Legendary love birds Peckster and Flip are back at their summer residence at no. 33 Staple Newk, RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The celebrity seabird couple have amazed RSPB staff and volunteers for years by being the first of Bempton’s almost 9,000 pairs of gannets to return to their nest, lay an egg, raise a chick and then see them off into the big wide world. And this year is no … [Read more...] about Seabird couple keep up their record
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Seabirds on the seashore?
A report published this week by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee has revealed major declines in many UK seabirds since the late 1960s. The report by JNCC – using information from the UK’s Seabird Monitoring Programme - reveals that the UK populations of at least nine of the UK’s 25 species seabird have decreased dramatically. Since 2000: the UK kittiwake … [Read more...] about Seabirds on the seashore?