Bird Conservation - Page 6

Illegal logging is having serious impacts – not just on the forests themselves – but on the animals. It’s reasonable to assume that if the birds are being this powerfully impacted, it’s impacting other groups, such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods.

A new study has revealed that shifting trade winds and ocean currents have resulted in a doubling of their population over the past 30 years.

This bird is an endangered species in Norway, with numbers plummeting from around 160,000 pairs in the 1960s to just 15,000 breeding pairs today.

An international team of biologists recently scoured reports and research going back 250 years to identify nine ways humans pose a threat to penguins.

Opinion polls in Malta show that 60% of the people are against the spring hunt, and mass campaigns have taken place for many years, with anti-hunt protesters congregating to disrupt the hunters’ activities

The findings of our study are both good news and bad news. The good news is that veterinary use of diclofenac in India has decreased significantly; the bad news is that it has not stopped completely.

Between May and July this year, the survey recorded 1,289 calling males – its highest population since records began.

We must pay attention to the message that Martha left us with, and act quickly to halt declines and prevent extinctions of all America’s bird species.

Extreme weather, predation and human disturbance are all threats to sea birds up and down the UK coastline.