Richard D. Gregory
@richgreg3.bsky.social
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
Here’s the account from the EBCC European breeding bird atlas 2020 🐦
February 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Here’s the account from the EBCC European breeding bird atlas 2020 🐦
Damp start to #BGBW this morning - but great list 15 species - male & female blackcap the stars with this lovely stock dove 🐦@rspbscience.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Damp start to #BGBW this morning - but great list 15 species - male & female blackcap the stars with this lovely stock dove 🐦@rspbscience.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
**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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December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
**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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**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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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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December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
**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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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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***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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December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
***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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October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Great views of Red-tailed shrike at @nationaltrust.org.uk Dunwich this morning - then a fly over white-tailed eagle at Minsmere - lovely staff & vols at a windy @rspbminsmere.bsky.social - #RareBirdsUK photo @alicegroom.bsky.social 🐦
October 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Great views of Red-tailed shrike at @nationaltrust.org.uk Dunwich this morning - then a fly over white-tailed eagle at Minsmere - lovely staff & vols at a windy @rspbminsmere.bsky.social - #RareBirdsUK photo @alicegroom.bsky.social 🐦
Great to see an impressive indicator update to 2024 from @ukbms.bsky.social on the state of butterfly populations in UK & England - but it makes for a depressing read as numbers continue to flatline or tumble....... @rspbscience.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social 📉🦋
August 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great to see an impressive indicator update to 2024 from @ukbms.bsky.social on the state of butterfly populations in UK & England - but it makes for a depressing read as numbers continue to flatline or tumble....... @rspbscience.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social 📉🦋
Pleased to find a number of silver-spotted skippers at Aston Rowant NNR today - a new butterfly for me! 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social #butterflies
August 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Pleased to find a number of silver-spotted skippers at Aston Rowant NNR today - a new butterfly for me! 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social #butterflies
The Dolomites last week 3 pictures of ‘vanilla’ type orchids from Selva di Val Gardena, close to Sassolungo - identification suggests please 🤔 @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social @ukorcids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Dolomites last week 3 pictures of ‘vanilla’ type orchids from Selva di Val Gardena, close to Sassolungo - identification suggests please 🤔 @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social @ukorcids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A week in Selva di Val Gardena, Dolomites - wallcreeper, golden eagle, honey buzzard, peregrine, snow finch, Alpine chough, swift & accentor, crag martin ++ edelweiss & amazing flowers
July 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A week in Selva di Val Gardena, Dolomites - wallcreeper, golden eagle, honey buzzard, peregrine, snow finch, Alpine chough, swift & accentor, crag martin ++ edelweiss & amazing flowers
Great showing of Heath Fritillary butterflies at Hockley Wood, Essex today 🦋🦋 @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Great showing of Heath Fritillary butterflies at Hockley Wood, Essex today 🦋🦋 @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Great team away trip in mid-Wales this week to count nightjars as part of the national survey ~25 squares covered & ~20 churring nightjar!! 🐦 @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Great team away trip in mid-Wales this week to count nightjars as part of the national survey ~25 squares covered & ~20 churring nightjar!! 🐦 @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
Yes, Painted Lady, Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire on Sunday 11 May 👍🏻🦋 @alicegroom.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yes, Painted Lady, Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire on Sunday 11 May 👍🏻🦋 @alicegroom.bsky.social
New📄Embracing global biodiversity toward a better planet - delivering on the CBD's Global Biodiversity Framework by aligning national biodiversity goals & targets with local circumstances & building capacity @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
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May 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
New📄Embracing global biodiversity toward a better planet - delivering on the CBD's Global Biodiversity Framework by aligning national biodiversity goals & targets with local circumstances & building capacity @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social
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Super visit to CCI collaborative project ‘butterfly banks’ at Coombe Bisset & Winterbourne Downs yesterday @rspb.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org & Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
May 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Super visit to CCI collaborative project ‘butterfly banks’ at Coombe Bisset & Winterbourne Downs yesterday @rspb.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org & Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Amazing morning at @rspb.bsky.social Ouse Fen - white stork, crane, bittern, great, little & cattle egret, red-footed falcon, hobby, marsh harrier plus supporting cast & this noisy great reed warbler ++ @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukrarebirds
May 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Amazing morning at @rspb.bsky.social Ouse Fen - white stork, crane, bittern, great, little & cattle egret, red-footed falcon, hobby, marsh harrier plus supporting cast & this noisy great reed warbler ++ @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukrarebirds
Great to see joint work led by Juliet Vickery @btobirds.bsky.social recognised as a top cited paper by Ibis @bou.org.uk
'The conservation of Afro-Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?' doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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'The conservation of Afro-Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?' doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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April 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Great to see joint work led by Juliet Vickery @btobirds.bsky.social recognised as a top cited paper by Ibis @bou.org.uk
'The conservation of Afro-Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?' doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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'The conservation of Afro-Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?' doi.org/10.1111/ibi....
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Attending the European Bird Census Council’s (EBCC) Bird Numbers 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia 🐦🐦
April 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Attending the European Bird Census Council’s (EBCC) Bird Numbers 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia 🐦🐦
Attending @unepwcmc.bsky.social 'Nature Action Dialogues' today supporting a Cambridge Conservation Initiative discussion on 'Emerging issues & reflections on financing nature conservation' @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @wcs.org Fauna & Flora Environment Bank @uclcber.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🌍🌏🌎
March 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Attending @unepwcmc.bsky.social 'Nature Action Dialogues' today supporting a Cambridge Conservation Initiative discussion on 'Emerging issues & reflections on financing nature conservation' @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @wcs.org Fauna & Flora Environment Bank @uclcber.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🌍🌏🌎
New📄'Developing spatially comparable biodiversity indicators using objective scale-dependent species selection'
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March 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New📄'Developing spatially comparable biodiversity indicators using objective scale-dependent species selection'
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In the Brecks today woodlark, skylark, buzzard, marsh harrier & goshawk 🐦
February 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In the Brecks today woodlark, skylark, buzzard, marsh harrier & goshawk 🐦
Two peregrines this sunny morning in Cambridge - a good way to start the day 🐦 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Two peregrines this sunny morning in Cambridge - a good way to start the day 🐦 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social