Committed to evidence-based decision making & conservation. Former RSPB head of international research & WWT director of conservation. All views my own.
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Thanks Jim, and huge thanks to all of those brilliant conservationists and organisations across the world that have collaborated on these projects and made them possible. I'd love to name them all but there are too many!
My guest on #TheLifeScientific this morning on @BBCRadio4 is the conservationist, Professor @Debbie_Pain. Among other things, we discuss the Indian vulture crisis (what do you mean you’ve never heard of it?)
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j21…
The Northern Waterthrush was apparently showing well this morning so @telophorus and I jumped in the car and dashed to nearby Essex. We only had to wait a few minutes for the little cutie to give point blank views in its favourite ditch.
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Toxic lead(Pb) from ammunition affects human, animal and environmental health. The evidence is overwhelming & scientists globally urge approval of a proposed EU Pb ammunition ban europeanscientists.eu/the-20…. Please ask your Member States & MEPs to support this ban. @EU_Growth @EU_ENV
Fab 1st day of @WiseBirding trip en route to West Papua. Milky stork, Javan plover, these
Christmas Island frigatebirds and much more in Jakarta Bay, Java. Tomorrow West Papua!
Our paper out today highlights risks to dogs fed raw dog food made from pheasants killed with lead shotgun ammunition @BVZS_Official @theRCVS @Vet_Record @worldvetassoc @FVEurope @BritishVets @foodgov @VPISGlobal @Cambridge_Uni cam.ac.uk/research/news/dogs… rdcu.be/dbdRd
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Stone Curlew getting a bit broody already @NorfolkWT Weeting Heath nature reserve yesterday. Super area - Woodlarks singing and Curlews bubbling. Lovely 😊. #TheBrecks #Norfolk #birding
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NEW ARTICLE ALERT: bit.ly/3XWZ0Oa UK hunters voluntary ban on lead shot use still ineffective 3 years into 5-year transition with 94% of pheasants killed with lead @ConservEvidence @ERI_UHI @Debbie_Pain Photo: Andy Hay/rspb-images.com
ALT Male pheasant
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Last day of our Woodcock petition! Thank you for signing in such numbers - over 107,000 signatures.
Limiting the Woodcock shooting season will be debated by MPs in Westminster because over 100,000 people signed this petition petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Every signature counts!
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Last few days - closes Wednesday midnight.
Already well over 100,000 signatures - each is a call for change. Thank you for such amazing support.
We are hoping for a few thousand more - please. petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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I love the way Radio 4 is not afraid to tackle a programme that you think just cant work on Radio. I stumbled on "Wild Inside" while driving yesterday: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012qx…. The programme dissected a Sunfish. They were delighted when they found the guts full of tape worms!
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In 1996, there were 3 waders on the UK RED🟥list.
2002 - 3 waders🟥
2009 - 6 waders🟥
2015 - 9 waders🟥
2021 - 11 waders🟥
Which ELEVEN #waders and why?
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
#shorebirds #ornithology
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Enjoying the #RSPB AGM, and delighted at the appointment of @DrAmirKhanGP as our new President. He's such a passionate voice for nature, and he also loves @Bempton_Cliffs.
Also, good new @Natures_Voice logo. Includes water, land and a conservation success story, the avocet.
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Currrently @WWTWelney is hosting the astonishing spectacle of almost the entire fenland population of Cranes - 74 birds in total 😍. It took me 1m 16 secs to video the whole flock which is a bit long for Twitter so here's just some of them @WWTworldwide
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“Clearly the best strategy is not to just keep digging.”
In our new blog, Libby Peake explains why nobody will win the global battle for critical raw materials 👇
greenallianceblog.org.uk/202…