Rare moth back from the brink in Kent
Volunteers from Kent’s Magnificent Moths project, led by Butterfly Conservation, counted 255 of the rare Black-veined Moths during surveys on former farmland in Wye in East Kent. The moth, which…
Seabirds on the brink as Avian Flu rips through colonies for a third year
Thousands of seabirds are dying this summer across the UK as the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (“Avian Flu”) outbreak continues for a third year. Having suffered decades of declines, seabirds…
Back from the brink
Saving a species on the edge of existence can demand imaginative solutions. In the case of Cerulean Flycatcher, an Indonesian island endemic, it involved working with the local community, changing…
Mission critical: saving an endemic kingfisher on the brink
A combination of invasive species and logging have resulted in Marquesas Kingfisher, an endemic to French Polynesia, being Critically Endangered. However hope is not lost, and BirdLife Partner SOP Manu…