17 Jul 2017
Mystery of birds’ movements at sea solved Gareth Brede, Senior Media Officer E-mail: gareth.brede@rspb.org.uk New research reveals unprecedented insights into where British and Irish breeding seabirds go when they’re not on land, providing critical information to inform future management of UK seas post-Brexit The five year project GPS-tracked over 1300 breeding seabirds of four species from […]
07 Nov 2016
Seabird Monitoring programme – Since 1986, 25 species of seabird that breed at colonies in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands have been monitored annually by the Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP). This work is co-ordinated by JNCC in partnership with 18 other organisations and hundreds of volunteers. Britain and Ireland Population Trends […]
03 May 2016
There are a number of worrying trends in the breeding success of northern seabirds, including puffins and kittiwakes that may well be linked to major changes in the marine food webs. Three articles highlighting the changes to northern seas and the impact on seabirds 1. They are called seabirds for a reason – Adam Nicholson Save […]
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