UK birds – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:03:42 +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 UK birds – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 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 Birds of Conservation Concern http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/12/03/birds-of-conservation-concern/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-of-conservation-concern Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:05:50 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45556 From British Trust for Ornithology, British Ornithologists’ Union and British Birds The fifth edition of Birds of Conservation Concern (BoCC) has been published. Undertaken every five years, BoCC covers the population status of birds regularly … Read more

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]]> 45556 Climate change and the UK’s birds http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/22/climate-change-and-the-uks-birds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-change-and-the-uks-birds http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/22/climate-change-and-the-uks-birds/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:30:11 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45527 From BirdGuides A newly published study from the British Trust for Ornithology indicates that many of the UK’s seabird populations including that of the Atlantic puffin could plunge by as much as 90% by 2050 … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/22/climate-change-and-the-uks-birds/feed/ 2 45527 Garden bird feeders are boosting blue tit numbers – but leaving other species hungry http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/05/28/garden-bird-feeders-are-boosting-blue-tit-numbers-but-leaving-other-species-hungry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=garden-bird-feeders-are-boosting-blue-tit-numbers-but-leaving-other-species-hungry http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/05/28/garden-bird-feeders-are-boosting-blue-tit-numbers-but-leaving-other-species-hungry/#comments Fri, 28 May 2021 09:44:07 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45072 From The Conversation We’ve filled feeders with seeds and nuts since many of us were children and loved seeing which birds arrive. And, we’re not alone – around half of all UK households do the … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/05/28/garden-bird-feeders-are-boosting-blue-tit-numbers-but-leaving-other-species-hungry/feed/ 2 45072 The State of the UK’s Birds 2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/01/14/the-state-of-the-uks-birds-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-state-of-the-uks-birds-2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/01/14/the-state-of-the-uks-birds-2020/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=44732 From BTO The State of UK’s Birds reports have provided an annual overview of the status of breeding and non-breeding bird species in the UK and its Overseas Territories since 1999. This year’s report highlights … Read more

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