Bird Conservation - Page 10

It’s a woodland species, but will also be found in parks and gardens with mature trees, and is always a welcome sight: indeed, it’s one of the most common species for non-birders to notice and remark on.

Iceland gulls breed in the Arctic, mainly Greenland and northern Canada, and move south during winter to feed away from the worst of the polar winter.

Two scientists from the University of Montana made the connection between the decline of deciduous trees and a decrease in songbird populations in the mountains of Arizona.

One of the top five sites for gadwall in the UK is the Thames Estuary – another reason, if any were needed, why dropping a whopping great airport into the middle of it would be a seriously bad idea.

They’re one of the two thrush species which visit Britain in large numbers for the autumn and winter, alongside the handsome and perhaps better known redwing.

The wide range of numbers on future possible extinctions is because of the many decisions about climate change that must still be made that could affect the outcome, such as will carbon reductions mitigate temperature rises?

The manufacture of diclofenac was made illegal in 2006, but the problem persists. The human form of the drug is not banned, so livestock owners can get around the veterinary ban by using the human form to treat their cattle

Pine martens are gradually recovering in Scotland but there are new accusations facing this animal from the Scottish Game Keepers Association (SGA).

The famous booming is the most conspicuous thing they’ll ever do, though, unless you happen to see one in flight. Most of the time they’re masters of disguise.