News

Conservation Leadership Programme - update by Robyn Dalzen

"The summer is winding down here in the northern hemisphere, and what a busy summer it has been", tells Robyn Dalzen - CLP Executive Manager.

Race against the clock to save Zino’s Petrel

Staff from SPEA (BirdLife in Portugal) and the Parque Natural da Madeira – PNM keep working to restore the areas destroyed by the forest fires.

Europe and Central Asia

Spatial Ecology At Sea: Opportunities and Challenges for Seabird Marine Protected Areas

World Seabird Conference workshop abstract by: Ben Lascelles – BirdLife International; Gary Langham – Audubon California; Rob Ronconi – Dalhousie; Jim Reid – Joint Nature Conservancy Council.

From hotspots to Protected Areas ‚Äê moving forward on marine habitat conservation for seabirds

World Seabird Conference workshop abstract by: Ben Lascelles – BirdLife International; Gary Langham – Audubon California; Rob Ronconi – Dalhousie; Jim Reid – Joint Nature Conservancy Council.

The conservation and scientific benefits of global databases of seabird tracking

World Seabird Conference workshop abstract by Cleo Small and Phil Taylor from BirdLife’s Global Seabird Programme, and Scott Shaffer, Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University.

Largest seabird event ever aims high

The world's foremost experts on albatrosses, penguins, and other marine birds are meeting in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada, this week for the largest seabird event ever held. With seabirds becoming increasingly threatened and at a faster rate globally than all other species-groups of birds, delegates will be discussing the urgent need for conservation action, and are setting their sights high.

New Site Support Group established in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (BirdLife in Ethiopia) has established a new Site Support Group at in the Central Rift Valley around the Abijata Shalla Lakes National Park with funds obtained from NABU (BirdLife in Germany).

Africa

The Global Procellariiform Tracking Database

World Seabird Conference poster abstract by Phil Taylor - BirdLife International.

Worldwide

The IUCN Red List process, and how you can help

World Seabird Conference workshop poster abstract by Andy Symes (BirdLife International) and Orea Anderson (RSPB; BirdLife in the UK).

Worldwide

The BirdLife International Seabird Foraging Range Database

World Seabird Conference workshop poster abstract by Ben Lascelles (BirdLife International.

Worldwide

World Seabird Colony Register Workshop

World Seabird Conference workshop abstract by Ben Lascelles, David Irons, Scott Hatch, Susan Waugh.

Worldwide

Gadfly Petrel Conservation Group Poster

World Seabird Conference poster abstract by Ben Lascelles (BirdLife International).

Worldwide

White-tailed Eagles poisoned in Denmark

For the first time in almost a century a pair of White-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla bred in the Danish island of Funen, but tragically the birds were found dead at the end of June.

Europe and Central Asia

Bird Migration on the Bihar Plain in Hungary - Video

A new documentary film entitled 'Bird Migration on the Bihar Plain' has been produced by the Wings Over Wetlands demonstration project team in Hungary. The film documents the importance of the Bihar Plains as a breeding, wintering and stop-over area for hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds, highlighting the role played by the fishponds found in the area as a source of food and as an important place for the birds to rest during their often long and arduous journeys.

Conservation gets personal - BirdLife's August 2010 Round Up

“Conservation is all about what each of us can do personally to help”, said Richard Grimmett - BirdLife’s Assistant Director of Conservation...

Worldwide

BCST supporting a Local Conservation Group

Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST. BirdLife in Thailand) recently brought members and birders to survey birds at public land near Bornok village in Prachuab Khirikhan Province, 300 km south of Bangkok

Following the migration of White Storks

Natuurpunt (BirdLife in Belgium) is tracking migrating White Stork Ciconia ciconia on their route to Spain and West Africa.

Europe and Central Asia

Albatross Task Force Diaries – Argentina

A blog from Nahuel Chavez from BirdLife's Albatross Task Force based in Argentina. At this time of year the strong winds and snow that blow from the south make our work much more complicated. Read about how Nahuel gathered up around 40 Cape Petrel during a snow storm in his slippers to safely release them back to sea.

Americas