Ravens use wild boars as ‘first tasters’ to assess the safety of a foraging site. Unfamiliar and unpredictable situations can be risky for scavengers. Rave

Abstract. Rapid urbanization is a major driver of global change, making it increasingly important to understand how wildlife persists in highly transformed

Urbanisation is a globally increasing phenomenon with diverse impacts on biodiversity. Interest in how urbanisation affects raptors is growing because, as top predators, they can be used as bioindicat...

Booking is open for The Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group (NIRSG) conference taking place this Saturday (22 February 2025) at the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen. NIRSG-Conference-2025-Meet-the-Sp…

Please only complete this survey once. We are asking about data collected professionally, not as a citizen scientist. For any questions email cmcclure@peregrinefund.org

ABSTRACT. Most raptor populations are declining and nearly a fifth are threatened with extinction; thus there is a need to increase collaboration to ensure efficient and effective research, management, and conservation. Here, we introduce the Global Raptor Impact Network (GRIN; www.globalraptors.org), a tool to enhance collaboration and conservation impact of the raptor research community. We provide an overview of the history and current state of GRIN, including plans for expansion. Predecessors to GRIN include The African Raptor DataBank, which was launched in 2012 to ascertain the conservation status of raptors across Africa; and the Global Raptor Information Network, which was launched in the late 1990s as a website to provide information regarding diurnal raptors and facilitate communication among researchers. GRIN expands the data collection and storage capabilities of the African Raptor DataBank to a global scale via mobile application. We have implemented data-sharing rules to ensure the safety of sensitive species, and users of the GRIN mobile app can designate their records as confidential. GRIN staff and partners are developing analyses of species' population trends and geographic distributions to aid in conservation assessments. GRIN is also developing systematic reviews, detailed bibliographies, and online accounts that will summarize the state of knowledge for each raptor species. We hope that GRIN will benefit the entire raptor research community and aid in the collaboration necessary to help raptor populations thrive in the Anthropocene.

EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION 13th EOU Conference 2022 Giessen, Germany March 14 – 18, 2022 Abstract submission open   Abstract submission is open from 1 May until 31 July 2021. Late submissions will be accepted for posters only. All abstracts (including invited speakers) have to be submitted at the following link: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/2677/submitter  You will be asked […]