Though still a familiar garden bird, Greenfinch has declined by 59 per cent in the UK in just 10 years, prompting concerns for its status. Should the current rate of decline continue, Greenfinch could be moved straight to the Red List in the next update.
Greenfinch destined for UK Red List?
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Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Ecological Indicators
Date posted: 26 December 2017
Introducing Greenwood Ecology & Conservation
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Conservation, Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Surveys and Assessment
Date posted: 15 June 2017
Greenwood Ecology & Conservation offers specialist ecological consultancy, conservation and land management advisory services.
State of Nature 2016 | The status of the UK’s wildlife
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Hedgehog, Protected Species
Date posted: 25 September 2016
On 14 September the State of Nature report was jointly published by over 50 wildlife organisations in the UK. Volunteers monitored over 9,670 species from birds to butterflies, plants to pondlife, spiders to snails. Using modern 'Red List' criteria, which identify species of the highest conservation concern enabled 8,000 species to be assessed. Of these, over half (56%) have declined since 1970, while 15% are extinct or threatened with extinction from Great Britain. This means that nature is faring worse in the UK than in most other countries.
Sharing ecological data
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Protected Species
Date posted: 30 July 2016
Alar Ecology has joined the Consultants Portal, the new online recording and data management system for ecological consultants. Data will be shared via the NBN Gateway and made available to national recording schemes and local environmental records centres.
The Protection of Wild Bird Habitat | Regulation 9A of the Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) Regulations 2012
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Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Protected Species, Urban Ecosystems
Date posted: 23 February 2016
Amendments to the Habitats Regulations in 2012ยน resulted in stricter compliance with the EC Birds Directive
Birds of Conservation Concern 4
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Birds, Conservation, Protected Species
Date posted: 31 December 2015
Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (BOCC4) was published in December, 2015.