the home of birding http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website 2008-11-21T04:17:43+01:00 text/html 2008-11-20T15:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2096/32/ [Thursday 20 November 2008] A new website has been launched that allows nature lovers to record their bird and wildlife sightings directly onto maps of north-east England. text/html 2008-11-20T09:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2090/28/ Hilltrek is giving away one of its Assynt Cotton Analogy jacklets. It is a full-length traditionally styled jacket designed for country life and smart enough to wear anywhere. text/html 2008-11-18T17:06:51+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2088/32/ [Tuesday 18 November 2008] Scientists working on micro air vehicles (MAVs) have developed a robotic hummingbird to study the dynamics of hovering. text/html 2008-11-14T00:01:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2070/32/ [Friday 14 November 2008] The RSPB has expressed dismay at EU plans to sever the link between Common Agricultural Policy payments and wildlife protection laws. text/html 2008-11-13T16:04:51+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2069/32/ [Thursday November 13 2008] The RSPB has asked the public to lend their support to a campaign against the Planning Bill, saying it is their last chance to avoid losing their voice on environmentally damaging developments. text/html 2008-11-10T16:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2062/32/ [Monday 10 November 2008] A pair of Whooper Swans have flown into Martin Mere WWT with a record number of nine cygnets. text/html 2008-11-10T01:01:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2056/32/ [Monday 10 November 2008] The government is not doing enough to protect threatened wildlife in England and the UK Overseas Territories, warns the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) today. This warning has been echoed by the RSPB, Europe’s largest wildlife conservation charity. text/html 2008-11-07T16:30:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2050/32/ [Friday 7 November 2008] A project to remove rats from Lundy has seen numbers of the burrow-nesting seabird it set out to save more than triple. text/html 2008-11-06T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2042/32/ [Thursday 6th November] The government has revealed that the populations of some countryside birds fell last year to their lowest levels since 1970. On 31 October DEFRA published data revealing further declines in the overall numbers of farmland birds across both England and the wider UK. text/html 2008-11-05T17:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2041/32/ [Wednesday 5 November 2008] The world record for the number of bird species seen in one year has been broken by two birders from north Wales. text/html 2008-11-04T12:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2036/32/ [Tuesday 4 October 2008] Controversial plans to develop a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, into “the world’s best golf course” have been given the go-ahead by the Scottish Government. text/html 2008-11-04T11:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2034/28/ text/html 2008-11-03T14:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2029/32/ [Monday 3 November 2008] The Bolivian conservation organisation Asociación Armonía, with the support of the American Bird Conservancy and the World Land Trust (US), has created the world’s first protected area for Blue-throated Macaw, a Critically Endangered species whose population is estimated at just 300 birds. text/html 2008-11-03T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2022/150/ This is a selection of events taking place across Britain and Ireland in December 2008. It features a daily diary of events, events repeated throughout the month, courses/workshops and optical demonstration. text/html 2008-11-03T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2025/150/ This is a selection of events taking place across Britain and Ireland in January 2009. It features a daily diary of events, events repeated throughout the month, courses/workshops and optical demonstration. text/html 2008-11-02T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2016/32/ [Sunday 2 November 2008] The Eagle Owl deserves a place on the British Ornithologists' Union's 'full' list of bird species, according to the results of the latest online poll conducted by Birdwatch. text/html 2008-11-01T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2013/32/ [Saturday 1 November 2008] The endangered Wetar Ground-dove, one of the world’s least known birds, has been rediscovered on the island after which it is named, says UK charity Columbidae Conservation. text/html 2008-10-31T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2009/32/ [Friday 31 October 2008] A record number of bird species bred at Minsmere, Suffolk this year, despite a poor breeding season for some species, reports the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. text/html 2008-10-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2012/32/ [Friday 31 October 2008] The Harapan Rainforest project in Sumatra will be having a visit from HRH The Prince of Wales this Sunday. He will see how logged rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra is being protected and restored. text/html 2008-10-30T01:00:00+01:00 http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/2007/32/ [Thursday 30 October 2008] Seabirds breeding in the far north of the UK have had one of their worst ever breeding season’s according to figures released by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.