Read a selection of interesting conservation stories that have made the news in the past week.
Conservation News Roundup – 7th Jan 2022
This Christmas give the gift of nesting and brood rearing cover to grey partridges
The grey partridge’s annual appearance in festive carols and cards is a good reminder to make plans for habitat improvements to help this much-loved farmland bird throughout the year.
“You can make a difference to wildlife” Big Farmland Bird Count organisers tell the UK’s land managers ahead of 2022 event
The UK’s farmers, gamekeepers and land managers are being urged to get involved in the GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count from 4-20 February 2022, and make a crucial difference to wildlife.
New UK Red List for birds: more than one in four species in serious trouble
The latest assessment of the status of all the UK’s 245 regularly-occurring bird species – Birds of Conservation Concern 5 – shows that 70 species are now of ‘highest conservation concern’ and have been placed on the assessment’s Red List.