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Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Up to 1250 vultures were found dead by poisoning in
Guinea-Bissau, with many beheaded, suggesting the body parts were harvested for ritual or medicinal purposes. Among the species killed were the critically endangered
hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus).[1]
The government quadrupled the
Gulf of MottamaRamsar site to 161,030 ha. The gulf has one of the largest congregations of shorebirds in Southeast Asia with over 90,000 overwintering, and surveys by
BANCA (BirdLife in Myanmar) found the gulf to be the single most important site for the
critically endangered,
spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea).[3]
Europe
Britain
Natural England granted licences to three falconers, to take up to six
peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) from the nests of wild birds for
falconry. Conditions include, nests must have at least three chicks and only the smallest chick can be removed. Chicks cannot be removed from upland areas where persecution of birds of prey is still a risk.
Scottish Natural Heritage turned down a similar application.[4]
2425 pairs of
Sandwich terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) fledged 1100 chicks, triple the number in 2019
289 pairs of
common tern (Sterna hirundo) fledged 170 chicks, the highest since 1999
more than 200
little tern (Sternula albifrons) chicks fledged, the most since 1994.[5]
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) failed to breed at
Long Nanny,
Northumberland; their only breeding failure since they first nested here in 1980. Reasons for the failure include, exceptionally high tides in June which washed away some of the nests, predation by stoats and rats, and disturbance by people and a loose dog, leading to the remaining terns abandoning their nests. Six little tern fledged.[6]
130 breeding pairs of
roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) recorded at
Coquet Island, Northumberland, its only UK colony.[7]
White Stork Project – 21
white stork (Ciconia ciconia) were released into the wild from
Knepp Castle. Eight were fitted with GPS trackers and two were tracked flying over the
Strait of Gibraltar to
Morocco in October.[7]
Numbers at the tern colony on
Strangford Lough were lower than the previous year due to high tides and predators. The nests of sandwich tern were washed away on nearby Black Rock and
Dunnyneill.[5]
Lights Out, Texas campaign (5 September to 29 October). Texans were asked to dim lights between 2300 hours and 0600 hours to protect night-flying migrants from veering off course and collisions.[7]
It is estimated that at least 3 billion terrestrial vertebrates were killed or displaced by the fires including 180 million birds.[12]
South America
Argentina
In
Iberá National Park, a pair of
red and green macaw (Ara chloropterus) produced three chicks; the first wild-born in Argentina for 150 years. Fifteen birds are now living free in the park.[7]
References
^Lewis, Kihumba (April–June 2020). "Dying in Droves". BirdLife Magazine. pp. 30–1.
This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2020)
Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Up to 1250 vultures were found dead by poisoning in
Guinea-Bissau, with many beheaded, suggesting the body parts were harvested for ritual or medicinal purposes. Among the species killed were the critically endangered
hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus).[1]
The government quadrupled the
Gulf of MottamaRamsar site to 161,030 ha. The gulf has one of the largest congregations of shorebirds in Southeast Asia with over 90,000 overwintering, and surveys by
BANCA (BirdLife in Myanmar) found the gulf to be the single most important site for the
critically endangered,
spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea).[3]
Europe
Britain
Natural England granted licences to three falconers, to take up to six
peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) from the nests of wild birds for
falconry. Conditions include, nests must have at least three chicks and only the smallest chick can be removed. Chicks cannot be removed from upland areas where persecution of birds of prey is still a risk.
Scottish Natural Heritage turned down a similar application.[4]
2425 pairs of
Sandwich terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) fledged 1100 chicks, triple the number in 2019
289 pairs of
common tern (Sterna hirundo) fledged 170 chicks, the highest since 1999
more than 200
little tern (Sternula albifrons) chicks fledged, the most since 1994.[5]
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) failed to breed at
Long Nanny,
Northumberland; their only breeding failure since they first nested here in 1980. Reasons for the failure include, exceptionally high tides in June which washed away some of the nests, predation by stoats and rats, and disturbance by people and a loose dog, leading to the remaining terns abandoning their nests. Six little tern fledged.[6]
130 breeding pairs of
roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) recorded at
Coquet Island, Northumberland, its only UK colony.[7]
White Stork Project – 21
white stork (Ciconia ciconia) were released into the wild from
Knepp Castle. Eight were fitted with GPS trackers and two were tracked flying over the
Strait of Gibraltar to
Morocco in October.[7]
Numbers at the tern colony on
Strangford Lough were lower than the previous year due to high tides and predators. The nests of sandwich tern were washed away on nearby Black Rock and
Dunnyneill.[5]
Lights Out, Texas campaign (5 September to 29 October). Texans were asked to dim lights between 2300 hours and 0600 hours to protect night-flying migrants from veering off course and collisions.[7]
It is estimated that at least 3 billion terrestrial vertebrates were killed or displaced by the fires including 180 million birds.[12]
South America
Argentina
In
Iberá National Park, a pair of
red and green macaw (Ara chloropterus) produced three chicks; the first wild-born in Argentina for 150 years. Fifteen birds are now living free in the park.[7]
References
^Lewis, Kihumba (April–June 2020). "Dying in Droves". BirdLife Magazine. pp. 30–1.