Population of UK’s tallest bird hits record-breaking high
The population of Common Cranes, the UK’s tallest bird, has hit a record high according to the latest breeding survey results. Survey results show 2023 was another successful year for…
141 hen harrier chicks fledge as encouraging population growth recorded
141 hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year – the seventh year in a row that numbers have increased – according to statistics released by Natural England. Hen…
Study finds increased use of pesticides and fertiliser is driving bird population declines across UK and Europe
Intensive agriculture, particularly an increase in pesticides and fertiliser use, found to be the main pressure behind most bird population declines. Numbers of European farmland bird species found to have…
Yellowhammer breeding population survey – a request for records
Yellowhammers in Pembrokeshire and elsewhere in Wales are in serious trouble. Over the last few decades their population has declined to an all-time low as indicated, for example, by county…
Southern Lesser Prairie-Chicken Population Declared ‘Endangered’ by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Lesser Prairie-Chicken has suffered from significant loss of grassland habitat across its historic range. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today listed the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. A southern subpopulation…