Bird Conservation International | #ornithology 🪶

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 1d

No info on where this is in Co. Cork, but depressing to hear when almost every remaining scrap of native woodland is degraded from sheep, deer browsing, invasive etc as it is. What price our natural heritage?
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
@whittledaway.bsky.social

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 10d

After 675 years I'm guessing it smelled alot better than my socks 👎

Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 11d

Fantastic Eoghan, great to see, stunning creatures

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 11d

In much the same vein....

www.birdguides.com/news/operati...

Operation Turtle Dove issues statement over captive releases

Operation Turtle Dove has issued an official statement over the captive breeding and releasing of European Turtle Dove in the UK. The statement confirms that the partnership does not currently support...

www.birdguides.com

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 11d

The statement confirms that Operation Turtle Dove does not currently support captive releases, despite recognising that they may be "well-intentioned".

www.birdguides.com/news/operati...

Operation Turtle Dove issues statement over captive releases

Operation Turtle Dove has issued an official statement over the captive breeding and releasing of European Turtle Dove in the UK. The statement confirms that the partnership does not currently support...

www.birdguides.com

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 12d

More ill thought out 'conservation' translocations 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵

‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities

Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London

www.theguardian.com

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 11d

Nice thread Alex, bonkers stuff, POD rears his head again

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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 11d

🚨 Please repost widely!🚨

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions

An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.

A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.

A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

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David Kitching @kitchingart.com · 11d

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12d

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods

Humans Just Pushed Earth across Another 'Planetary Boundary'

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods

www.scientificamerican.com

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 11d

Fascinating study on historical nest items in Bearded Vulture nests by Margalida et al

"Even more surprising was that several items were well over 600 years old, according to carbon-14 dating. Results from one shoe dated back to around 675 years ago"
#RaptorResearch 🪶

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old

Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly wi...

phys.org

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 19d

“I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation” | My new op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com:
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege

I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation

OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 15d

Nature in Ireland is in a “very poor” state, with the country’s economic growth achieved at the expense of the environment, EU analysis has found.

The SEE report also criticised the poor quality of Ireland’s natural waters, the country’s growing waste volumes and its heavy reliance on fossil fuels,

Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 16d

Ireland’s nature is in a “very poor” state, with the country’s economic growth achieved at the expense of the environment, according to the EU’s State of Europe’s Environment report. We’re running out of wake-up calls! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 17d

Agreed Robert, but the reality too is that MM and the FFG govt have not taken any concrete action, repeatedly tried to water down the Occupied Territories bill, continue to allow US military use of Shannon and use of Irish airspace by flights carrying munitions to Israel. Action not just words

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 17d

Tks so much Graham, it's a brilliant blog and a great resource for all wader heads and more besides 👏

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 20d

Meta‐analysis of predator identity in nest‐camera studies in the British Islands - Barton - Ibis - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Meta‐analysis of predator identity in nest‐camera studies in the British Islands

Nest predation is the primary cause of nest failure across many bird species. Interventions to support declining or threatened species frequently involve measures to reduce nest predation, through le...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 21d

English planters had already drained 300 or 400 acres of bog and made it fertile through careful nurture and maturing. Boate reckoned not one acre of bog would have been left in English-owned land if 'this detestable rebellion had not come between‘

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A view of 17th century Ireland by Oliver Cromwell's doctor

While Gerard Boate's book was a propagandistic commodification of Ireland, it opened the way for a more scientific interpretation of the country

www.rte.ie

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 23d

5. Little did I think when I first saw Condor I'd get to spend 5 incredible years immersed in Condor biology and recovery. I probably fantasised about shooting the breeze with RR in the CA backcountry (what condor biologist didn't!!) but it never came to pass.....RIP legend

Pete Bloom and Dave Clendenen at Bittercreek pit trap, where Pete trapped one of the last condors of the original wild pop in the 1980s

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 23d

3. Thanks to the incredible conservation work of the Condor recovery team led by Dr. Noel Snyder, leading to the capture of the last free flying condor (AC9) in 1987 and the still ongoing reintroduction re-establishing the species in the wild, California condors are still with us.

Condor AC9 at nest site in the Sespe Condor sanctuary in 2024

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 23d

2. I'm not sure when I first saw Condor, a documentary on the plight of the near-extinct California condor, the last few birds remaining in the wilds of the Santa Barbara and Sespe in the rugged California backcountry but must have been in the late 80s/early 90s.

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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 23d

1. Sad to hear of the death of the great Robert Redford today. Apart from his brilliance as an actor, director, Sunday evening etc, it was his environmental activism that inspired. And his beautiful narration on this wonderful 1985 documentary.

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 29d

Trees do not make good neighbours, if you're a breeding wader.
Three relevant blogs from 10 years of Wader Tales.
1️⃣ North of Scotland
wadertales.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/t...
2️⃣ Estonia
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/k...
3️⃣ Iceland
wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i...
#ConservationScience🌍

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Sep 12

A new IUCN assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal as a single species with nine sub-species. 🌏🧪

Learn more ➡️http://bit.ly/4mVVGji

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