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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Counted 11 clouded yellow butterflies today - Thorn Hill, Wimpole Estate @nationaltrust.org.uk @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Climate change is reshaping bird populations across the UK, with some of our most familiar & vulnerable species under increasing pressure. New RSPB & BTO report looks at impacts & the actions we can take to protect them @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Visiting Skomer Island a week ago - an amazing experience among a swarm of noisy, busy seabirds - puffins as ever the stars - photo 🐦@alicegroom.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A fox, bee orchids & a peregrine on way into work today……….🦊 🦅🌸

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📣Dartford Warblers at highest numbers on RSPB reserves with 264 pairs in 2025. RSPB/BTO/NE Heathland Birds Survey estimated the national population at 4,100 territories - up from 3,200 in 2006 📈📈🐦🐦 @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Great to watch and hear the Turtle Dove’s purring song yesterday - first I have seen this summer @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Birding in the Brecks yesterday- stone curlew, goshawk, sparrowhawk, buzzard, woodlark, firecrest, redpoll, siskin & great views of multi-coloured crossbills drinking from a tiny puddle in the forest - photos @alicegroom.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The first-ever Land Use Framework for England published ⬇️ A progressive forward look at how we might balance nature recovery, food production, housing, energy and transport to meet societal needs @rspbscience.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/p... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69ba6b...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

New🗒️ just out - A review of bird monitoring in Africa: present state and future prospects, led by Phil Atkinson of @btobirds.bsky.social #Ornithology #AfricanOrnithology @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social 🐦 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New🗒️Aiming Higher to Test a Bend in the Curve of Biodiversity Loss: The Challenge of Halt-The-Loss Targets - Mairenn C. Attwood, Richard D. Gregory, Nick J. B. Isaac, Fiona Burns @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social 🐦🦋 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New🗒️@science.org this week - Shows patterns of sustained decline in North American birds are strongly linked to climate & agriculture - but increasing agricultural intensity is the main driver of accelerating decline @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social 📉🐦 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Great winter bird count with the team at @rspb.bsky.social Hope Farm this morning - impressive numbers of farmland birds - grey partridge, corn bunting, reed bunting, yellowhammer, linnet, skylark, fieldfare, snipe, kestrel & a merlin flyby 🐦 @rspbscience.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Here’s the account from the EBCC European breeding bird atlas 2020 🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Damp start to #BGBW this morning - but great list 15 species - male & female blackcap the stars with this lovely stock dove 🐦@rspbscience.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

**New** Latest bird species trends & multispecies indicators in EU & Europe - Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) data 1980–2024- Shows an overall decline in common birds breeding in Europe, most pronounced among farmland birds🐦 pecbms.info/trends-and-i... pecbms.info/trends-and-i...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

**New** pdf: The State of Europe’s Wild Birds 2025. Latest update on trends in common & widespread birds in Europe from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) ⬇️ @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @ebcc.info @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social 🐦 pecbms.info/wp-content/u...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

***New** Latest wild bird trends in Europe: Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) indicators 1980–2024. Data = 168 bird species, 30 countries⬇️ @rspb.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @ebcc.info 🐦@rspbscience.bsky.social pecbms.info/european-wil... pecbms.info/trends-and-i...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Good question...................... royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Great views of Red-tailed shrike at @nationaltrust.org.uk Dunwich this morning - then a fly over white-tailed eagle at Minsmere - lovely staff & vols at a windy @rspbminsmere.bsky.social - #RareBirdsUK photo @alicegroom.bsky.social 🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Great to see an impressive indicator update to 2024 from @ukbms.bsky.social on the state of butterfly populations in UK & England - but it makes for a depressing read as numbers continue to flatline or tumble....... @rspbscience.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social 📉🦋

My shot from this summer of Heath Fritillary one of the butterflies showing the biggest declines - a rare specialist

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Pleased to find a number of silver-spotted skippers at Aston Rowant NNR today - a new butterfly for me! 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social #butterflies

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

The Dolomites last week 3 pictures of ‘vanilla’ type orchids from Selva di Val Gardena, close to Sassolungo - identification suggests please 🤔 @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social @ukorcids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

A week in Selva di Val Gardena, Dolomites - wallcreeper, golden eagle, honey buzzard, peregrine, snow finch, Alpine chough, swift & accentor, crag martin ++ edelweiss & amazing flowers

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Great showing of Heath Fritillary butterflies at Hockley Wood, Essex today 🦋🦋 @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Great team away trip in mid-Wales this week to count nightjars as part of the national survey ~25 squares covered & ~20 churring nightjar!! 🐦 @rspb.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Yes, Painted Lady, Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire on Sunday 11 May 👍🏻🦋 @alicegroom.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New📄Embracing global biodiversity toward a better planet - delivering on the CBD's Global Biodiversity Framework by aligning national biodiversity goals & targets with local circumstances & building capacity @rspbscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ee...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Super visit to CCI collaborative project ‘butterfly banks’ at Coombe Bisset & Winterbourne Downs yesterday @rspb.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org & Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Amazing morning at @rspb.bsky.social Ouse Fen - white stork, crane, bittern, great, little & cattle egret, red-footed falcon, hobby, marsh harrier plus supporting cast & this noisy great reed warbler ++ @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukrarebirds

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Great to see joint work led by Juliet Vickery @btobirds.bsky.social recognised as a top cited paper by Ibis @bou.org.uk 'The conservation of Afro-Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know?' doi.org/10.1111/ibi.... @rspbscience.bsky.social 🐦🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Attending the European Bird Census Council’s (EBCC) Bird Numbers 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia 🐦🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Attending @unepwcmc.bsky.social 'Nature Action Dialogues' today supporting a Cambridge Conservation Initiative discussion on 'Emerging issues & reflections on financing nature conservation' @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @wcs.org Fauna & Flora Environment Bank @uclcber.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🌍🌏🌎

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

New📄'Developing spatially comparable biodiversity indicators using objective scale-dependent species selection' @rspb.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @simon-butler.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐦🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

In the Brecks today woodlark, skylark, buzzard, marsh harrier & goshawk 🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Two peregrines this sunny morning in Cambridge - a good way to start the day 🐦 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Teaching in London this morning on the masters course ‘Decision Science for Conservation’ at @zslscience.bsky.social - great students - and nice to see folk at ZSL 🐦 @rspb.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A relatively quiet #BigGardenBirdwatch this morning - 8 species recorded the highlight being a female blackcap @rspb.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A new tracking study has found that dogs walked off-lead cause significantly more disturbance on lowland heaths than pets kept on the lead. Research led by Dr Rebecca Thomas at Royal Holloway University of London. @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Office for Environmental Protection released ‘Progress in improving the natural environment in England’ on 16 Jan www.theoep.org.uk/report/gover... In support new analysis by @rspb.bsky.social explored how agri-env schemes could deliver farmland bird recovery 📈📈🐦🐦 www.theoep.org.uk/sites/defaul...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Attended an excellent Office for Environmental Protection briefing last Thursday assessing govt’s progress on the Environmental Improvement Plan in England - main take home is that we need: "a step change in environmental protection & delivery" @rspb.bsky.social www.theoep.org.uk/report/gover...

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

New📄Here we present the dataset of the Breeding Bird Survey, the main scheme monitoring population changes of common & widespread breeding birds in UK, through a randomised sampling scheme & defined field methodology @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #ornithology doi.org/10.1111/geb.... 🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

NEW Decline of European bird populations continues especially birds of farmland. Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) presents updated wild bird indices 1980–2023. Data = 168 bird species 30 countries⬇️ @rspb.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @uclcber.bsky.social 📉🐦

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

2024 biodiversity indicators are in... If a wake-up call was needed to show the UK is failing nature, this is it. Short-term trends show progress stalling or reversing. 📉🚨 To meet 2030 targets, we need nature-friendly farming, smart planning &investment in nature now jncc.gov.uk/news/uk-biod...

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