Dec 23, 2024 · From 1 January, several taxa will receive updated rarity levels, reflecting changes in status and distribution. Changes to the BirdGuides news service in 2025 will include the downgrading of Baikal Teal, White-winged Scoter, Brown Booby and Scopoli's Shearwater to Rare, and Common Crane, Great Shearwater and Cory's Shearwater to Local. Tundra Bean Goose will also be upgraded to Scarce ...

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Apr 12, 2024 · The results from this year's RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch have been announced, with nearly 10 million birds reported by more than 600,000 participants. House Sparrow retains its position as most-recorded species for another year, ranked by average count per garden, followed by Blue Tit, Common Starling, Woodpigeon and Blackbird. A total of 80 species were logged in UK gardens during the annual ...

Oct 29, 2024 · England is experiencing an influx of Hawfinch, with a large volume of sightings of the species occurring during the second half of October. In a not dissimilar fashion to the historic Hawfinch influx of 2017-18, birds have been recorded at a vast number of sites – approaching 200 – during the last couple of weeks. Typically for the …

Oct 18, 2024 · Ornithologists are working to merge the three most widely used global avian checklists into a unified list of the world's bird species. The Working Group on Avian Checklists (WGAC) is leading efforts to produce and maintain a single, authoritative global checklist of bird species that will unify the three main global taxonomies, currently produced by …

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Mar 8, 2021 · Three Cardueline finches can be seen throughout much of Britain and Ireland, but numbers of each are in decline, with all three Red-listed as Birds of Conservation Concern, so seeing any of them will brighten up a day's birding.

Dec 30, 2024 · For the first time, the RSPB has launched an interactive map showing the whereabouts of its satellite-tagged Hen Harriers. The map shows the movements of tagged birds between 2014 and October 2024. In total, the interactive database includes the fates of 178 of the 226 harriers tagged so far. Some dead harriers are not included as they are subject to ongoing police investigations.

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