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Some enchanted evenings: 10 of Great Britain’s best after-dark adventures for families

The clocks go back this weekend, so embrace the longer nights with these family-friendly activities and events, from a stargazing festival to moonlit crazy golf

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22

Seabird numbers bounce back in Solent region after 2022 avian flu wipeout

Conservation work by RSPB has led to recovery of terns, gulls, plovers and oystercatchers on English south coast

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19

Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets

Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

The UK’s rarest bird has a new top-secret nest – but here’s where you can go to photograph them, albeit with “extreme” caution

Montagu’s harriers, Britain’s rarest bird of prey, have successfully nested in a secret location – but in Spain, these birds can be photographed under “extreme” caution, say conservation groups

Digital Camera World · Aug 30

‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe

Woolston Eyes in Warrington, a dumping ground for canal dredgings, has become best place in UK for black-necked grebe

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

In 2022, bird flu caused an entire Sandwich tern colony in England to be abandoned; four breeding seasons later, the birds have returned in record numbers, creating one of the country’s largest colonies

In an inspiring turn of events, Sandwich Terns have returned to Pagham Harbour in unprecedented numbers following a devastating bird flu outbreak. Thanks to dedicated habitat restoration and predator management efforts, conservationists have helped establish one of England's largest breeding colonies. The sight of flourishing chicks this breeding season, nourished…

The Times of India · Aug 26

In 2002, Lundy began removing invasive rats; 11 years later, Manx shearwater pairs had risen from 300 to 3,000

Successful conservation initiatives have eradicated invasive rats from Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, resulting in a noteworthy rise in breeding pairs of Manx shearwaters. Furthermore, similar removal efforts in the Marshall Islands yielded impressive ecological benefits, with native seedlings flourishing and sooty tern colonies re-emerging. These instances underscore the…

The Times of India · Aug 26

Britain’s rarest bird successfully rears six chicks in secret location

The species was placed on the ‘red list’ of birds most at risk in 2021

The Independent UK · Aug 24

New licensing for game shoots could stop poisoning of birds of prey

Scheme planned for England could also curtail tradition of releasing pheasants for people to pay to shoot

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23

How Diclofenac Nearly Drove India's Vultures to Extinction, and What the Recovery Programme Has Actually Achieved

The drug that emptied the skyThrough the 1990s, vulture populations across South Asia fell off a cliff so steeply that ornithologists initially suspected a new disease. The Gyps vulture, the genus that includes the white-rumped, long-billed, and slender-billed species, had been among the most numerous large raptors on earth. Surveys…

Times Life · Aug 20