More than 5,000 Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwings were counted at a major migration stop-over in Turkmenistan in autumn 2025. The record high offers rare good news for the species and highlights the importance of key staging sites.

Zitting Cisticola has bred in Britain for the first time, with the record confirmed at Walberswick NNR, Suffolk, in August 2025. A singing male was joined by a second bird, and by 22 August both were seen feeding at least four fledged juveniles – the first proven nesting of this warbler in Britain. The landmark record follows recent first breeding confirmations of Glossy Ibis and Blyth's Reed Warbler, highlighting rapid shifts in Britain's avian landscape.

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Environmentalists worry that the post-Brexit legislation will allow the destruction of rare and fragile ecosystems