Attempted strong-wing robbery by a #Gull on a Hooded #Merganser

Perp was unsuccessful.

#BirdCrime #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #Waterfowl #EastCoastKin

Hi HLK. Undoubtedly, it was a plot by the Brick Beetles to make the pretty boy look bad. They probably have had enough of their homes being invaded with such abandon.

#birds #flicker #birdcrime

A house sparrow peering into my room whilst I'm trying to get some work done

Help! I'm being harassed by the resident gang of house sparrows!
@rspbengland.bsky.social
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#birds #birdcrime

Today it’s #WorldMigratoryBird day, a great time to revisit this paper on #BirdCrime on the #Flyways. In it we examine how flyways & animal cultures require a rethink of global environmental governance - it’s #OA in @risjnl.bsky.social ⬇️

Bird Crime Report 2023 The Bird Crime Report 2023 summarises 15 years’ worth of data around illegal raptor persecution and other bird crimes in the UK. Read the latest report here

Looking forward to talking to the
@campaign4parks.bsky.social Future Leaders Course participants about tackling #Birdcrime - with @annie-shadrake.bsky.social of @friendsofthedales.bsky.social and @campaignerkate.bsky.social this afternoon in the
@yorkshiredales.org.uk

rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...

I was pleased to discuss the important issue of #birdcrime with Baroness Sue Hayman and representatives of @rspb.bsky.social, DEFRA, the National Wildlife Crime Unit, and @campaign4parks.bsky.social, this morning.

Britain's beautiful, endangered birds of prey need greater protection.

In the UK it is illegal to kill, injure or take wild birds of prey, yet less than 1/25 criminal cases lead to conviction.

Licensing of gamebird shooting must be introduced across the UK to tackle #birdcrime.

New paper on bird crime and governance of flyways - Beastly Business New paper by Dr Teresa Lappe-Osthege and Rosaleen Duffy on bird crime, flyways and animal cultures

New paper by Teresa Lappe-Osthege & myself on #BirdCrime along the #flyways. We bring together #PoliticalEcology & #AnimalStudies to further develop non-human #IR. It’s #OpenAccess & out now in Review of International Studies ⬇️ beastlybusiness.org/2024/05/28/n...