Top News – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Sun, 26 May 2024 12:54:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 https://i1.wp.com/www.birdsontheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birds-on-the-Edge-logo.png?fit=32%2C32 Top News – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 Annual Chough report 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2024/05/26/annual-chough-report-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annual-chough-report-2023 Sun, 26 May 2024 12:28:11 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=47147 Background Red-billed choughs are considered a rare species in the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and north west France and, until recently, were classified as locally extinct in the Channel Islands. Changes in agricultural practices … Read more

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]]> 47147 Chough report – June 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2024/02/13/chough-report-june-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-june-2023 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:11:18 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=47068 By Charlotte Dean Our sincere apologies for the delays in circulating monthly reports. We hope to start catching up. Wild weather It’s that season again when the chough team make arrangements with Ronez Quarry to … Read more

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]]> 47068 Channel Islands bird list updated http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/08/11/channel-islands-bird-list-updated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=channel-islands-bird-list-updated Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:16:01 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46784 Working list of Channel Islands birds to December 2022 Each year we update the list of all the bird species recorded in the (British) Channel Islands of Jersey (including Les Écréhous and Les Minquiers), Guernsey … Read more

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]]> 46784 Chough report – May 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/08/07/chough-report-may-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-may-2023 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:39:17 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46766 By Charlotte Dean Brand new hatches The chough team have been racing against the (breeding) season, trying to repair the aviary. The large holes that were in the tops of the aviary’s netting are now … Read more

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]]> 46766 Chough report – March 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/05/22/chough-report-march-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-march-2023 Mon, 22 May 2023 11:38:33 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46564 By Charlotte Dean Ronez Quarry chough activity update As Ronez Quarry provides perfect nesting sites for the choughs, we have a great understanding with the owners in regard to ‘our’ choughs. Our chough team may … Read more

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]]> 46564 Almost half of all UK bird species in decline http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/04/21/almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:41:44 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46533 Bird populations in the U.K. continue to freefall as the government moves further away from achieving its own targets to protect nature From RareBirdAlert Between 2015 and 2020 almost half of all bird species declined, … Read more

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]]> 46533 Campaign to create Seabird Reserve moves to next stage http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/22/campaign-to-create-seabird-reserve-moves-to-next-stage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=campaign-to-create-seabird-reserve-moves-to-next-stage Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:45:38 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46505 A campaign by Birds On The Edge to save the Island’s much loved puffin by the creation of a Seabird Reserve has moved a step closer with the submission of a planning application for a … Read more

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]]> 46505 March volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/08/march-volunteer-activity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=march-volunteer-activity-2 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:47:03 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46479 Sunday 13th March 2023 – White Rock, Rozel, Trinity 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Come and help us manage some scrub on the headland of White Rock, above Rozel. Gorse has started to encroach … Read more

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]]> 46479 February volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/02/08/february-volunteer-activity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-volunteer-activity-2 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:40:13 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46464 Sunday 12th February 2023 – Grantez, St Ouen 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Field cricket habitat restoration at Grantez. Due to the depletion of heathlands and grasslands, field crickets are now some of the … Read more

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]]> 46464 Jersey’s 22nd annual Great Garden Birdwatch – 4th and 5th February 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/01/30/jerseys-22nd-annual-great-garden-birdwatch-4th-and-5th-february-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jerseys-22nd-annual-great-garden-birdwatch-4th-and-5th-february-2023 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:18:51 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46435 Counting birds in the garden for a good cause, as well as for fun By Andrew Koester, Survey coordinator and Glyn Young The Action for Wildlife Jersey and Birds On The Edge annual Great Garden … Read more

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