https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/further-research-funding-for-the-hawk-conservancy-trusts-egyptian-vulture-asia-project monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/23b7eab4-4578-4b03-84cd-53ccbd0cf0f1/168965b.jpg Blog - Further research funding for the Hawk Conservancy Trust's Egyptian Vulture Asia project - Make it stand out Migrating Egyptian Vulture. 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Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/11837dfa-966c-465d-8e84-23d4517b5db0/Camera+monitoring+of+novel+prosthetic+hollows.png Blog - BOTB grant helps answer the question - can fungi build better homes for cavity-nesting birds? - Make it stand out Innovative artificial hollows made from mycelium (top-left), 3D printed wood (top-middle), and hempcrete (bottom/right) at test sites in south Australia. Image by Deep Design Lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1b43514c-3769-4b8f-a444-a6442f757b36/Mycelium+hollow+lifecycle.png Blog - BOTB grant helps answer the question - can fungi build better homes for cavity-nesting birds? - Make it stand out ‍ ‍ Design for a complete lifecycle of a mycelium hollow in Italy. Image by Deep Design Lab in Conservation Science in Practice. ‍ ‍ https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/funding-for-vulture-research-an-update-from-the-hawk-conservancy-trust monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/ddd14e48-521b-4080-93b4-d8e75c804640/IMG_3755.jpg Blog - Funding for Vulture research - an update from the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: installing the protective concrete pyramids. Photo ©André Botha/Hawk Conservancy Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/3787df97-9177-46f6-b561-a81e4e4a3f55/IMG_3733.jpg Blog - Funding for Vulture research - an update from the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: The ‘Pyramid’ team. 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Photo ©Klaus Bjerre/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/financial-support-for-birds-on-the-brink-in-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b9966315-4993-494f-b8f2-96ac0d3eda48/166418.jpg Blog - Financial Support for Birds on the Brink in 2024 - Make it stand out Cream-coloured Courser. Photo ©Paul Sterry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/ddbb157c-e911-4c53-9332-96d924a0b2f9/163008.jpg Blog - Financial Support for Birds on the Brink in 2024 - Make it stand out Hooded Vultures. Photo ©Paul Sterry. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/grant-awarded-for-continuing-research-on-endangered-and-threatened-birds-of-argentinas-atlantic-forest-at-missiones monthly 0.5 2024-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/858d9b8b-8ad0-4761-8241-6e85fe1bde0f/Martjan+Lammertink+PP+Araucaria+2023-11-01_03c2500p.jpg Blog - Grant Awarded for continuing research on endangered and threatened birds of Argentina's Atlantic Forest - Make it stand out Martjan Lammertink in the field. Photo© Martjan Lammertink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/e34077c0-5483-487b-88c7-dfdebda7e5f7/pic+1.jpg Blog - Grant Awarded for continuing research on endangered and threatened birds of Argentina's Atlantic Forest - Make it stand out Black-fronted Piping-guan. 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Photo© Martjan Lammertink https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/grant-awarded-to-the-quarndon-swift-group-for-nest-box-installation monthly 0.5 2024-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/3dc3b61f-cdc3-4d9b-81c9-a68d2fba3af9/143323.jpg Blog - Grant awarded to the Quarndon Swift Group for nest box installation - Make it stand out Common Swift: Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/a733b2a6-a947-4136-b7af-a5fff250682f/quarndon2.jpg Blog - Grant awarded to the Quarndon Swift Group for nest box installation - Make it stand out Left and centre: Isobel Shorrock and John Farnsworth of the Quarndon Swift Group; right: Matthew Pitt, Chairman of Quarndon Parish Council, which matched the grant from Birds on teh Brink. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/egyptian-vulture-conservation-in-asia-an-update-from-the-hawk-conservancy-trust monthly 0.5 2024-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/e38bbaac-70c9-4aaa-bbcc-2ab2dac31364/139619.jpg Blog - Egyptian Vulture conservation in Asia - an update from the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Egyptian Vulture: Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/whitlingham-tern-raft-update monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1c4e153b-17f1-4f5a-9b00-a1ed24b5239f/Preston+Thomas+1000019489.jpg Blog - Whitlingham Tern Raft Update - Make it stand out The floating tern raft being towed into place at Whitlingham Country Park. 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Photo © Kate Villalgordo. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/grant-to-support-ongoing-research-into-bird-flu-by-the-british-trust-for-ornithology monthly 0.5 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/3d92814b-9a26-4b68-b032-b77bfc05eda2/156539.jpg Blog - Grant to support ongoing research into Bird Flu by the British Trust for Ornithology - Make it stand out Above: Gannets breed colonially on cliffs and the proximity of nesting birds aids transmission of the disease. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/8c6d2985-9734-4ab1-8ef4-71eb2e9ee3b6/163871.jpg Blog - Grant to support ongoing research into Bird Flu by the British Trust for Ornithology - Make it stand out Above: Black-headed Gulls spend much of their lives in the company of others of their kind, thus increasing the chances of Bird Flu transmission. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1fa262a6-345b-462c-b2f5-0b7830a515ee/142934.jpg Blog - Grant to support ongoing research into Bird Flu by the British Trust for Ornithology - Make it stand out Above: Wildfowl such as these Barnacle Geese have not escaped the impact of the Bird Flu, especially during the winter months which they spend in flocks. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/10710daf-8513-40f9-8e4c-380e256032ac/ajc.jpg Blog - Grant to support ongoing research into Bird Flu by the British Trust for Ornithology - Make it stand out Above: A dead Gannet on a Norfolk beach. Photo ©Andrew Cleave/Birds on the Brink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/fe593fe8-d2d1-4ac1-8032-96123efea793/161506.jpg Blog - Grant to support ongoing research into Bird Flu by the British Trust for Ornithology - Make it stand out Above: Seabirds such as this Gannet face enough challenges in life without the added burden of Avian Flu. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/conservation-of-egyptian-vultures-in-asia-a-collaboration-with-the-hawk-conservancy-trust monthly 0.5 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/bcc9a0eb-c523-4887-9739-59632b42dadc/139619.jpg Blog - Conservation of Egyptian Vultures in Asia - a collaboration with the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: adult Egyptian Vulture, Kazakhstan. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b124b675-e385-4273-9ca1-03b88ea88c84/159645.jpg Blog - Conservation of Egyptian Vultures in Asia - a collaboration with the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: Egyptian Vultures often roost and nest on rugged cliffs. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/2d796a2e-304a-427a-84b2-ce8dc2b62a1f/Timur+and+Bukhara%27s+nest.jpg Blog - Conservation of Egyptian Vultures in Asia - a collaboration with the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: The nest of Uzbek siblings Timur and Bukhara, illustrating the challenging nature of Egyptian Vulture breeding locations. Photo ©Dr Vladimir Dobrev. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/867f6b4d-e3a3-46b2-899f-518cef0f3201/bikaner.jpg Blog - Conservation of Egyptian Vultures in Asia - a collaboration with the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: The adult vulture Sofia was trapped and satellite-tagged at one of the dump sites in Uzbekistan in 2022. She has since revealed her migration route from Uzbekistan to between Bikaner and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The vultures shown here were photographed several years ago at Bikaner and might well have been Uzbek birds, and maybe even Sofia’s ancestors. Photos ©Paul Sterry/Birds on the Brink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/67d4b158-9013-4a1c-bbb5-7c6565c5d955/Vlad+releasing+Sofia.jpg Blog - Conservation of Egyptian Vultures in Asia - a collaboration with the Hawk Conservancy Trust - Make it stand out Above: Dr Vladimir Dobrev releasing Sofia the adult Egyptian Vulture after she had been fitted with a GPS satellite tag. Photo ©Vladimir Dobrev. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/whitlingham-country-park-common-tern-nesting-raft monthly 0.5 2023-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b0d4f43f-68b4-4449-9fac-fb6fcbaa102e/158195.jpg Blog - Whitlingham Country Park in Norfolk - Common Tern nesting raft - Make it stand out Above: Common Tern, the main beneficiary of the nesting raft. Photograph ©Paul Sterry. Blog placement photograph ©Tony Villalgordo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/11654d90-5c53-4cf3-83ef-97af504206b6/whitlingham+keith+sowter.jpg Blog - Whitlingham Country Park in Norfolk - Common Tern nesting raft - Make it stand out Above: the idyllic location for the Common Tern nesting raft at Whitlingham Country Park, with an existing bird hide strategically placed for great observation. Photograph: ©Keith Sowter https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/seed-dispersal-and-movement-of-a-philippine-frugivorous-birds-in-a-fragmented-forest-landscape-progress-report monthly 0.5 2023-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1cd2383f-97cc-481b-8dcd-721275f4598f/jelaine+1.jpg Blog - Seed Dispersal and Movement of Philippine Frugivorous Birds in a Fragmented Forest Landscape - progress report - Make it stand out Above: We found this Spotted Imperial Pigeon feasting on the fruits of the Binunga (Macaranga tanarius) during our surveys. The project is collating information on bird-fruit links, or what fruits birds in the forest eat, to understand the mutualistic relationship between fruit-eating birds and fruiting plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/be20b394-b555-4340-8f1d-51e072d97313/jelaine+2.jpg Blog - Seed Dispersal and Movement of Philippine Frugivorous Birds in a Fragmented Forest Landscape - progress report - Make it stand out Above: The team tracked two individuals of Spotted Imperial Pigeon in the fragmented forest landscape in San Mariano, Isabela. Their movements can tell us how they are affected by forest fragmentation and also how far they can disperse seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/7089904e-bbda-4773-8ff2-55faa307bd12/jelaine+4.jpg Blog - Seed Dispersal and Movement of Philippine Frugivorous Birds in a Fragmented Forest Landscape - progress report - Make it stand out Above: The status of seed passage experiments with captive birds in the local wildlife rescue centre. The green coloured boxes indicate successful seed retention time experiment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/3210983b-6af1-4b07-a4c5-81b5215a1fc7/jelaine+5.jpg Blog - Seed Dispersal and Movement of Philippine Frugivorous Birds in a Fragmented Forest Landscape - progress report - Make it stand out Above: This call for citizen science data was posted online on Facebook to gather records on bird frugivory links, populating the first database on such for the Philippines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/ef1dbbe1-033f-48fd-9c65-b178f4590dc9/jelaine+6.jpg Blog - Seed Dispersal and Movement of Philippine Frugivorous Birds in a Fragmented Forest Landscape - progress report - Make it stand out Above: With the help of captive birds at the local rescue centre, we determined the seed retention time (SRT) of different fruits. SRT refers to the time it took for the seed to be defecated since the fruit was eaten, and it is an important factor to understand bird’s importance as seed dispersers. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/birds-on-the-brink-welcomes-a-new-trustee-renowned-wildlife-cameraman-will-nicholls monthly 0.5 2023-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/2311b40e-682d-4035-bad9-d57a9c570831/will+nicholls.jpg Blog - Birds on the Brink welcomes a new Charity Trustee - the renowned wildlife cameraman Will Nicholls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/after-the-gold-rush-update monthly 0.5 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/c8c9881b-dfd7-4b2e-a531-3b97ad3ded8e/Amazon+Kingfisher+2.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush - an update on recent fieldwork - Make it stand out Sean in the field, studying kingfishers. On the left, Amazon Kingfisher and on the right, American Pygmy Kingfisher. Photographs © Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/12b64395-9672-40fc-943b-00979fd871c2/Black+throated+Antshrike+blue+dacnis.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush - an update on recent fieldwork - Make it stand out Black-throated Ant-shrike (left) and Blue Dacnis (right). Photographs © Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/dba6a7de-208b-4c1d-a4ec-189428404566/Silver+beaked+tanager.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush - an update on recent fieldwork - Make it stand out A total of 1144 birds were captured and recorded across the 13 sites visited. The most common bird captured at all mine sites was Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) a species that is common in edge-habitats throughout its range. Photograph © Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/feb7ac72-64e6-41d2-8841-cd9ef1772d08/wc+manakin.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush - an update on recent fieldwork - Make it stand out The effects on gold mining on habitat for White-capped Manakin - female (left) and male (right). Photographs © Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/76ca8ce3-1627-4085-85d2-f4989c34d942/am+king+chest+rump+woodc.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush - an update on recent fieldwork - Make it stand out Sean examining an Amazon Kingfisher and a Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper (right). Photographs © Sean Glynn https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/welcome-to-lucy-lapwing-our-new-ambassador monthly 0.5 2023-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1c0be76f-60db-432f-93d7-27f067a2830b/lucy+8.jpg Blog - Welcome to Lucy Lapwing - our latest Ambassador - Make it stand out Lucy and her namesake bird. Photographs © Paul Sterry (Lapwing) and Lucy Lapwing (herself) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/43ddc5bb-b028-42e5-a8d2-e2ff164e1521/lucy+7.jpg Blog - Welcome to Lucy Lapwing - our latest Ambassador - Make it stand out As well as presenting podcasts and appearances as a presenter on television, Lucy also photographs the natural world. Photographs © Lucy Lapwing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/e2b7e2b2-9741-4057-b6da-d9ca772702d2/lucy+9.jpg Blog - Welcome to Lucy Lapwing - our latest Ambassador - Make it stand out A Comma butterfly and Large Elephant Hawk-moth, being admired by Lucy. Photographs © Lucy Lapwing https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/after-the-gold-rush monthly 0.5 2022-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/81e8c2a2-b031-44f3-9d59-1edce9fd15eb/mine+1.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush... - Make it stand out Above: An aerial view of artisanal gold mining in Guyana. Photo ©Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/6f2fe775-68c5-4374-9e73-5d36d0201c91/mine+3.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush... - Make it stand out The environmental blot on the landscape left by gold mining in Guyana. Photo ©Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/63a182ee-8415-4aeb-a3d5-491c94f89f57/sean.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush... - Make it stand out Sean Glynn, BOTB grant recipient, with a Rufous-throated Antbird. Photo ©Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1ec92bad-3e76-4231-b90e-cca91f71db74/aracari.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush... - Make it stand out Black-necked Aracari - a consumer of berries and seeds, and unwitting agent of seed dispersal. Photo ©Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/2ce3d4d2-69c1-4016-b406-4646b8fe3179/mine+2.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush... - Make it stand out Artisanal gold mining leaves deep scars in the landscape. Photo ©Sean Glynn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/319e4a67-736b-4ae5-bc16-d4ca5d31bf5e/Brown-bellied+Antwren+%28Epinecrophylla+gutturalis2.jpg Blog - After the Gold Rush... - Make it stand out Brown-bellied Antwren. Photo ©Sean Glynn https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/sage-grouse-survival monthly 0.5 2022-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/a4e3f487-2af0-4a94-9593-306828ba61bc/peter+3.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Sometimes referred to as Greater Sage-grouse, North America’s Sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus is vulnerable to habitat loss and degradation, and sensitive to disturbance. This iconic bird acts as a barometer of environmental health. It also serves as a signpost indicating the direction that we, as a species, take on our journey of progress in the twenty-first century. Photo © Peter Ismert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/ba83d664-245b-4eab-9d9b-cc3c0dad0d4b/ly+dang4.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: the action at a Sage-grouse lek starts at first light. Photo © Ly Dang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/8d3a9779-46c7-41bb-92cf-2a36e7a08dc2/ly+dang6.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: A Sage-grouse lek and prairie habitat in early spring. Photo © Ly Dang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/9e159d9e-06a8-491f-a7db-8ea77a211a55/ly+dang+3.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: a male Sage-grouse in flight. Photo © Ly Dang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/fcd91b19-ada9-4df8-a704-96bca9af1729/ly+dang5.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: A scene-setting image of a Sage-grouse lek. Photo © Ly Dang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/2d2693b9-1465-4601-9f2d-ae18dc7eed13/peter+ismert+sagegrouse.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Peter Ismert’s image entitled ‘Duelling on the Lek’ was the Gold Award winner of the Bird Behaviour category in the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year competition. As Peter explained in the story that accompanied the image in the book: ‘At their traditional lekking sites, male Sage-grouse often engage in short but violent fights. They have an elaborate display designed to attract and impress females and show their superiority; inevitably this leads to rivalry between males the challenges on the lek. To get this image, I used a hide that I entered in the middle of the night. At first light I awoke to booming sounds made by the male grouse and the sight of this particular battle.’ Photo © Peter Ismert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/0024369e-5e41-41c0-aea5-5ccf0f871e48/ly++dang.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: Ly Dang’s image entitled ‘Strut Performer’ was the Gold Award winner of the Best Portrait category in the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year competition. It shows a male Sage-grouse in full display mode. Ly explained how he took the picture: ‘I arrived at the lek more than an hour before the birds so I could set up my hide without causing disturbance. Similarly, with the best interests of the birds at heart, I only packed up the hide when the last bird had left the area. In previous years I had tried to capture this type of portrait shot but had been unsuccessful. However, on this particular morning my luck changed when this bird wandered close to my hide in full display.’ Photo © Ly Dang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/aa5bcf70-2ca1-4087-9f7c-5c1d557f322f/ly+dang2.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: Ly Dang’s hide placed strategically on the margins of a Sage-grouse lek, and the intrepid photographer on another photographic expedition to Argentine Patagonia. Photos © Ly Dang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/9ac69f4b-30aa-4dfa-a8c3-a2ef89df63f9/peter+5.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: Rivals on the lek. Photo © Peter Ismert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/fe6498b1-538e-4cc2-a27a-d2fe8924cf3f/peter+2.jpg Blog - Sage-grouse Survival - Make it stand out Above: Peter Ismert enjoying a spot of springtime woodland photography and (inset) in full survival gear in his freezing Sage-grouse blind .Photo © Peter Ismert https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/alien-invaders monthly 0.5 2022-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/a3a77478-be9a-49c3-8329-fdd6f31728b8/159457.jpg Blog - Alien Invaders - Make it stand out Above: Pennyroyal (left) and New Zealand Pigmyweed (right). Photos ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/5d930adc-884e-45c6-8b7c-fdb75d0c0cf4/Yellow-Warbler+cover.jpg Blog - Alien Invaders - Make it stand out Above: Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia and Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria taken at Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Photo © Brad James https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/98f27b4b-7519-4c64-b3ea-6c317eb49dce/163188.jpg Blog - Alien Invaders - Make it stand out Above: Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria is native to Eurasia and does best growing with its feet in water – around the margins of streams and ponds, and in freshwater marshes. In the UK, it is seen as a welcome element of native wetland flora. Elsewhere that is not the case and thanks to the actions of man it has spread to places where it is distinctly unwelcome. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/abe48ee9-966d-440c-88ef-80aeaeacf34c/loosestrife+field.jpg Blog - Alien Invaders - Make it stand out Above: Rampant Purple Loosestrife at Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Photo © Brad James https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/fddb962a-0452-43b2-b270-72c96c8ccab1/2021_YellowWarbler_Aug_2.jpg Blog - Alien Invaders - Make it stand out Above: Yellow Warbler and Purple Loosestrife at Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Photo © Brad James https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/an-update-from-guatemala-on-the-screech-owl-project-that-birds-on-the-brink-helped-fund monthly 0.5 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/fde60d1e-3fc6-458f-bc62-1d2b5aad3d1b/knut+screech+2.jpg Blog - An update from Guatemala on the Bearded Screech-owl project that Birds on the Brink helped fund. - Make it stand out Installing a screech-owl nest box that Birds on the Brink helped fund. Photo ©Knut Eisermann https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/good-news-stories monthly 0.5 2022-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/893ea5d1-6fdf-43a0-8ed5-28aa5330b82f/bpoty+codlin+5.jpg Blog - Good News Stories - Make it stand out The cover of Bird Photographer of the Year Collection 7, due to be published later in the year. Image Copyright ©Brad James/Bird Photographer of the Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/5b965c61-7c97-49f6-94cf-25526b4e9651/bpoty+codlin+4.jpg Blog - Good News Stories - Make it stand out A young Ringed Plover chick going walk-about. Image Copyright ©Trevor Codlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/5fbe7188-f0c1-412f-8d3b-b34e89debf2f/bpoty+codlin+3.jpg Blog - Good News Stories - Make it stand out Safe within the confines of the fenced-off enclosure, this parent Ringed Plover keeps a watchful eye on a chick. Image Copyright ©Trevor Codlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/add1c8ac-e08a-4c2b-91ab-9ff283bfe599/bpoty+codlin+2.jpg Blog - Good News Stories - Make it stand out A Hayling Island ringed plover. Image Copyright ©Trevor Codlin https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/further-news-about-the-hayling-island-ringed-plover-project monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/a9a1c423-92cd-40ab-af0e-2c530848fcd3/trevor+codlin+fence.jpg Blog - Further news about the Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - Make it stand out Above: The new fence installation on Hayling Island. ©Trevor Codlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/f58fcac6-2bdc-4315-b4ce-bcb90fcc0497/165415.jpg Blog - Further news about the Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - Make it stand out Above: Waders, mainly Dunlin, coming in to land at high tide on Hayling Island. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/birds-within-borders-and-without-tales-from-former-eastern-bloc-countries monthly 0.5 2022-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/08ea05d5-25b7-4f78-99b5-81ecd781d119/aquatic+1.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out An Aquatic Warbler and classic marsh habitat for the species in Belarus. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/a24e3887-2a6f-4253-a6f1-3b691527b220/164449.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out So we were told, this hi-tech piece of agricultural kit was donated to Belarus for the benefit of Aquatic Warbler habitat management through the generosity of the RSPB and the EU LIFE fund. However, it sat idle and decaying when we visited because it had broken down and spare parts were not available. On top of that, we were told there was no money to actually purchase the required parts or to pay anyone with the skills to fit it them. ©Andrew Cleave/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/5ddb7568-f101-4926-88b9-9dbc01039092/156445.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - An Aquatic Warbler in full song One of the benefits for Aquatic Warblers of being so habitat-specific is that they have few other rival species to compete with. They behave more like mice than birds for much of the time, preferring to creep through sedges rather than emerge from cover. That’s except for a brief period which provides a window of opportunity for observation: at the start of the breeding season, males sing from conspicuous perches, but only between around 5.30 and 7.30 pm. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/4c732471-27c9-44fe-8f3a-75ac06cb8e85/ajc+belarus+roadside+cross.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out Colourfully decorated roadside crosses are a feature of the Belarusian countryside and perhaps serve a dual purpose, one religious the other being as memorials to the fallen wildlife of the country’s intensive arable farmland. ©Andrew Cleave/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b0741469-aa63-4786-97f5-c6e8d84d13d9/158151.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Rural life By contrast with the intensive agricultural prairies and their wildlife impoverishment, visits to rural Belarusian villages were like stepping back in time, in a good way if natural history is your passion. Horses and carts were modes of transport, small scale subsistence plots fed families, and a varied and slightly shambolic land use that included the production of vegetables and grain ensured food in abundance for everything from White Storks to Tree Sparrows. Thickets here and there hosted Red-backed Shrikes as reminders of a bucolic past in the UK, their Belarusian companion species - Barred Warblers - serving as a reminder that we were a long way from home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b6947531-ca91-4ebd-9ff6-5c5924630e97/azure.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out A close inspection of rural village life revealed that all was not quite what it seemed. We spoke to a lady whose cottage hosted nesting Azure Tits. Although she looked the part, she said she was a retired librarian and wouldn’t dream of living in her rural dacha in the winter months. It was in essence just a weekend or holiday cottage and she much preferred to return to city life when the Belarusian winter bit. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/49ea7b73-4913-4a33-943e-d6c616134c64/terek.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out The Belarusian town of Turov sits close to the Pripyat River, roughly 50km north of the border with Ukraine and around 120km west of the Palieski State Radioecological Reserve, the region affected by fallout from Chernobyl. In birdwatching terms it is best known for its patron bird, the Terek Sandpiper, which nests sporadically on banks of the river. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/cb30e731-0705-42ff-b045-cee05c8a525f/baltic+amber.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out Here and there along Latvia’s Baltic Coast we came across signboards that reminded visitors of the country’s Soviet era past and all the restrictions that came with that. When we visited, the beaches had lost of traces of that past and were studded with Baltic Amber. ©Andrew Cleave/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/f48a9a01-6590-4a2e-8e8d-27872e83cfc4/swift.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out Nature had begun to soften the edges of Latvia’s Soviet era buildings and nesting Swifts now occupied the bunk rooms and mess halls, accessing them via the smashed windows. By coincidence Latvian forests also provided us with an opportunity to see what we in the UK regard as this urban species nesting in tree holes in remote forest. ©Andrew Cleave/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/e11f57a4-195c-46ab-9fbe-7bb4567e61e4/155993.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out A White-tailed Plover (or White-tailed Lapwing) photographed on Romania’s Black Sea coastal marshes in the 1990s. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b106279f-37ad-403b-9ea0-54911d6097e5/image+4.jpg Blog - Birds without borders, and within: tales from former eastern bloc republics. - Make it stand out As we drove past this belching Kazakhstan vision of Hell my guide, who had a gallows sense of humour, told me to hold my breath because this was where they extracted the country’s Uranium. I laughed nervously but in the back of my mind I did wonder whether there was some truth in what he was saying, since Kazakhstan is said to hold 12% of the world’s Uranium ore and is the largest producer of the element in its refined form. Those former Soviet states that have mineral or agricultural wealth, or strategic significance, must be feeling distinctly nervous right now. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/hampshire-swifts-an-update-on-the-winchester-cathedral-project monthly 0.5 2022-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/e44770a6-8dc1-4193-a317-c8f556b09e4d/104747.jpg Blog - Hampshire Swifts - an update on the Winchester Cathedral project - Make it stand out Photographed elsewhere in Hampshire, this nesting Swift illustrates the rudimentary nature of the nest itself: little more than a shallow depression in debris comprising what appears to be a mix twigs, straw and feathers, with layer upon layer having built up over the years. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/5636226c-d3cc-4412-a9f2-ccfb7ba53b5f/hants+swifts+3.jpg Blog - Hampshire Swifts - an update on the Winchester Cathedral project - Make it stand out The Swift nestbox installation in Winchester Cathedral. Photograph ©Tim Norriss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/aebdf31b-2e0d-46d5-9757-999dab2ef89e/hants+swifts+4.jpg Blog - Hampshire Swifts - an update on the Winchester Cathedral project - Make it stand out Box number 20, containing the end-of-season remains of a Swift nest. Photograph ©Tim Norriss https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/hayling-island-ringed-plover-project-update monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/509ced67-91ac-4fc1-a055-1b4378aeccc0/159352.jpg Blog - Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - 2022 Update from Trevor Codlin - Make it stand out Ringed Plovers struggle with the consequences of human disturbance on the Hampshire coast. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b2285c69-5a0d-4a2a-94ce-da5766888cf4/codlin+plover+nest.jpg Blog - Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - 2022 Update from Trevor Codlin - Make it stand out One of the 2021 Ringed Plover nests, which ultimately failed. ©Trevor Codlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/7d2e7c09-7201-4190-b6f6-5883c49563be/165147.jpg Blog - Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - 2022 Update from Trevor Codlin - Make it stand out To illustrate the level of disturbance to which Hayling Island’s coastal habitats are subjected, this image is a snapshot of a typical day on the southern end of the island, in the vicinity of where Ringed Plovers attempt to nest in spring, and Dunlins and Ringed Plovers attempt to roost at high tide in winter. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/42dc4bf6-4282-4713-a53f-7bc8d6298436/164695.jpg Blog - Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - 2022 Update from Trevor Codlin - Make it stand out Hayling Island Dunlins, disturbed by dog walkers from their high tide roost, ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/86774c98-f7ba-482d-9995-51fd9945488f/dunlin+1.jpg Blog - Hayling Island Ringed Plover Project - 2022 Update from Trevor Codlin - Make it stand out On average, roosting waders on Hayling Island are lucky if they get 10 minutes peace and quiet before being disturbed again by dogs and their owners. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/totley-swift-group-update monthly 0.5 2021-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/b3df0a2f-f06b-44c8-b930-7fa7ccf37f3d/swift+newspaper.jpg Blog - Totley Swift Group Update - Make it stand out The work of the Totley Swift Group as reported in the Sheffield Telegraph. Background photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/9ee9b6be-24f5-49a2-9e3b-6226338c3df2/TSG+Swift+Box+with+Birds+on+t.jpg Blog - Totley Swift Group Update - Make it stand out Totley’s latest Swift boxes have Birds on the Brink carved into their structure by way of an acknowledgement for the grant. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/mouse-free-marion-a-project-that-aims-to-save-seabirds-by-eradicating-albatross-killing-mice-from-this-globally-important-sub-antarctic-island monthly 0.5 2021-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/91074559-054d-42de-8b59-e28595fe1317/image001+%28003%29.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out Aiming High: in 2024 South Africa will commence Operation Mouse-Free Marion to eradicate Albatross-killing mice on Marion Island. Located in the Southern Ocean, this will be the largest seabird island on which this has ever attempted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/6873face-776f-41f3-abd4-2323e39931e7/blog+pic+1.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out The Mouse-Free Marion Project aims for a better future for this Wandering Albatross chick on Marion Island. Photograph ©Sean Evans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/508b868c-f537-4473-a470-976792f84d3a/blog+pic+2.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out These Grey-headed Albatross chicks will not survive their gruesome overnight ‘scalping’ by Marion Island’s House Mice. Photograph ©Ben Dilley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/f806821f-6de0-4e98-90e4-3e4da246e003/blog+pic+3.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out A Wandering Albatross displays its impressive three-metre wingspan on Marion Island. Photograph ©John Dickens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/edcc7383-22a6-4afa-ab33-40314862408b/blog+pic+4.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out A House Mouse feeds on the exposed head of a living Wandering Albatross chick at night. The birds have evolved no protection against this alien invader. Photograph ©Stefan Schoombie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/d99c9f6f-6f09-426b-9a82-f9458569d082/blog+pic+5.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out A satellite view of Marion Island on a rare cloudless day in the Southern Ocean: with the mice eradicated, its ecology and its native inhabitants will start to recover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/74787995-aa82-4ff9-b17b-bc0021439055/John+Dickens+Sooty+Albatross+1+%28002%29.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Mouse-Free Marion The Mouse-Free Marion Project is a partnership between the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and the environmental NGO, BirdLife South Africa. The project has received considerable support from leading institutions and organisations both in South Africa and internationally, building on the expertise acquired from over 600 invasive species eradication projects from islands around the world. One of Marion Island’s Sooty Albatrosses, tending its chick. Photograph ©John Dickens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/01794c3a-7473-43bd-9459-144cdb458716/John+Dickens+Wandering+Albatross+4+Hi+Res+%28002%29.jpg Blog - Mouse-Free Marion - a project that will save seabirds by eradicating Albatross-killing mice from this globally important Sub-Antarctic Island. - Make it stand out The Mouse-Free Marion Project is grateful to have received a grant from Birds on the Brink towards its work. It will secure a future for this Wandering Albatross chick, and Marion’s countless other seabirds. Please donate to help the project. Photograph ©John Dickens https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/the-uks-birds-of-conservation-concern monthly 0.5 2021-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/3dd56b47-bc6a-4860-adb2-0652d948da93/143327.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out Common Swift populations in the UK have seen a severe decline – down by 58% when numbers in 2018 are compared to those from 1995. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/13dda7c3-8a8b-40cb-8d90-a9568c0c9f91/164169.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out The House Martin moves from the Amber to Red list in BoCC 5 because its population declined by 57% between 1969 and 2018. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/28d746f7-e8a4-4cc4-bdaa-add5121c6fc1/127175.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out As their name suggests, House Martins in the UK depend almost entirely on human dwellings for nesting. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/4d7048f4-d8d7-43b6-a365-943521074578/128811.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out Bewick’s Swans have been added to the latest Red List. Global Warming is having an impact on habitats used by this Arctic-nesting species and illegal hunting and ingestion of lead shot add to its woes. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1f13a846-8fe7-4e75-adce-82a93d6a56b0/133146.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out Once a familiar garden bird, the Greenfinch has moved directly from the Green to the Red List after a population crash of 62% since 1993 due to the disease Trichomononsis caused by the parasitic protozoan Trichomonas gallinae. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/9f016602-a0c4-4b0b-bd72-7c6171bd2514/129516.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out Extreme weather events, exacerbated by Climate Change, have a devastating impact on birds on migration. There is an irony to the fact that these moribund House Martins were photographed on the Greek island of Lesvos, home to a human migrant tragedy. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/3973fab0-8e2c-4d6a-b55c-ee32e0157876/164171.jpg Blog - The UK's Birds of Conservation Concern - Make it stand out Birds such as Swifts, which feed exclusively on aerial insects, come into conflict with wind turbines, constructed with supposedly environmentally friendly intentions. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/norfolk-coastal-nesting-birds-project-update monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630586818068-HF0A1GWQMNJ67R727GN9/theo+oyster+1.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: an incubating Oystercatcher settling on its eggs, Photo ©Theo de Clermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630586960263-ILE7S2KD5HAE5WCWK2W7/theo+oyster+2.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: an Oystercatcher with its one remaining chick. Photo ©Theo de Clermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630587008143-XUOPTVF1OA0RJF3BTV3Y/theo+little+tern+1.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: a Little Tern with a vulnerable chick. Photo ©Theo de Clermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630587048285-KOYDTOURGZ04ESGMFH0C/theo+ringed+plover+1.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: an additional trick was employed to help nesting Ringed Plovers. In the past Norfolk Wildlife Trust warden Gary Hibberd has deployed nest cages to protect sitting birds. The technique was used again in 2021. Photo ©Theo de Clermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630587028983-G0D4YDO1WBOYLYVWAOPN/theo+ringed+plover+2.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: a Ringed Plover with its endearing chick. Photo ©Theo de Clermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630587070239-4IB59NQSQK9M1AA6OZDE/theo+flowers+2.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: impressive foreshore flora at Holme, featuring lush plants of Sea Rocket. Photo ©Theo de Clermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1630587093825-0DDNZPLUI0KK1RH2USA1/165147.jpg Blog - Norfolk Coastal Nesting Birds project update - Make it stand out Above: the potential impacts of unbridled public access to vulnerable coastal habitats hardly need spelling out. Above we see a fairly typical snapshot in time of life on the coast of Hayling Island, a location for another fencing project aimed at protecting nesting birds, and hopefully ground flora into the bargain. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/fantastic-donation-from-bird-photographer-of-the-year monthly 0.5 2021-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627226344614-EW6TSKSEVG57IEKKJE9T/157769.jpg Blog - Fantastic Donation from Bird Photographer of the Year - Make it stand out In the past Birds on the Brink has helped albatrosses and other seabirds with funding for Hookpod. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627226997681-EBKPPD65NLC2OLIHIHO9/collection6-web.jpg Blog - Fantastic Donation from Bird Photographer of the Year - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627226363505-FIQGIEQ90GVA0554SSNZ/159351.jpg Blog - Fantastic Donation from Bird Photographer of the Year - Make it stand out In the past year, thanks to financial contributions from generous member of the public and past donations from BPOTY, Birds on the Brink-funded projects have included ones that protect nesting terns and Ringed Plovers in the UK, help conserve Egyptian Vultures in Turkey and aid Bearded Screech-owls in Guatemala. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/birds-on-the-brink-funds-totley-swift-group monthly 0.5 2021-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627227759477-LTTNPDDAR3EFJRKEAZQ6/swifts.jpg Blog - Support for the Totley Swift Group - Make it stand out Swift nest box schemes provide nest sites in urban areas where birds are excluded by modern housing. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627226015354-UUM9O0UMIKPRDYYRN8MR/totley+1.jpg Blog - Support for the Totley Swift Group - Make it stand out A Totley Swift Nestbox ready for installation by Michalel Warwiick (left ) and Lester Hartman of Peak Boxes (right). Photo ©Michael Warwick/Totley Swift Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627226215993-E2WOI6O9LPRV5TTJZ437/totley+45jpg.jpg Blog - Support for the Totley Swift Group - Make it stand out Members of the Totley Swift Group installing Nestboxes. Photo ©Michael Warwick/Totley Swift Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1627226033148-DGE5PIUKWGOPJ2BWXBKV/totley+2.jpg Blog - Support for the Totley Swift Group - Make it stand out Some of the Totley Swift Group members, from left to right: Chris Measures, Sally Goldsmith, Julie Gay and Chris Brewster. Photo ©Michael Warwick/Totley Swift Group https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/nesting-little-terns-in-norfolk monthly 0.5 2021-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1622208646277-JIL6WY3F2NQAWC0CFKR7/Little+Tern+pair+and+nest+scraping+%28002%29.jpg Blog - Nesting Little Terns in Norfolk - Make it stand out Above: Although a Little Tern’s nest is little more than a scrape, care and attention goes into the precise site selection, and the decision appears to be a joint one. Photo ©Theodore de Clermont/Norfolk Wildlife Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1622208672489-1MWKTHEQPS549CE8MOMP/Little+Tern+pair+food+display.jpg Blog - Nesting Little Terns in Norfolk - Make it stand out Above: A Little Tern pair displaying on a north Norfolk beach prior to settling down to the business of nesting. Photo ©Theodore de Clermont/Norfolk Wildlife Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1622208726934-NHDOOF5X0Q5BDQ275Z5O/Oyc+with+chick.jpg Blog - Nesting Little Terns in Norfolk - Make it stand out Above: Oystercatchers are vigilant parents and look after their growing chicks. Photo ©Theodore de Clermont/Norfolk Wildlife Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1622208803191-DR0L6ZSKVXTJ86YTDSJJ/Ringed+Plover+display.jpg Blog - Nesting Little Terns in Norfolk - Make it stand out Above: Ringed Plovers displaying prior to nesting on the north Norfolk coast. Photo ©Theodore de Clermont/Norfolk Wildlife Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1622208831018-TWSPXIWQJAVMGR9MAA5Z/eggs.jpg Blog - Nesting Little Terns in Norfolk - Make it stand out Above: The eggs of coastal-nesting birds have evolved to be camouflaged on shingle, gravel and sand, making them almost impossible for the casual observer, or beach-goer, to spot. From left to right these are: Little Tern, Oystercatcher and Ringed Plover. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1622208866471-LMUPHZ5DNVCBBJFEZI22/135743.jpg Blog - Nesting Little Terns in Norfolk - Make it stand out Above: A Little Tern nesting on the strandline of a sandy beach - a vulnerable location at the best of times. Photo ©Dr Mark Bolton/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/bearded-screech-owl-nest-box-program monthly 0.5 2021-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616836840524-KMT6D3VJAO3TWSNKK48Y/owl+1.jpg Blog - Bearded Screech-owl Nest Box Program A brown morph female Bearded Screech-owl peering out of a nest box in the Yalijux IBA. Photo ©Knut Eisermann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616836861171-Q884ELGNUO4CFISRKGXL/owl+2.jpg Blog - Bearded Screech-owl Nest Box Program Outside primary cloud forest (seen in the background), the landscape of Guatemala’s Yalijux IBA is used for corn fields, pine plantations, and secondary growth. Naturally, pine-oak forest would grow in this zone. Old-growth trees are nowadays absent because of firewood harvest and agricultural land use, causing a lack of potential nest sites for cavity nesters such as the Bearded Screech-owl. The nest box program provides nest sites for this restricted-range owl and the opportunity to study its little-known natural history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616836878589-7YGU9FFMULGPVZ28XAWJ/owl+3.jpg Blog - Bearded Screech-owl Nest Box Program A brown morph female Bearded Screech-owl peering out of a nest box in the Yalijux IBA. Photo ©Knut Eisermann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616836893792-ACF1ZBXGYB8HVR9MGKU2/owl+4.jpg Blog - Bearded Screech-owl Nest Box Program A rufous morph male Bearded Screech-owl in the Yalijux IBA. Observations of individually marked owls with leg rings in the study area provide important data on the unknown demography of this owl species. Photo ©Knut Eisermann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616836910853-QJ2HWJTV7OIK79L1FEGK/owl+5.jpg Blog - Bearded Screech-owl Nest Box Program Through an incentive program local Maya Kekchí farmers are motivated to join the nest box initiative. The photograph shows a farmer with a sufficiently large patch of pine plantation in the Yalijux IBA on his way to install a set of four nest boxes. BIRDS ON THE BRINK's support enables expansion of the nest box program. Photo ©Knut Eisermann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616836925484-I1X25FQYSFIAG53LJFYN/owl+6.jpg Blog - Bearded Screech-owl Nest Box Program Setting up a nest box in a pine plantation owned by a local farmer in the Yalijux IBA. Photo ©Knut Eisermann. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/help-for-beleaguered-nesting-ringed-plovers-on-the-hampshire-coast monthly 0.5 2021-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618758171705-CQBF9SVFQC2QVTSIWVCI/137283.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Nesting Ringed Plovers cannot tolerate sustained and repeated disturbance at the nest and if this happens then sooner or later they will desert their eggs. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618758196838-AYDD2TUR2I8KXMAO4YN7/image+1.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Hayling Island lies within easy striking distance of several large conurbations making it a popular destination for walkers and dog-walkers. This image represents a snapshot of the average canine presence and on a typical day there are likely to be many dozens of dogs present at any given moment in the vicinity of where Ringed Plovers might choose to nest. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618758145356-PUWO2GECHX7RU7EMH5PU/106003.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Ringed Plover eggs are superbly camouflaged when laid on shingle and gravel, making them really difficult to spot and vulnerable to unintended trampling. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618758219846-TAN8TUD9FKOH1TNLH0VF/129016.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Ringed Plovers are unobtrusive birds and easily overlooked by visitors to the coast. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618762971693-XI6YV9D9OMLRGCXO7VLK/164695.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Dunlin in flight at Gunner Point, having been disturbed by dog-walkers. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618758244753-IU65SM8GABAPHLHHN5LW/164654.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Scarce plants that call Hayling Island‘s stabilised shingle and sand home include Shepherd’s Cress Teesdalia nudicaulis and it is hoped species such as this may benefit in time. Photograph ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1618758262102-L0VHPEIZJVL8VQ8GH3LR/sign.jpg Blog - Help for beleaguered nesting Ringed Plovers on the Hampshire coast. Signage about the importance of Hayling Island as a winter roost for waders already exists but unfortunately goes largely unnoticed by visitors. Photograph ©Andrew Cleave/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/willow-tit-nest-box-project monthly 0.5 2021-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616833303309-635G4971CMY3T1X1EQAC/pic+2.jpg Blog - Willow Tit Nest Box Project Lyme and Wood Country Park. Photo ©Tracey Peacock/Friends of Lyme and Wood Country Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616833328244-KKOGY90QQLMUYFQBJMDN/162254.jpg Blog - Willow Tit Nest Box Project In the latest Birds of Conservation Concern report, Willow Tit Parus montanus is Red Listed, the highest level of concern, because of recent dramatic declines in the population. Currently there are estimated to be just 2,750 pairs in the UK. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1616833353333-PFUUBPPOLUG18TATFDOI/111612.jpg Blog - Willow Tit Nest Box Project A ‘natural’ nesting site for a Willow Tit is a freshly-excavated cavity in a standing dead timber. ©Frank Blackburn/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/in-focus-a-closer-look-at-european-honey-buzzard monthly 0.5 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1614267247469-Y5HXV5EKPRC2KA0MP5QI/160855.jpg Blog - In Focus - a closer look at European Honey-buzzard Migration is thirsty work and Honey-buzzards relish the opportunity for a quick drink. Coming in to land over water presents great opportunities for photographers because the birds will be underlit by reflections off the pool’s surface. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1614267650144-I1QGB656SC1CLDCY33IT/160835.jpg Blog - In Focus - a closer look at European Honey-buzzard Israel’s Arava Valley, flanked by the Eilat Mountains, is an important migration route in spring. The mountains are both an obstacle and a blessing for the birds – the east-facing flanks of the peaks warm up after first light and generate plenty of thermals. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1614267707339-XFCQU57LMP1NOIVVSS72/158201.jpg Blog - In Focus - a closer look at European Honey-buzzard During the breeding season, Honey-buzzards are associated with woodland habitats and are typically secretive and unobtrusive. They spend a lot of their time following the activity of wasps and bees in order to locate their nests. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1614267320759-BK56SX979X2LKW1Q1QM8/162504.jpg Blog - In Focus - a closer look at European Honey-buzzard Once a Honey-buzzard gets a sense that a wasp or bee nest is nearby, the hunt will be on to find it. Ground-nesting wasps can be very discrete early in the season, and birds may have to spend time on the ground to locate their prize. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1614267396257-8GDGI38B9T8YVP76VQGZ/159777.jpg Blog - In Focus - a closer look at European Honey-buzzard On migration, if you see one Honey-buzzard you are likely to see dozens if not hundreds. Early mornings are usually spent seeking thermals as the ground warms up and air rises. Once a decent thermal has been found, more and more birds arrive, circle and rise to immense heights before gliding northwards towards their breeding grounds. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/global-conservation-and-the-pandemic-mark-carwardines-way-of-thinking monthly 0.5 2021-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1613060979150-2BZ2A46R2KUCM7VM1AFF/ww+3.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic – Mark Carwardine’s way of thinking Above: Mark leading a group of enthusiastic whale-watchers in a close encounter with one of Baja California’s Gray Whales. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1613061230535-GP9V58FDJ851YO1YXNGK/mark+2.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic – Mark Carwardine’s way of thinking Above: reminders of happier times, filming for the TV series Last Chance to See with Sirocco the Kakapo and Stephen Fry (left) and Mark going solo (right). https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/egyptian-vulture-conservation-project-botb-and-the-ornithological-society-of-the-middle-east-co-funding-partnership monthly 0.5 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612777991493-O4ZR92XHXEAAMRMRTZSH/153936.jpg Blog - Egyptian Vulture Conservation Project - a BOTB and Ornithological Society of the Middle East co-funding partnership. Above: Egyptian Vultures are migrant breeders in Turkey but larger numbers pass through on migration in spring and autumn. ©Klaus Bjerre/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612774416195-EJDIDDV3PNGTTFOTNNNA/130170.jpg Blog - Egyptian Vulture Conservation Project - a BOTB and Ornithological Society of the Middle East co-funding partnership. Above: an adult Egyptian Vulture. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612774443769-BG9CIPUOL9049C3NTBFI/130177.jpg Blog - Egyptian Vulture Conservation Project - a BOTB and Ornithological Society of the Middle East co-funding partnership. Above: an immature Egyptian Vulture. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612774503973-K62UM2YLID3WFSGFH8UN/159645.jpg Blog - Egyptian Vulture Conservation Project - a BOTB and Ornithological Society of the Middle East co-funding partnership. Above: in Turkey, Egptian Vultures often nest on ledges and in caves in limestone cliffs. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/birds-on-the-brink-welcomes-its-new-ambassador-mya-bambrick monthly 0.5 2021-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612454318289-4EF8ZA5RLHY3UBUTZLXE/mya+woodpecker.jpg Blog - Birds on the Brink welcomes its new Ambassador, Mya Bambrick Above: Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Mya Bambrick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612454429015-PAFK5Z8P1PXDA881VJK8/IMG_3359.jpg Blog - Birds on the Brink welcomes its new Ambassador, Mya Bambrick Above: Starling ©Mya Bambrick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612454285182-OJYVJWTEJ5A4FYWKVEXE/mya+lapwing.jpg Blog - Birds on the Brink welcomes its new Ambassador, Mya Bambrick Above: Lapwing ©Mya Bambrick https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/global-conservation-and-the-pandemic-nepal monthly 0.5 2021-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612000165955-937KNYPGPFX8G3WDSQ9V/145639.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic - Nepal Above: I saw that iconic Himalayan wader the Ibisbill for the first time with Hem, on wintering grounds in lowland Nepal. This was the inspiration for a trek that we made one spring up the Langtang Valley to photograph the species on its high altitude breeding grounds. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612000205852-HRQNNRBAFM87V0I7EYOI/145641.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic - Nepal Above: the Langtang trek follows the course of the eponymous river and Crested Kingfishers were a familiar sight at the start. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612000120263-QI8PW75W3OO8O1MMFDIX/145597.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic - Nepal Above: as Hem and I trekked higher, Little Forktails were seen on the side streams and gulleys that feed the main river. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612000231143-2VCY3H0UKRA0AH4B566T/tesia.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic - Nepal Above: for much of its length, the Langtang Valley’s slopes are forested and home to an array of charming birds such as this Chestnut-headed Tesia. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1612000186027-VJFSA9VK4TF5HY0NHUIQ/126159.jpg Blog - Global Conservation and the Pandemic - Nepal Above: using Langtang Village as a base, Hem and I were able to find and photograph nesting Ibisbills on the braided, glacial rivers they call home. Sadly, the entire village was wiped off the face of the earth by a glacial mudslide that was triggered by the 2015 earthquake. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/red-legged-partridge monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1611420322931-UDR98FVZUP6774HHBMLK/163245.jpg Blog - Red-legged Partridge - a case of muddled status https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1611421440712-B2DEZXVCZCP3VKIZD3YD/163273.jpg Blog - Red-legged Partridge - a case of muddled status https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/sparrow-clubs monthly 0.5 2021-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1610189227963-VY0BYIPEIVTTBNHOWLXH/157569.jpg Blog - Sparrow Clubs With populations in decline across the UK, count yourself lucky if House Sparrows are among your lockdown garden residents. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1610189281662-JKYO2SOE4QWT330O6EB3/139765.jpg Blog - Sparrow Clubs The humble House Sparrow, the object of Eleanor Ormerod’s ire. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1610189252364-3OTMHQ4TGLWQNVB4UOMO/145723.jpg Blog - Sparrow Clubs Who knows whether Sparrow Club members’ efforts were restricted to House Sparrows but it would be no surprise if Tree Sparrows were also in the firing line. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1610189298633-CQ5JT943U6XR2G2989W5/163074.jpg Blog - Sparrow Clubs In the absence of an understanding of House Sparrow diet and ecology it is easy to imagine how, in the past, a flock might have been viewed as akin to a plague of locusts as it descended on a crop. Sizeable House Sparrow flocks are a thing of the past in the UK – these Spanish Sparrows in southern Europe give a flavour of the scene. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/do-wind-farms-cause-more-harm-than-good monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1609757390091-M7FGR6ONPQ3N1VHETR9B/156539.jpg Blog - Do Wind Farms do more harm than good? One of Bempton Cliff’s Gannets. The site is home to England’s only mainland colony of the species. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1609757422396-YHU84YETY5XLO3P0RGM7/162810.jpg Blog - Do Wind Farms do more harm than good? Kittiwakes congregate where the feeding is good and nowadays that can mean a round trip of more than 200km from the nesting colony. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1609757340991-APU4GFDWZ7BX1LE2SAFV/142073.jpg Blog - Do Wind Farms do more harm than good? Sand-eels are among the most important fish species in the diet of Kittiwakes, Puffins, Guillemots and Razorbills, all of which nest on the Yorkshire coast. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1609757369862-6VT0EZCYIWCBRCF3FRZH/144634.jpg Blog - Do Wind Farms do more harm than good? Outside the breeding season, Kittiwakes, including birds in their first winter, spend their lives at sea. They are the only members of their kind in the UK that merit the term ‘sea gull’. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1609757479034-Q7OUCKBVFNE2R1IP9JZ8/164171.jpg Blog - Do Wind Farms do more harm than good? Apart from when nesting, Common Swifts spend their entire lives - night and day - on the wing, making them vulnerable to collisions with wind turbine blades. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1609757455599-K6ZH2OU09CGMVPF03XPH/162813.jpg Blog - Do Wind Farms do more harm than good? 10% of the UK population of Kittiwakes nests on Bempton Cliffs. The species is classified as Red Listed in the latest Birds of Conservation Concern report because of declining numbers. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/sound-as-a-tool-in-the-study-of-small-mammals monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1608125087660-T32DXACATYRJXK4Q2H1L/160135.jpg Blog - Sound as a tool in the study of small mammals. Barn Owl diet includes an array of small mammals, including Brown Rats and various species of mice and voles. Their abundance or otherwise affects survival and breeding success in the species, along with populations of other predators of small mammals. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1608125108514-U08WJIY3QFUNO5GBN9QM/125744.jpg Blog - Sound as a tool in the study of small mammals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1608125127069-KBKJL6Z1SWQ3QZO0WSVL/145327.jpg Blog - Sound as a tool in the study of small mammals. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/avwkqv5xkh9kb2wzdfyn6ffsommluz monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1605546275067-BLPRIRT4SS0DMCDPTLCM/163008.jpg Blog - Slaughtered Vultures Vultures are nature’s clean-up crew. These Hooded Vultures, photographed in The Gambia, are frontline workers when it comes to sanitising the African environment. Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1605546226850-1VMFWYDRNXLCQSQ70D1X/163009a.jpg Blog - Slaughtered Vultures Gambian Hooded Vultures, showing an affectionate and tender side to their nature. Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1605546251616-DMPP0OOMH2PJU76QOJW8/163070.jpg Blog - Slaughtered Vultures 25 years ago, I remember Gambian skies darkening with the number of vultures on the wing. Today it is a different matter, set to get worse unless humanity can be made to appreciate the value of scavengers and the utter pointlessness of ‘traditional’ medicines that involve vulture spare parts. Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/seabird-survival-and-the-success-of-hookpod monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1605027658447-5YFTBNBYFGE6WXRJU1I8/157768.jpg Blog - Seabird Survival and the success of Hookpod Above: Buller’s Albatross is one of the smaller (relatively speaking) mollymawk albatrosses, an adept and aerobatic master of the Southern Oceans. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1605027722308-Q2VG0ITECSW37PU8YD9D/157769.jpg Blog - Seabird Survival and the success of Hookpod Above: A Northern Royal Albatross in effortless flight over heavy seas in the south Pacific. Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1605027749185-TT5OK6MJEENXADYOWYV3/159198.jpg Blog - Seabird Survival and the success of Hookpod Above: An Antipodean Albatross (one of the ‘Wandering’ group) making eye contact. Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/tubenoses-in-trouble monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1604676945277-7XNSL19CQJ7BY6IOHIVR/161116.jpg Blog - Tubenoses in Trouble Above: At one time Zino’s Petrel was feared extinct but it was saved from that fate by the pioneering work of ornithologists including two (father and son, Paul and Frank Zino) after whom the species is named. To this day, conservationists do their best to prevent predation by rats and cats and the birds have also had to contend with a devastating fire in August 2010, which killed many individuals. However, maybe there are grounds for cautious optimism that numbers are growing: on 20 July 2020 one was recorded by seabirding legend Bob Flood and a band of pelagic enthusiasts off the Isles of Scilly, the first time the species had been seen in British waters. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1604676897904-X4ASMHJ1FIRWN2POSXQH/161115.jpg Blog - Tubenoses in Trouble Above: Most tubenoses, Zino’s Petrels in particular, shun land by day and only return to their nest burrows under cover of darkness. Their ability to locate their breeding grounds, high in the mountains of Madeira and at night is an extraordinary feat. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1604676997362-UHG2KV7L0J6JSK1APSBP/162849.jpg Blog - Tubenoses in Trouble Above: Faring rather better than its Pterodroma cousins, Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis is a tubenose species that is present in good numbers in Macaronesian waters. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1604676845815-HHPGT985S28VA6M1VA1D/161090.jpg Blog - Tubenoses in Trouble Above: Tubenose seabirds such as this Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii present perhaps the ultimate challenge for photographers wanting to capture them in their element – at sea and in flight. On a rolling sea, everything is moving erratically, unpredictably and independently of one another – not just the bird, but the photographer and the boat itself. Thank goodness for modern autofocus technology. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1604677070750-L7UNO5SJXXZ77HJ9DKKJ/Birds_in_Flight_1906222915_large.jpg Blog - Tubenoses in Trouble Birds on the Brink (BOTB) receives funding and support from the international competition Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) and it was thrilling to spot that among the 2020 entries were several photos of Macaronesian tubenoses. It was particularly heart-warming to see Erik Wahlgren’s amazing image of Zino’s Petrel, which was commended and appears in the most recent BPOTY book – Collection 5. Buy the book and you will begin to appreciate the ethos of both BPOTY and BOTB – ‘Inspiring people to care about the Environment through World Class imagery’. Zino’s Petrel Photo ©Erik Wahlgren/BPOTY. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/starter-homes-for-house-martins-by-paul-sterry monthly 0.5 2020-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1602161867161-O5EDZ3CTQJM1WQX3MRF1/house+martin+2.jpg Blog - Starter Homes for House Martins. Above: There’s a clue in the name (apparently coined by the naturalist Gilbert White in 1767) and few British birds are so intimately associated with human occupancy as the House Martin. This migrant summer visitor to the UK spends the winter in sub-Saharan Africa, and returns to build its diagnostic cup-shaped nest under the eaves of buildings during April and May. Building a nest of mud is a time- and energy-consuming process and installing artificial nestboxes gives them a valuable head start in the breeding stakes. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1602162112601-ZSWCZGHWJCX8RTB5E93D/house+martin+1.jpg Blog - Starter Homes for House Martins. Above: Like all migrant birds, House Martins are subject to the vagaries and extremes of weather as they move between wintering grounds in Africa and breeding territories in Britain and Europe. This particular flock of tired spring migrants was ‘downed’ by a prolonged period of strong winds and torrential rain. There is an irony to the fact that they were photographed, huddled under a bridge, on the Greek island of Lesvos where a human migrant crisis is being played out. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1602162802100-3HHO3IISUFGGD0RCJEUP/house+martin+4.jpg Blog - Starter Homes for House Martins. Above: In the vicinity of breeding colonies, the twittering flight call of the House Martin is a familiar sound. Sadly, the birds have all-but abandoned my neighbourhood, despite attempts on my part to attract them back. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/a-lockdown-perspective-by-david-lindo monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1600855334543-VD2IHG05R6U8EN64YH85/156340.jpg Blog - A Lockdown Perspective, by David Lindo Our appreciation of nature, and indeed our awareness of the need for conservation, begins at home. Photos: main image ©Rob Read/Nature Photographers Ltd; inset David Lindo ©Susana Sanroman. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/vultures-in-nepal-a-2020-update monthly 0.5 2020-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598708691790-HJS9OSZJCZL1WZ4SDHCX/Himalayan+Vulture_Juvenile-2547.jpg Blog - Vultures in Nepal, a 2020 update Above: A juvenile Himalayan Vulture. Photograph © Dr Tulsi Subedi/Himalayan Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598709046849-HSSBPNU8E7UGYP9F9A2P/Bearded+Vulture2-0769.jpg Blog - Vultures in Nepal, a 2020 update Above: Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier). Photograph © Dr Tulsi Subedi/Himalayan Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598708778509-3ND04NOH4W35M0TU64PZ/White-rumped+Vulture_Juvenile-5920.jpg Blog - Vultures in Nepal, a 2020 update Above: White-rumped Vulture. Photograph © Dr Tulsi Subedi/Himalayan Nature https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/why-the-world-needs-vultures-by-paul-sterry-1 monthly 0.5 2020-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598532106654-5GZ332JQ2PKCPZI8OD1X/163009.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: Hooded Vultures displaying an affectionate side to their nature, with a spot of mutual-preening. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598532265715-IG6HUZFW0ROAKHOZJFC2/130096.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: A Black (Cinereous) Vulture patrolling the skies in anticipation above Bikaner Body Dump. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598532616605-27IQYAW1NSUY7ZWGNRBV/bikaner.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: Waiting for the hide-skinners to complete their grisly work, a Eurasian Griffon Vulture (left) and Black (Cinereous) Vulture (right) wait their turn. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598532799951-GNHSZRJH56OJWS1G486S/163070.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: Once common and widespread across the continent of Africa, Hooded Vulture numbers have plummeted in recent decades. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598532880744-AHDGCYXXBVS9NCJK5HBU/163008.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: Some of the lucky ones: Hooded Vultures at a feeding station in The Gambia. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598532950009-HD4I0W5QKQE9RAWY5GCU/137589.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: A Eurasian Griffon Vulture, still locally common in the Iberian Peninsula, but under threat nevertheless. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1598533038333-CUWL2BFUCQ6CL0A2ZH4L/163481.jpg Blog - Why the World needs Vultures Above: The Palm-nut Vulture is an unusual and atypical member of the clan. As the name suggests, it feeds primarily on palm fruits and other plant material, although it will scavenge dead fish and other small animals in hard times. As a result of its diet, it appears not to be affected in the same way as other African vultures. © Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/cuckoos-galore monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596969791566-CJNICDHGS293UMSSI2SM/164179+%281%29.jpg Blog - Cuckoos Galore! ‘My’ Hampshire Cuckoo, about to land on his favourite song perch. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596969864225-KTD2H98QS09K9YS1YZKB/164205.jpg Blog - Cuckoos Galore! ‘My’ Hampshire Cuckoo patrolling his territory. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596969955670-2JOPYRXL2ADJF3ON84AI/161589.jpg Blog - Cuckoos Galore! In my neck of the woods, the Dunnock is the most likely host for nest-parasitic Cuckoos. Elsewhere, with other host species such as Reed Warblers, Cuckoos at least make an attempt to mimic the eggs of their benefactors. Not so with Dunnocks as can be seen in this photo, which shows a Dunnock’s egg on the left and a Cuckoo egg laid in the same nest on the right. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/its-been-a-good-year-for-butterflies monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596969306758-SU4ALQRHVJ7YSSKZZK8G/140091.jpg Blog - It's been a good year for butterflies Grassland-breeding species such as this Ringlet seem to have fared particularly well this year, with a longer flight period than I can ever recall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596969375419-UID1FUL0LS7MSG16F0RC/141633.jpg Blog - It's been a good year for butterflies White Admiral, a splendid denizen of Pamber Forest near where I live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596969405053-MVJUNAR4B4V0YM94X7LM/140107.jpg Blog - It's been a good year for butterflies The Comma has two broods a year, and the species’ unusually marked caterpillar can be found feeding on the leaves of Common Nettle and Hops in north Hampshire. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/lundy-killing-in-the-name-of-conservation monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596968781114-YMDX1UG4XYPAA8NGQF3D/143511.jpg Blog - Lundy, Seabirds and Rats - Killing in the name of conservation Manx Shearwaters spend their UK days at sea and only return to land under cover of darkness. 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No longer troubled by predatory rats, they are thriving. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/raptor-persecution-in-lockdown monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596967969539-M425UX59GIIOFL9ILC8F/155874.jpg Blog - Raptor Persecution in Lockdown An aerobatic Red Kite. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596968028380-KB784FP8NWKEDEBY96PC/133333.jpg Blog - Raptor Persecution in Lockdown A Common Buzzard feeding on carrion. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1596968086553-2FZ7Q3U3HZFU7854F5TT/162970.jpg Blog - Raptor Persecution in Lockdown Short-eared Owls were among the lockdown fallen. ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/hookpodtalk-wildlife monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/hxa5wdttg1dxjva7t7q1e456o61f24 monthly 0.5 2020-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1589269731634-8WSNYTOCSMVTCTQJP6UH/Croudacesite03.jpg Blog - Policies without transparency don't work A typical example of how ‘No Net Loss’ was applied in practice. Measures were supposed to have been taken to protect amphibians but as you can see the protective barriers and fencing has come down…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1589269848824-LD3ZBPGIQIQ2OM9PPNNJ/Croudacesite04.jpg Blog - Policies without transparency don't work ….the development itself and the road carrying site traffic is just a few metres away. This particular initiative undoubtedly resulted in biodiversity loss. Copyright Andrew Cleave. https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/we-need-buildings-with-spaces-for-nature monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588857354485-CPA777C88ENWNKWIC98T/137887.jpg Blog - We need buildings with spaces for nature House Martins (Flying Orcas) Copyright P. Sterry/NPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588857443298-M5QDN642S9FE4Y2GM985/164170.jpg Blog - We need buildings with spaces for nature Swifts. Copyright P. Sterry/NPL https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/wildlife-in-a-time-of-coronavirus monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588320707452-634CD17F9TVYGS2DAKGZ/Screenshot+.png Blog - Wildlife in a time of Coronavirus Felled during lockdown in the village of Little London, this once magnificent English Oak was killed, in true ‘cowboy’ fashion on a Saturday thereby further reducing the chances of being challenged by officialdom. It posed no health and safety threat and was in perfect health – I knew it while it was alive. It was also home to nesting Great Spotted Woodpeckers, and most likely bats too at the time of its destruction. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588320345363-GBN7OP7G0LJO9V494JFT/117133.jpg Blog - Wildlife in a time of Coronavirus Lago Mamirauá during the high-water season when much of the rainforest bordering the rivers and tributaries is inundated, and water levels are 10-12 metres higher than in the low-water season. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588320405927-2CT1LB8T5RLUFCCCQVVO/113378.jpg Blog - Wildlife in a time of Coronavirus Even as far back as the late 1980s and early ‘90s when I spent time in the Amazon, deforestation was a conspicuous problem. On the left, tree-felling in the forests of Lago Mamirauá undertaken by the local caboclo community, the timber used for canoes, house-construction and the like. On the right, industrial-scale forest destruction near Manaus for ranching and palm-oil production. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/buzzards monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588234080225-ZS2B73Q2PNCZECCYNAE8/135758.jpg Blog - Why I owe Buzzards Caption: A Carrion Crow, a case of mistaken identity on the part of ‘little Lowen’s’ father. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1588234132187-NV9JGVFUPO5Q67ZNFSDY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Why I owe Buzzards Caption: A Common Buzzard soaring over West County uplands, a source of inspiration for James Lowen, both in youth and in adulthood. Photo ©Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/migrants-in-peril monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587976101251-LS1SI7QJADNHRR92YB5O/133859.jpg Blog - Migrants in peril? Willow Warblers spend the winters mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and usually reach Britain in early- to late-April. Their breeding range extends well into the Arctic. Copyright Paul Sterry/NPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587976135000-WQWL656MGW3NEAAM9GC6/129516.jpg Blog - Migrants in peril? This image shows huddled, sheltering House Martins, 'downed' by torrential rain and hail storms in mid-April on Lesvos. Sadly, most of the birds died overnight. Copyright Paul Sterry/NPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587976154703-F5CKU4U4XHWDYE2K3ZYX/143323.jpg Blog - Migrants in peril? Swifts spend the winter months in Africa, battling increasingly unpredictable weather conditions to return to the UK in spring. On arrival, they face disastrously depleted food supplies (there’s been a catastrophic decline in flying insect numbers in the airspace over intensively farmed land, for example) and increasingly sanitised house roof spaces that limits their breeding options. Copyright Paul Sterry/NPL https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/trustee-paul-sterry-on-talk-wildlife monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/the-log-from-the-sea-of-cortez-from-a-2020-perspective monthly 0.5 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484241132-JY46W93TZ8CHLMUFY8FR/163797.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective An abiding memory from previous trips to Baja were of course the Gray Whales, and I was looking forward to renewing our acquaintance. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587483997770-KP8RU28Z0NPFM65HF48N/163782.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective Set against a backdrop of downtown San Diego, a Great Blue Heron surveys a scene that appears awash with money. But like cities the world over, there are alternative versions of reality not always immediately in evidence. At this particular spot, behind the camera – quite literally – were rows of motorhomes. Some of the owners were those climatic migrants known in the US as ‘snowbirds’ – people who flee harsh winters in northern latitudes in favour of sunshine states like California. However, also among them were people for whom their motorhome was their only home. 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In many situations around the world it is easy to be cynical about the virtues of ecotourism because so often it turns out to be just plain tourism exploiting wildlife. But here the whales really do benefit from the visitors who provide income directly to their local guardians; this is probably as close as it gets to genuine ecotourism. But you have to wonder what life has been like for the locals, in these times of isolation and the temporary death of tourism. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484811817-55W5SH74PV5TKKTAK3NW/gray+whale.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective It is easy to assume that apart from hunting by indigenous people in their Arctic feeding grounds, and running the gauntlet of predatory Orcas on migration, all’s well once more in the world of Gray Whales. However, Mark’s inside and in-depth knowledge informed me that at the Mexican State and National levels there are mutterings about wanting to use the whale’s breeding havens for salt production on an industrial scale. Once again, there is a danger that a few people’s greed will translate into environmental contempt and ecological disaster. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484855383-M25M0MBQA95LIRLOJ3VH/whale+watchers.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective For some visitors to Baja – not our group I hasten to add - the whole ‘touching a whale’ experience probably starts life as just another a bucket-list item, one to be ticked off alongside visiting Venice or driving Route 66. But, however shallow the motives, almost everyone finds these encounters moving, almost beyond words. Hopefully these cetacean ambassadors have converted more than a few indifferent visitors into ardent conservationists. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484423585-RMJQBWKPNTCH6V2FJNKA/163813.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective Rounding the tip of Baja you enter the Sea of Cortez and pass through areas where Humpbacks congregate. Renowned for their seemingly playful behaviour, flipper-slapping is among the most entertaining of the antics in their repertoire. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484296591-RV4AZRL8T11PCYZBRKW7/163810.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective From time to time, we encountered pods of Common Dolphins and fortunately for us on most occasions they showed great interest in the Spirit of Adventure, often riding alongside or bow-riding for minutes on end. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484147425-7VH5FM6N0PVM20EPFU5Q/163793.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective Most people’s encounters with Brown Pelicans are land-based and it is easy to think of them as rather clumsy, almost comical birds. But see them in their element – the open ocean - and their mastery of wind and wave, not to mention their fishing abilities, casts them in an entirely different light. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484690386-GP4SC66X0ALGCRJRHON5/163824.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective Approaching the southern tip of Baja California, our seabird encounters took on a tropical flavour with species such as Masked Booby (left) making an appearance. Entering the Sea of Cortez proper, Yellow-footed Gull, a Baja endemic, was a highlight. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484728487-W0MGX2B9C7H8V1K9XGSY/164174.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective The Sea of Cortez is one of the most reliable places on earth to see Blue Whales and no trip to Baja would be complete without seeing these leviathans. Fortunately, on our adventure we had several prolonged encounters. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484931681-7HSRVCRW0J3TC443B9BP/whale+shark.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective Taken with a GoPro camera and the invaluable assistance of local guide Hernando, this Whale Shark was photographed in protected waters off La Paz. Hunted elsewhere, here at least they are worth more alive (driving ecotourism) than dead. As an aside, the Spanish given name Hernando translates as explorer, and was the familiar name used by Hernán Cortés aka Cortez, the conquistador after whom the eponymous sea is named. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587484762243-HEZEJMT3Y2N478FPVRWO/arty+dolphins.jpg Blog - The Log from the Sea of Cortez: from a 2020 perspective I had an abiding memory from my previous trips to Baja of ‘superpods’ of Common Dolphins. It was reassuring to encounter them again and they provided hours of photographic fun, with plenty of opportunities to play with the creative side of digital photography. Copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/as-nature-suffers-so-do-we monthly 0.5 2020-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587390834173-QZ6UIXNIH1N6A0347JFT/GP01K91_PressMedia.jpg Blog - As nature suffers, so do we Areas like this are deforested the Amazon to grow soya, which is exported around the world, primarily to feed chickens. © Greenpeace / Rodrigo Baléia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1587389587659-SWYXS6VQ3H6S68JI60B0/palmoil.jpg Blog - As nature suffers, so do we A palm oil plantation in Indonesia Papua. Photo by Mighty Earth. 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It hardly needs pointing out that dogs are significant factors in the disturbance and destruction of ground-nesting birds, and the success or otherwise of their breeding attempts. Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd https://www.birdsonthebrink.co.uk/blog/8j2lbek3ztec9koxsg2f5spb64kas7 monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdee7a86e30c30001c9637b/1586344069654-DQW5OW10D1I3JDMLV9K1/162522-2.jpg Blog - The Tree Muggers Chiffchaff - copyright Paul Sterry/Nature Photographers Ltd A territorial Chiffchaff is a bold and easy-to-recognise songster. However, like all nesting birds when its nest is threatened it becomes secretive making it difficult to observe and its nest near-impossible to find. 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