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In breeding plumage, the adult of the European subspecies has a black upper part with some white squares. The head and hindneck are grey, and the sides have white and black stripes. Most of the throat is black, giving this bird the name "black-throated loon".
When researcher Nika Paposhvili unexpectedly discovered a population of Velvet Scoters in a location where the bird was thought to be extinct, it launched an urgent project to safeguard the future of the species - one that involved the whole community.
The European Turtle-dove - a familiar and beloved bird widespread in culture and folklore - is now Vulnerable to extinction. But not everyone is listening to its cry for help. Discover the threats it faces and the action underway to protect it in our free webinar on Wednesday 11th August, 14:30 CET.
Give someone a fish, they’ll eat for a day. Restore someone’s bay, they’ll eat for the rest of their life.
Another month, another seabird.
‘Scarybird’, a kind of kite that can be attached to fishing gear, prevents Northern Gannets, gulls, and shearwaters from coming too close to fishing vessels that might otherwise catch them.
Meet the first two Common Cranes ever to be born in Belgium.
Restoring nature is a marvellous thing. It’s great for wildlife, of course, but it’s also highly beneficial to human beings.
The EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy, published at the end of 2020, plans for a 25-fold increase in offshore wind capacity by 2050, together with a significant deployment of wave, tidal, thermal, and other marine renewable energy.
Business as usual and mass funding of nature destruction under new European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund
BirdLife Europe, together with partners in Cyprus and the University of Exeter, is working to understand and address the incidental catch of vulnerable species across the island.