Nicola Crockford
@numenini.bsky.social
RSPB Principal Policy Officer. BirdLife Global Flyways Programme policy lead. Privileged to work full time for the world's migratory birds. Love snorkelling. The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the RSPB.
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If you want to know more what this is about (and you should - quite likely this will affect your life and your children): youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8?...
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
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November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If you want to know more what this is about (and you should - quite likely this will affect your life and your children): youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8?...
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As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds
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Current guidance recommends wader AES areas be ≥30m from woodland
However, these results show the distance should be ≥500m to fully benefit waders
As woodland creation is set to increase in the UK, it is essential future sites are selected with sensitivity
📷Ben Andrew
However, these results show the distance should be ≥500m to fully benefit waders
As woodland creation is set to increase in the UK, it is essential future sites are selected with sensitivity
📷Ben Andrew
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Current guidance recommends wader AES areas be ≥30m from woodland
However, these results show the distance should be ≥500m to fully benefit waders
As woodland creation is set to increase in the UK, it is essential future sites are selected with sensitivity
📷Ben Andrew
However, these results show the distance should be ≥500m to fully benefit waders
As woodland creation is set to increase in the UK, it is essential future sites are selected with sensitivity
📷Ben Andrew
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New paper 🪶
Proximity to woodlands may be reducing the effectiveness of conservation interventions for farmland waders
Read on for a summary
Or find the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
📷Ben Andrew
Proximity to woodlands may be reducing the effectiveness of conservation interventions for farmland waders
Read on for a summary
Or find the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
📷Ben Andrew
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New paper 🪶
Proximity to woodlands may be reducing the effectiveness of conservation interventions for farmland waders
Read on for a summary
Or find the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
📷Ben Andrew
Proximity to woodlands may be reducing the effectiveness of conservation interventions for farmland waders
Read on for a summary
Or find the full paper here:
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
📷Ben Andrew
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A ground-breaking study has revealed that migratory songbirds follow an unexpectedly rigid and genetically driven flight pattern, challenging long‑held views of migration as a flexible, externally dictated process:
Migratory songbirds follow precise internal flight plan, study finds
A new study on Red-backed Shrikes reveals that migratory flights are organised into highly structured segments under an internal circannual genetic programme, rather than being solely driven by environment. The findings challenge traditional views of bird migration and raise concerns over how climate‑induced disruptions of external cues may interfere with these deeply programmed flight patterns.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A ground-breaking study has revealed that migratory songbirds follow an unexpectedly rigid and genetically driven flight pattern, challenging long‑held views of migration as a flexible, externally dictated process:
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The CMS Global Initiative on Illegal and Unsustainable Taking of Migratory Species will bring governments, experts & local communities together to ensure domestic taking is legal, sustainable & safe.
At #CITESCoP20? Join us at our side event to learn more (28-Nov 7pm): www.cms.int/eventcalenda...
At #CITESCoP20? Join us at our side event to learn more (28-Nov 7pm): www.cms.int/eventcalenda...
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The CMS Global Initiative on Illegal and Unsustainable Taking of Migratory Species will bring governments, experts & local communities together to ensure domestic taking is legal, sustainable & safe.
At #CITESCoP20? Join us at our side event to learn more (28-Nov 7pm): www.cms.int/eventcalenda...
At #CITESCoP20? Join us at our side event to learn more (28-Nov 7pm): www.cms.int/eventcalenda...
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Tentative signs of recovery in insectivorous birds in France following ban of neonicotinoid pesticides in 2018 - but further actions needed to recover populations www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Weak recovery of insectivorous bird populations after ban of neonicotinoids in France, hinting at lasting impacts
Neonicotinoids are expected to play a significant role in the decline of bird populations through their adverse effects on food resources (primarily i…
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November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tentative signs of recovery in insectivorous birds in France following ban of neonicotinoid pesticides in 2018 - but further actions needed to recover populations www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hopefully around the turn of the decade Wallasea will be included as part of the new East Coast Flyway World Heritage Site covering English East Coast Wetlands from the Humber to the Thames.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hopefully around the turn of the decade Wallasea will be included as part of the new East Coast Flyway World Heritage Site covering English East Coast Wetlands from the Humber to the Thames.
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In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
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EXCITING NEWS - LOHP have purchased 27 acres of land in Blo’ Norton. Find out more in the link.
The purchase of this unique area was made possible by a interest free loan of £120,000 and further fundraising will be essential.
Please donate through just giving link www.lohp.org.uk/prince-fredd...
The purchase of this unique area was made possible by a interest free loan of £120,000 and further fundraising will be essential.
Please donate through just giving link www.lohp.org.uk/prince-fredd...
Prince Freddy's Meadows | LOHP
The meadows are named after Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, who lived at nearby Blo’ Norton Hall from 1909 to 1926. Prince Freddy, was the son of Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last Maharajah of the Sikh ...
www.lohp.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
EXCITING NEWS - LOHP have purchased 27 acres of land in Blo’ Norton. Find out more in the link.
The purchase of this unique area was made possible by a interest free loan of £120,000 and further fundraising will be essential.
Please donate through just giving link www.lohp.org.uk/prince-fredd...
The purchase of this unique area was made possible by a interest free loan of £120,000 and further fundraising will be essential.
Please donate through just giving link www.lohp.org.uk/prince-fredd...
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Charles Darwin the barnacle taxonomist, a story in two parts
February 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Charles Darwin the barnacle taxonomist, a story in two parts
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Last night the Government pulled the rug out from under what little nature remains in the UK. Please tell your MP that this is not OK! #Planning&InfrastructureBill #P&IBill
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Last night the Government pulled the rug out from under what little nature remains in the UK. Please tell your MP that this is not OK! #Planning&InfrastructureBill #P&IBill
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
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Extensive effort by multiple law enforcement / science / conservation partners to determine this as a wildlife crime. But of course, yet again the offender hasn't been identified, charged, prosecuted etc. Something needs to change.
#RaptorResearch
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#RaptorResearch
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Hen Harrier found dead in Northumberland National Park with shotgun damage to satellite tag
This is a blog about one of those dead Hen Harriers for whom we’ve been waiting over a year for Natural England to confirm the cause of death. A Hen Harrier (photo by Pete Walkden) The young …
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Extensive effort by multiple law enforcement / science / conservation partners to determine this as a wildlife crime. But of course, yet again the offender hasn't been identified, charged, prosecuted etc. Something needs to change.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
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#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
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Exploring the power of volunteering in conservation and what motivates volunteers, such as the amazing Breckland Flora Group. youtu.be/qh_BBXCm4vc?...
Volunteering for conservation: motivations and results
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Exploring the power of volunteering in conservation and what motivates volunteers, such as the amazing Breckland Flora Group. youtu.be/qh_BBXCm4vc?...
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Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
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A rare freshwater bryozoan found in the River Foss, Yorkshire
www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... @teamneyedc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social
www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... @teamneyedc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social
Yorkshire’s Crystal Moss Animal — neyedc
A few weeks ago, we received an exciting email from the Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project regarding a record of a very interesting species on the River Foss. In over 20 years of collating and dissemi...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A rare freshwater bryozoan found in the River Foss, Yorkshire
www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... @teamneyedc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social
www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... @teamneyedc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social
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Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
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Astonishing that Mongolia has both the Gobi desert and taiga/boreal forest. Here. I try and explain how tiaga works. youtu.be/TjlHz9GwnG8?...
Taiga: the earth’s coldest forests
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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November 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Astonishing that Mongolia has both the Gobi desert and taiga/boreal forest. Here. I try and explain how tiaga works. youtu.be/TjlHz9GwnG8?...
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In October, our Flyways Conservation Officer, Lilla Barabás, travelled to Cyprus to witness first-hand the amazing work that @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social is doing to tackle the illegal killing of birds. 💔🪶
Find out more about their amazing projects here 👉 flightforsurvival.org/fighting-for...
Find out more about their amazing projects here 👉 flightforsurvival.org/fighting-for...
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In October, our Flyways Conservation Officer, Lilla Barabás, travelled to Cyprus to witness first-hand the amazing work that @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social is doing to tackle the illegal killing of birds. 💔🪶
Find out more about their amazing projects here 👉 flightforsurvival.org/fighting-for...
Find out more about their amazing projects here 👉 flightforsurvival.org/fighting-for...
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We just launched our Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) in Australia.🔧
AVISTEP’s maps support sustainable renewable energy planning by showing where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.📍👉 www.birdlife.org/avistep-aust... @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
AVISTEP’s maps support sustainable renewable energy planning by showing where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.📍👉 www.birdlife.org/avistep-aust... @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
‘Game-changer’ AVISTEP expands to Australia
Australia has become the ninth country to launch our Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) at the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Boorloo/Perth.
www.birdlife.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We just launched our Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) in Australia.🔧
AVISTEP’s maps support sustainable renewable energy planning by showing where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.📍👉 www.birdlife.org/avistep-aust... @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
AVISTEP’s maps support sustainable renewable energy planning by showing where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.📍👉 www.birdlife.org/avistep-aust... @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
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#Seabirds at risk: Common Guillemots concentrate for moulting where wind farms are planned in the German North Sea: see latest aerial suveys by #DDA in September 2025: www.dda-web.de/downloads/ma...
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#Seabirds at risk: Common Guillemots concentrate for moulting where wind farms are planned in the German North Sea: see latest aerial suveys by #DDA in September 2025: www.dda-web.de/downloads/ma...