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UK Swift Awareness Week 2026 is underway, with more than 100 local events planned across the UK: https://t.co/HeKc7w7Abn

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Review: RSPB What's that bird? The simplest ID guide

This is a nice gateway in birding for 'bird-curious' individuals, says Josh Jones: https://t.co/9xQeeO2Vrl

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A major new report has shown that large-scale investment in nature recovery could provide a significant boost to the UK economy while helping tackle biodiversity loss, climate change and flooding: https://t.co/OQiHNObQV5

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Ten years on from the UK voting to leave the European Union, The Wildlife Trusts have released a report highlighting the damning impact of Brexit on wildlife: https://t.co/ePxiNINSZO

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The ethics of saving a vagrant

The rescue of Texel's famous Spectacled Eider prompted celebration, soul-searching and some very strange criticism, writes Lucy McRobert: https://t.co/BXC1sGdBUs

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Review of the Week: 22-28 June 2026

The Northern Isles cleaned up on mega-rare discoveries – Trumpeter Finch and Oriental Turtle Dove – as the Western Reef Heron relocated to Pembrokeshire. Sam Viles reports: https://t.co/hZtrezi3VT

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Darren Chapman's outstanding capture of the famous Western Reef Heron in Wales is this week's winning image: https://t.co/BrQzXZlVDh

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The British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee has approved a revised definition of Category E of the British list, providing greater clarity on how non-natural arrivals are classified; https://t.co/yU592miMFb

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Black Guillemot has re-established itself as a breeding species in Germany: https://t.co/Q5ZzqBtsZv

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A remarkable observation from Greece has provided fresh insight into the feeding ecology of migrating Eurasian Hobbies, with several birds recorded hunting bats at dusk: https://t.co/MAZwGQpn15

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Little Tern numbers at Seaton Carew have fallen dramatically this summer, with conservationists warning that increasing disturbance from dogs may be a significant factor: https://t.co/O0Sk8YguSg

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Ten years on from the UK voting to leave the European Union, The Wildlife Trusts have released a report highlighting the damning impact of Brexit on wildlife: https://t.co/ePxiNINSZO

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UK Swift Awareness Week 2026 started yesterday, with more than 100 local events planned across the UK: https://t.co/HeKc7w7Abn

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Three of Britain's most charismatic heathland birds have continued their recovery, according to the results of a major survey conducted almost 20 years after the previous assessment: https://t.co/SkOiB9XtD2

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Always a species to get the pulse racing, Caspian Tern has been seen with greater frequency in Britain in recent years. But what is driving this rise in records? Josh Jones takes a closer look: https://t.co/CicAqtuJIt

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The ethics of saving a vagrant

The rescue of Texel's famous Spectacled Eider prompted celebration, soul-searching and some very strange criticism, writes Lucy McRobert: https://t.co/BXC1sGdBUs