I can hear the doves of summer/they are migrating today
So this weekend we all get an extra day to go birding and no doubt there'll be a lot to see as birds busy themselves building nests, tending young and showing off. This weekend probably also marks one of the last big pushes for migrant birds as they arrive in the country and pass through en route to their breeding grounds here (or beyond), be that a grassy hillside in Scotland, a rocky island off the coast or a patch of scrub in your local park. I'm really hoping to see a Swift, I haven't seen one yet this year.
When I got home this evening I saw a stark reminder of just of one of the challenges facing our migrant birds put up on twitter:
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| Bee-eaters, Golden Orioles, Turtle Doves and shrikes...hunter's trophies in Lebanon. Via @alantilmouth 3/5/13. |
Shocking isn't it? Something about those colours...
Earlier this week I read about the new RSPB partnership project - 'Birds without Borders'. It's an an attempt to halt the decline of our migrant birds by establishing what routes birds take and the kind of challenges they face en route; while supporting this with practical joined-up conservation efforts, education and campaigning. It sounds like a fantastic project and well worth supporting doesn't it?
Earlier this week I read about the new RSPB partnership project - 'Birds without Borders'. It's an an attempt to halt the decline of our migrant birds by establishing what routes birds take and the kind of challenges they face en route; while supporting this with practical joined-up conservation efforts, education and campaigning. It sounds like a fantastic project and well worth supporting doesn't it?
See also:
http://operationturtledove.org/
http://www.birdlife.org/index.html
'Doves of Summer' (audio) by Chairlift.
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