MEGA BIRD NEWS:2nd May 2026-Lesser Kestrel-Cornwall-Croft Pascoe Pool-Adult male still showing well in roadside bush at 50.0280, -5.1723; very limited parking, park considerately in layby (TR12 6SN) and walk through woods to end of plantation to view-Zitting Cisticola-Suffolk-Walberswick NNR-Displaying male again over saltmarsh between beach and Dunwich River; use Cliff Field car park (IP18 6TX; card/app payment only) and walk south-west along beach for c 1km to view from 52.3063, 1.6560. View only from the seawall, do not walk out on the raised bank-Stejneger's Scoter-Fife-East Wemyss-2nd-summer drake still on sea; use Weavers Court car park (KY1 4RT) and view from Wemyss Caves
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28.10.17

ILLEGAL KILLING OF BIRDS REMAINS A MAJOR THREAT IN EUROPE

Today [24 October 2017], the BirdLife Partnership presents The Killing 2.0, A View to a Kill.  Led by BirdLife International with input from experts from the region, this layman's report exposes the scale and scope of the illegal killing of birds across critical regions. It is estimated that 0.4-2.1 million individual birds per year may be killed illegally in northern and central Europe and the Caucasus region – mainly for sport or 'pest' control.CLICK ON LINK




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