10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2024

Life got in the way and nothing happened until well into the next century when I needed to do a project for a client in Spain. Southern Spain has been suffering from a long-term drought for a few years already. The science-based approach that recognises the dilemmas and identifies the hard choices isn’t election material, I suppose.

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Spain Ducks Morocco Europe 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

Dissection 229

Dissection Birds Research Europe 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2015

A case of mistaken identity, this rare and secretive species, was only officially described to science in the last year. The Reservoir Birds from Spain and the Finnish team, Northern Lights, shared 3rd place with 163 species. The Desert Tawny Owl in particular is a fascinating story.

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Cyprus illegal Birds 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

You and your colleagues are experts on the history of France, Poland, Spain, all those European countries. But it is utterly bewildering to me to see news reports about this recent science that read “… An icon knocked from its perch&# or “Archaeopteryx no longer first bird.&# Imagine you study history.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 254

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. Rueppell’s (facing left) and White-backed (three birds facing right) Vultures have worryingly leapt two categories from Near-Threatened to Endangered.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 196