The 14 UK’s Overseas Territories harbour more than 30 species of nesting bird that are facing global extinction, 20 of which are endemic. Due to the worldwide importance of these territories for unique wildlife – and the fact that the fate of these species is undeniably a UK responsibility – the RSPB is challenging the […]
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Critically Endangered Yellow-eared Parakeet in major breeding success
After eight years of work in Tolima, the International project to save the critically endangered Yellow-eared parrot (The Ognorhynchus Project) has achieved two unprecedented records: the finding of 52 Yellow-eared Parrot active nests in April, and of 132 chicks between May and June. This is a major milestone for a bird that was down to […]
Oystercatchers dyed yellow – Help track their movements.
More than 100 Oystercatchers from the Burry Inlet have been dyed yellow as part of a tracking project run by the Countryside Council for Wales and the British Trust for Ornithology. A team of ornithologists spent a day at Whiteford Burrows National Nature Reserve, in the Gower, catching, ringing, and marking the birds, by dyeing […]