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The NI Executive have agreed to ease a number of lockdown restrictions. Speaking in the Assembly, First Minister Arlene Foster said: "We have looked at the different risks and different settings. We have received advice from our Chief Medical Officer and remain grateful to them as ever. "Our decisions today are aimed at lifting restrictions where we can. We know it will be disappointing to some. We remain driven by data and not dates. Steps will be kept under review." The change...

Lord Mayor Lays Wreaths To Remember Lost Lives In Blitz The Lord Mayor of Belfast and trustees of the Northern Ireland War Memorial have placed wreaths on two mass graves in Belfasts City Cemetery and Milltown Cemetery to remember those who lost their lives in the Blitz. The commemoration took place on the 80th anniversary of the Easter Tuesday air raid, one of four air raids on Belfast in April and May 1941. A piper from Campbell College, Matthew Wilson, per...

Curlews and corncrakes at risk of extinction while puffins in peril says new report showing quarter of Irish birds now red listed Upland (50%) and farmland (35%) birds have the highest proportions of red-listed species Rathlin Island puffins are in peril (Image: Paul Turner) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to...

15 April 2021 Puffins, swifts and kestrels are among 23 birds that have been moved on to the Red list across Ireland, according to a new study. The Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland (BoCCI) 2020-2026 review is jointly compiled by RSPB NI and BirdWatch Ireland. 15 April 2021 A 56-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Danny McClean. The PSNIs Major Investigation Team ar...

Puffins, Swifts And Kestrels Move To Red List Puffins, swifts and kestrels are among 23 birds that have been moved on to the Red list across Ireland, according to a new study. The Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland (BoCCI) 2020-2026 review is jointly compiled by RSPB NI and BirdWatch Ireland. The review uses a traffic light system to indicate the conservation status of bird species by placing them on three lists – Red (high conservation concern), Ambe...

15 April 2021 Puffins, swifts and kestrels are among 23 birds that have been moved on to the Red list across Ireland, according to a new study. The Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland (BoCCI) 2020-2026 review is jointly compiled by RSPB NI and BirdWatch Ireland. 15 April 2021 A 56-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Danny McClean. The PSNIs Major Investigation Team ar...

Hospitality Ulster is urging the NI Executive to reopen the sector "immediately". The call comes as market measurement, data and research consultancy CGA has collated information on behalf of Hospitality Ulster in an attempt to get to the bottom of why decision making on the reopening of the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland has left it as the only region in the UK without dates and a clear reopening roadmap. This is despite Northern Irelands current Covid-19 case rate bein...

Participation in an annual nationwide survey of farmland birds has more than doubled. Britain’s farmers and gamekeepers have shown their long-term commitment to conservation alongside productive land-use by completing this year’s GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count in record numbers. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Dr Roger Draycott, who organised the count, said: “We could not be more delighted with the response to this year’s GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count. Despite much of the...

A blackbird spotted at Auchnerran RESULTS ARE in for Scotlands latest Big Farmland Bird Count, with a big increase in the number of farmers taking part. This was the eighth annual BFBC, organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, and it received a record numbers of responses from across the UK. In Scotland, 117 farmers took part and recorded 93 species across more than 98,000 acres – a 45% increase in participation compared to last year. The BFBC was launched in 2014 to high...

Farmland bird count shows farmers committed to conservation >More in © FLPA/Shutterstock A major count of farmland birds has revealed sightings of several rare species, highlighting the positive work being done by land managers to reverse the long-term decline in bird numbers. A total of 25 species from the Red List for Birds of Conservation Concern were recorded in this year’s count, with eight appearing in the 25 most frequently see...