We should all demand the #RightToRoam, also in Belgium

European mountain birds are declining. Presentation from Anna Gamero at #birdnumbers2025.
Clear differences in population trends between mountain ranges.

Tomorrow is the first day of the #birdnumbers2025 European Bird Census Council conference in Riga
As you can see, the EBCC board is busy with last-minut preparation ;-)
see also birdnumbers2025.lu.lv

-15% sur la déductibilité des dons, c'est une économie de bout de chandelle pour le gouvernement, mais des conséquences dramatiques pour les associations

✍️ partagez l'appel signé par 472 organisations de la société civile il y a quelques semaines, en visitant SupportGenerosity.be 🐝

You are free to agree with specific NGOs campaigns, or not. But when freedom of speech disappears, it end up disappearing for everyone.

Do we want a society where only the rich and powerful are allowed to speak? Do we really want nobody to speak for societal interests in defiance of private ones?

The first results of the Bird Atlas of Brussels 2022-2025 will be presented in Riga next month, at the European Bird Census Council conference, see birdnumbers2025.lu.lv

#EBCC

A male Goshawk, 3 Middle-Spotted Woodpeckers: this is what I saw this morning in one of my last sessions for the Bird Atlas of Brussels - Fieldworks of this 4-year project are ending this month.
Exciting to see 1st maps here atlas-oiseaux-bruxelles.be/atlasbe/soor... (attached is Goshawk, winter).

Préserver la nature, c’est notre mission 🌿 En Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Natagora agit chaque jour pour redéployer la biodiversité :
✔️création de réserves naturelles
✔️étude des espèces
✔️sensibilisation
✔️plaidoyer
Vous pouvez nous aider à mener ces actions, découvrez comment : bit.ly/3PrnEEU

Nice discovery today of this impressive double-dam built by the European #Beaver in Belgium (Namur province). Apparently, the beaver decided to seal a breach in an old artificial dike, restoring the pond and wetland upstream

Ravie de vous (re)trouver ! 🤗

Natagora se lance sur Bluesky. Avec toujours le même objectif : protéger la nature en Wallonie et à Bruxelles.✊

Suivez ici les actualités politiques, des nouvelles naturalistes, des évènements dans votre région, et bien plus encore !

Feuille d'information sur les projets de monitoring en cours en Belgique francophone: premiers résultats de l'atlas des oiseaux de Bruxelles, appel à collaboration sur les Bécassines des marais et Recensements d'oiseaux d'eau...
@natagora.bsky.social #ornithologie

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With news of yet another county extinction for Willow Tit (this time in Warwickshire) I'm prompted to offer some personal reflections on the effort to save Britain's "Turtle Dove of the North", and what is says about woodland bird #conservation as a whole...

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In Wallonia (BE), only 1,3% of the territory is under strict nature protection regime. The new regional government is committed to reaching 5% by 2030, but at the same time is cutting in half the budgets for acquisition of land to set up nature reserves. Find the error. #Conservation #biodiversity

Nature : passer à 5 % d’aires protégées en Wallonie, mission difficile après 2026

In July 2021, Belgium was hit by catastrophic floods.
Did this extreme climatic event also impact river fauna?
This was the subject of this exploratory study conducted by @natagora.bsky.social with the help of many volunteers Observations.be
#ornithology

blog.aves.be/aves/2024/12...

Pour la première fois, plus de 10 millions d'observations naturalistes collectées en moins d'un an en Belgique sur Observations.be !
Merci à toutes et à tous !
www.natagora.be/news/10-mill...
@natagora.bsky.social @observation.org #biodiversity @natuurstudie.bsky.social @natuurpunt.bsky.social