Vanishing Vultures
The six species have now been updated to either ‘endangered’ or ‘critically endangered’ status on the Red List.
Articles Tagged with “bird conservation”
8 Articles found tagged with “bird conservation”.
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Vulture Recovery
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.
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Bad Weather is Bad News for Barn Owls
Barn owls are adversely affected by large amounts of rainfall. They hunt in daylight, detecting prey primarily by sound, therefore relying on dry leaf litter to find voles and mice.
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Cranes in Britain
It is our tallest breeding bird and its majestic appearance ensured that it frequently featured in art, mythology and legends.
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Q is for Quail
The British population is small, and rather ephemeral. Quail being our only migrant gamebird, numbers fluctuate hugely from year to year and depend strongly on conditions further south.
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American Birds
There is a well-established conservation movement made up of millions of ordinary Americans who say these natural wonders are an indispensable part of the nation’s heritage.
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Indulging Your Wildlife Passion – A Birder’s Tale
They took me over and I am still enraptured. If I haven’t gone looking for them for a few days, I feel a little bit empty. I freely admit it. I’m a little bit obsessed.
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Saving the Golden Eagle – a Focus for UK Bird Conservation?
Changes in land use and illegal persecution have compelled this species to confine itself to Scotland, which has in turn hindered the population growth of Golden Eagles in the UK and their ability to re-colonise to a considerable extent.