RSPB press release: Lack of food driving loss of Arctic skuas Arctic skuas could become extinct as a breeding species in the UK a new study by the RSPB’s Centre for Conservation Science, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, has revealed. The study found that the main driver of an 81% population decline is…
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Celebrity women speakers at the Bird Fair – who you want.
I asked you on this blog just over a week ago, who would be your preferred female celebrity speakers at the Bird Fair if some male speakers were to make way in the interest of gender balance. 290 of you responded (although there were some ‘don’t knows’ and some ‘don’t cares’). Some of you responded…
Your favourite male Bird Fair celebrity speakers – what you want.
A growing area of interest and concern is the representation of female speakers at events, on panels etc. This applies to the annual Bird Fair at Rutland Water just as it does to other events. The Bird Fair took place over three days the weekend before last. If there is to be a better, more…
Guest blog: pesticides and farmland birds by Gerald Collini
Gerald Collini was an arable agronomist for 43 years. For the latter 33 years he worked independently. The declining numbers of some farm land birds and a possible contributing factor? Several recent European and home studies suggest that insecticides may be implicated? The 1970s and the start of intensive arable farming appears to…
Bird Fair – favourite things
I’ve closed the questionnaire on Bird Fair speakers – watch this space. But one of the questions asked was ‘What was your favourite moment of the 2018 Bird Fair?’. Here are lists of answers for men and women separately. I’ve tabulated the answers that scored more than one mention from each gender. This has to…