Collaborative biodiversity conservation. Professor of Conservation Ecology at UEA (personal account). Father, optimist. Pronouns: he/him
We must take action “to overturn what has become one of the most extreme attacks on free speech and the right to protest in modern British history”
Defend Our JuriesPalestine Action can appeal terror ban at the Supreme Court Hundreds gathered outside the magistrates’ court where more than 2,000 cases related to supporting the group had been due to be heard. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Naturally colonised Night Heron, Little Egret, Great Egret and Crane alongside resident Grey Heron are not enough, apparently, and cultural connections mean we should introduce another generalist predator into the last fragile refuges for Amphibians & reptiles. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absenceConservationists are thrilled at the arrival of three juvenile birds at Willington Wetlands, hoping more will followwww.theguardian.comTerrible this illegal persecution continues, but encouraging that the conservation release org. is chaired by a farmer, and the eagle was saved by gamekeepers.
Mr and Mrs TrellisGolden Eagle released in Borders conservation project shot with 17 pellets... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A conservation-public win/win. But those kits are going to need places to disperse to - is Greater London ready for a regional network of #Beaver wetlands ?
Andy PatonHow eight beavers solved a decades-old Tube flooding problem www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Landscape-scale predator control,with sympathetic habitat management, sustain #Curlew #Ornithology
Richard K BroughtonNew in #BirdStudy Upper Teesdale has 1764 Curlew pairs fledging 1 chick/pair. High and stable Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata numbers on low-intensity farmland and moorland managed for Red Grouse Lagopus scotica recreational shooting in northern England doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology #waders
Not Devastated. Resolute! Although, now facing Terrorism charges for peaceful, non-violent placard expressing solidarity with the rights of activists to take direct action. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Arrested protesters devastated after appeal court rules ban on Palestine Action is lawfulProscription of direct action group has led to more than 700 people being charged under Terrorism Actwww.theguardian.comConservation Positivity
Manx Peat PartnershipThe #peat at this site was historically cut for fuel, leaving bare eroding 'peat pans'. We used a digger for reprofiling then got to work by hand, with lots of help from volunteers 🙏 It will be several years before we really start to see the impact of the work, but initial signs are promising 😊
This is worrying. I can only hope that a rough few years may focus attention
Jeff BerardelliThe new ENSO Euro Plumes were released this morning. Hard to believe, but they are even stronger! Some members are even above 4°C! Remarkable. To be helpful I added color bars to distinguish between strong vs historic events. Almost all members are historical! Now here’s the relative… 1/2
Illegal persecution of White-tailed Eagles at this intensity in grouse moors will at least greatly slow, and could jeopardise establishing a wild population in England. Which seems the keepers’ aim. Licensing with landowner culpability is overdue. #ornithology #WTE
Raptor Persecution UKMore news on the satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle that 'disappeared' on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/03/m...
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www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06... 🌍 #Biodiversity
Albania is destroying a protected wild coast for President Trump’s son-in-law - and lying to parliament about itIllegal construction linked of a Kushner-backed luxury resort, violent repression of protesters, and deepening ecological damage at one of Europe’s most important coastal habitatswww.birdlife.orgVery interesting study on Atlantic Salmon survival from the River Frome, Dorset, by @gwct.org.uk www.gwct.org.uk/research/pap...
The missing salmon: What happens at sea? - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trustwww.gwct.org.ukWhite Stork ‘reintroduction’ to UK is instead the introduction of a non-native generalist predator, official Natural England position. Finally.
Philip AmiesSome good sense from NE, some of us have been saying just this for several years. naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/08/w...
BTO @btobirds.bsky.social are the main source for population abundance trends of British mammal species, particularly for important meso-predators such as fox (declining) and wild herbivores such as deer (increasing). 🌍
Paul DolmanUK #Deer populations still increasing rapidly, Fallow trebled, Muntjac >doubled in last 10 years! BBS Report here: www.bto.org/sites/defaul...
#Buzzard intermediate colour morph fitter (productivity & survival), now a study in @bou.org.uk Ibis shows their share of Europe’s population increased significantly from 2000-2022, while proportions of dark & light birds shrunk 22 %, 14 % respectively. #ornithology bou.org.uk/blog-gristwo...
Buzzards are losing their colour diversity - British Ornithologists' UnionA Europe-wide citizen science study reveals that intermediate-plumaged birds now dominatebou.org.uk