This is the fourth assessment of Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland (BoCCI4) based
on an existing prioritisation procedure (eg Eaton et al. 2015). This assessment covers the …

Owing to the intensity of game management in Britain, managers of grouse moors have
illegally killed raptors to increase the numbers of Red Grouse Lagopus l. scotica available …

Detecting biodiversity change and identifying its causes is challenging because biodiversity
is multifaceted and temporal data often contain bias. Here, we model temporal change in …

Human activities may impact animal habitat and resource use, potentially influencing
contemporary evolution in animals. In the United Kingdom, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions …

There have been recent renewed commitments to increase the extent of protected areas to
combat the growing biodiversity crisis but the underpinning evidence for their effectiveness …

• Recreational shooting of non-native gamebirds (pheasants and red-legged partridges) in
the UK is underpinned by a suite of management practices. A major aspect is the annual …

Chris O’Reilly (rspb-images.com) Page 1 1 STATE OF NATURE 2023 PARTNERSHIP Chris
O’Reilly (rspb-images.com) Page 2 3 The UK, like most other countries worldwide, has …

The UK supports a quarter of Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata, so a recent halving of
numbers has impacted the global population. Low breeding success is a frequently cited …

Migratory species face geographically dispersed pressures over the course of their annual
cycles. Designing effective conservation strategies for these species requires a detailed …

Finite land is under pressure to provide food, timber, human infrastructure, climate change
mitigation, and wildlife habitat. Given the inherent trade-offs associated with land-use …