1/14 Super happy today: our new article is out!!!🚨bit.ly/RNP_UK🚨We surveyed people's awareness of, knowledge of + attitudes towards the non-native Ring-Necked #Parakeet (RNP) in the UK 🦜🦜🦜 Dr Rachel White Dr Sarah Crowley Kate Plummer Gavin Siriwardena Julia Schroeder

In BB this month:

Vagrant ‘Subalpine Warblers’ in northwest Europe by J. Martin Collinson, Thom J. Shannon and Tereza Senfeld

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📷Georgia Platt
Male Western Subalpine Warbler, Fair Isle, May 2023.

The March issue of British Birds is out and includes a fabulous article on RSPB Titchwell Marsh, a thought-provoking BBeye on Swifts, historical records of Collared Pratincoles, Best Bird Book of the Year and much more.

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Feathered friends or foes? Applications open for PhD opportunity (competition funded) with Ivan Jaric & me on socio-cultural responses to introduced ring-necked parakeets, as they continue to spread to new places... adum.fr/as/ed/voirprop…
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In BB this month Mark Eaton and co-authors present a paper on Actions for Birds in England focused on Natural England and RSPB Science species-focused conservation projects
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📷David Tipling

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Massive THANK YOU to everyone who donated in 2023. donations have paid for ID (or confirmation) of:

Western Olivaceous Warbler (Whalsay)
Alder Flycatcher (Skokholm)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Tiree 2020)
Great-tailed Grackle (Nolton Haven)...

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Two excellent one-year paid positions British Birds to help with 1) marketing & communication and 2) help managing the website & apps.
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Have you got a great photo of a rarity this year? We're keen to source superb photos in preparation for the 2023 __BBRC report in British Birds next year. Please contact the Editor Stephen Menzie at editorBritish Birds.co.uk
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📷Roger Riddington

The paper from the national Turtle Dove Survey has now been published!

Results show the UK population at 2,092 territories in 2021, down from estimated 125,000 in 1970

PAPER by Andrew Stanbury et al in #BirdStudy 👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Blog👉community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/scie… #Ornithology

The Robins did us a favour this afternoon and escorted the Empid towards the Obs. We are pretty confident that this is indeed an Alder Flycatcher, as suggested by Kester Wilson and others. Still around the Cottage. BirdGuides Martin Collinson #BLM

Exciting PhD opportunity with my old supervisors! Belter of a project, and a chance to ID some rarities on the side. 👌 What's not to love?

Compelling evidence that Ivory-billed Woodpecker is expanding its range northwards.

Great to get confirmation from Martin Collinson #BLM Thom Shannon that this Chiffchaff was indeed a Siberian Chiff (P. c. tristis). Possibly the 1st confirmed record for NI via DNA analysis

Sep 22 issue of British Birds: Some of the Common Chiffchaffs wintering in UAE turn out to be the poorly known subspecies P. c. menzbieri. Thom Shannon Tess British Birds

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April’s Subalpine Warbler sp has been confirmed as a Western by DNA #spurnbirds RareBirdAlertUK

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