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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 1d

📣You really couldn't make this up!

On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...

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Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park

You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing af…

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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 1d

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 2d

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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Jude Lane @heyjooode.bsky.social · 15d

Productivity 🐣 of gannets that have survived #avianflu does not differ from those that have never been infected - BUT productivity since the 2022 HPAI outbreak is worryingly low.

New paper in IBIS @bou.org.uk 👇

#seabirds #hpai #wildlifedisease

@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

BOU @bou.org.uk · 15d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Effect of a previous high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAIV) infection on the breeding success of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Sue Lewis et al | #ornithology 🪶

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Jude Lane @heyjooode.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations Amy 🥳

Jude Lane @heyjooode.bsky.social · 15d

Paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

Effect of a previous high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAIV) infection on the breeding success of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAIV) caused widespread mortality and breeding failure among many wild, avian populations in Europe and North America in 2021–2023, but most populations exhibited ...

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Jude Lane @heyjooode.bsky.social · 16d

Very pleased to be a part of this research contribution into the ongoing impact of HPAI on seabirds; led by @sue-lewis.bsky.social alongside fellow authors from @rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social & @seabirdcentre.bsky.social

Edinburgh Napier University @edinburghnapier.bsky.social · 16d

🪹 | Seabirds that survived recent bird flu outbreaks have continued to reproduce, although overall breeding performance remains notably low, according to a new study.

The study has looked at breeding success in Northern Gannets at two locations during 2023.

🔗 orlo.uk/44CaS

📸 Dave Pressland

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 16d

New technology may aid seabird monitoring in difficult to access populations but managing high volumes of data output is essential 🪶

Read the new paper here:
doi.org/10.1093/ices...

Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring

Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · Jun 11

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜

I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology!

📍 Nottingham, UK
📅 6–8 April 2027

🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe

Please share widely!

#BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

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Ana MM Sequeira @anammsequeira.bsky.social · Jun 6

📢A MegaMove milestone has just been published in @ScienceMagazine!
With ~380 collaborators from 50 countries, we mapped the movements of 12k+ marine megafauna to identify key habitats 🌊🐋🦈
@pewenvironment.bsky.social @uwaoceans.bsky.social
www.sequeiralab.com/news/megamov...

MegaMove uncovers where protection is needed for marine megafauna

A new Science paper maps global hotspots for marine megafauna & finds that planned increased protection will be insufficient to cover most areas

www.sequeiralab.com

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Scottish Seabird Centre @seabirdcentre.bsky.social · May 24

The 2024 Bass Rock Gannet Count is complete✅
A high-resolution drone survey - carried out in partnership with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social School of Geosciences, @ukceh.bsky.social & @edinburghnapier.bsky.social in July 2024 - provided a detailed new look at the Bass Rock gannet colony.

📷©️G Macvean

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · May 22

Public consultation closes this Sunday (25 May 2025) at 11.59pm. There are only 10 relevant questions & Wild Justice has provided an easy-to-follow guide for each one.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/05/22/h...

Have your say on new rules to restrict the deliberate burning of grouse moors to increase number of red grouse available for shooting

The UK Government recently announced a public consultation on proposed changes to The Heather and Grass etc Burning (England) Regulations 2021. This is an important area of policy because England’…

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Maggie Sheddan @gannetrocks.bsky.social · Apr 23

#Bass looking good Quite a few eggs seen at due date. All the behaviour we expect Gaping bowing jabbing bonding, nest building and thieving! Looking.good It will take years to recover from HPAI but exciting to watch new birds take to sites @seabirdcentre.bsky.social

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · Apr 18

The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 97,000 signatures thanks to you. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!

Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting

Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...

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Maggie Sheddan @gannetrocks.bsky.social · Mar 24

#Bass. 1000's of Gannets retuned this wkend on live cam @seabird web. Wonderful to see them settling bowing, bill fencing and that gannet jabbing ! Poor photo (off cam) This was a dense beeding area.It will take time to recover(HPAI) Exciting to monitor, but look at that sea! No landing today😔

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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · Mar 20

Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!

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RSPB Investigations @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social · Mar 20

Breaking: gamekeeper guilty of poison and trap-related offences, ordered to pay £7,449 in total. Three poisoned birds of prey sparked a police investigation in Lincolnshire. Full story: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Something has to change – time to license gamebird shooting.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · Mar 20

Special Issue of #BirdStudy is now published:
The impacts of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on birds: part 1

10 papers (5 #OpenAccess) plus Editorial on the impacts of #birdflu #HPAI outbreak in Europe, Canada, Antarctica: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/7...

#ornithology #ukbirding #seabirds

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Mar 20

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Absence of negative effect of GPS-tags on survival and breeding success in a long-lived territorial raptor | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Lise Viollat, Roger Pradel, Cécile Ponchon, Alain Ravayrol, Alexandre Millon, Aurélien Besnard | #ornithology 🪶

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · Mar 20

Happy St.Cuthbert’s Day everyone. The northern saint died on Inner Farne, Farne Islands on this day in 687. During his life it was believed that he offered protection to nesting Eider ducks on the islands, the first protection they’d received.

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Cumbria Wildlife Trust @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social · Mar 20

You asked, we delivered! We've hooked up a second cam at Foulshaw Moss so that you'll be able to watch the ospreys in their perching tree 🙌🌳

For those who don't know, the #FoulshawOspreys like to get a bit of a breather from the nest by flying over to another tree.

Here's Kez to explain more!

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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎 @hardknottforest.bsky.social · Mar 19

Releasing helium balloons is pretty much just fancy & expensive littering (except you can get fined for littering). They all end up somewhere, & are sometimes eaten by wildlife.
#dontletgo
www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/problem-ball...
@envleeds.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · Mar 19

The Isle of May breeding season is officially underway.We have our first shag on eggs!A clutch of three was seen putting first egg date back a week.This is the joint third earliest on record and 28 days earlier than the long term average (& 39 days earlier than last year).They have had a good winter

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · Mar 18

Someone has quit by now. We don’t know who, we don’t know where, we don’t know why. But for sure someone has quit. We’ll find out who/when/why when they get back to camp. #BM100

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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · Mar 18

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 11:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

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