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Bird Life awarded "7. 5 million to protect African-Eurasian Flyway, #ornithology news via @Rare Bird Alert UK
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (631+ words) Bird Life International has reported that it has been awarded "7. 5 million to help protect and restore key sites along the African-Eurasian Flyway - one of the world's great migratory bird corridors. The three-year grant from the Ecological Restoration Fund will support…...
Scientists develop new method to track individual bird species migrating at night
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (704+ words) Weather radar has transformed the study of nocturnal migration by revealing when and where large numbers of birds are travelling. Until now, however, one of its biggest limitations has been that radar can detect movement but cannot identify individual species....
Nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies counted in Kent
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (895+ words) A rare butterfly has had its best year on record in Kent following decades of conservation work to restore and reconnect its habitat. Butterfly Conservation and Natural England say nearly 600 Duke of Burgundy butterflies were counted in the county in…...
GPS tags reveal gull behaviour around offshore turbines, #ornithology news via @Rare Bird Alert UK
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (884+ words) Seabirds that feed around fishing vessels may avoid offshore wind farms for reasons that are more complex than previously assumed, according to new research on Lesser Black-backed Gulls in the southern North Sea. The study looked at GPS-tracked Lesser Black-backed…...
More than 850 Lesser Grey Shrikes released in Catalonia with limited results
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (817+ words) Ornithomedia is reporting that more than 850 Lesser Grey Shrikes have been released in Spanish Catalonia since 2009, but that the results of the long-running conservation programme remain modest. The species, known in French as the Pie-gri'che " poitrine rose, was once more…...
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Western Reef Heron by David Carr
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Squacco heron by John Lindsell
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Western Reef Heron by Anthony Hull
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Western Reef Heron by Pierre Montieth
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