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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 PSNI's Major Investigation Team arrested the suspect under the Terrorism Act in north Belfast on Wednesday, 14 April. Mr McClean, a...

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 Ireland's current Covid-19 case rate being aligned to England's (now open outdoors) and significantly lower than Scotland's (currently accel...

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 country being blanketed in snow during the count (5-21 February) participation has shot up, with 2,...

A blackbird spotted at Auchnerran RESULTS ARE in for Scotland's 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 highlight the positive work done by farmers and gamekeepers in helping to reverse the decline in farmla...

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 seen species list. Of these, starlings, fieldfare, lapwing and linnet were the four most abundant red-l...