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Why cannot more #arablefarmland look this way? If it did, we certainly wouldn't face a #farmland #biodiversity crisis. Seen near Arundel, West Sussex, England.
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Francis Buner
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Francis Buner
@fbuner
Conservation Scientist, PhD | Wildlife recovery & farmland biodiversity | fact driven | he/him *views & mistakes my own*
England, United Kingdom Beigetreten Nisan 2012
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UK #starlings have declined 57% since 1995. That is equal to a loss of 2.4 mio breeding pairs in just 20 years. Installing suitable #nestboxes in areas where starlings still nest, is likely to help increase local populations. Any #birder living near paddocks should have one.
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@LizBates_01 @GrahamDenny9 @BC_Suffolk @JLewisStempel @StevenFalk1 @FarmInvertsUK @BC_Norfolk @NorfolkFWAG @OakbankWoodland @SchoffelCountry @stuttonsparrows @RabKing___aye That's the only sensible thing you can do, yes. He'll be fine.
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@GrahamDenny9 @BC_Suffolk @fbuner @JLewisStempel @StevenFalk1 @FarmInvertsUK @BC_Norfolk @NorfolkFWAG @OakbankWoodland @SchoffelCountry @stuttonsparrows @RabKing___aye I am not sure if I have done the right thing and maybe you can help. Found a hibernating hedgehog whilst gardening. He is ok so covered him back up. Will he be ok?
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Loads of emerging butterflies 15brims 8peacock on blackthorn 2 tortoiseshell lots of bees . Chiffchaffs and birdsong ! @BC_Suffolk @fbuner @JLewisStempel @StevenFalk1 @FarmInvertsUK @BC_Norfolk @NorfolkFWAG @OakbankWoodland @SchoffelCountry @stuttonsparrows @RabKing___aye @DefraGovUK @vickihird @barry_woodhous7 @FloraConsUK
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Francis Buner retweetet
Spring migrants the sign of summer coming , chiffchaffs feeding the pollen on willow blossom and flowering hedges are always a welcome site . @Gameandwildlife @SchoffelCountry @BtoSuffolk @fbuner @stuttonsparrows @ScarecrowNeste1 @janepursey @vickihird @TrooperSnooks @PaddyGalbraith @RSPBHopeFarm @OakbankWoodland @FavColour_Green @Rice1John @RabKing___aye
barry woodhouse@barry_woodhous7
Yellowhammer numbers building again @GrahamDenny9 @Rice1John @trochytracker
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@PaulGri29126854 Yes. Box should be installed at least 5m high, ideally a singular tree to reduce squirrels interfering with the box. Highest chance of getting starlings is if you have a colony nearby. If there aren't, chances are super low. Use measures in cm in column D. Entry hole is 4.8cm.
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@fbuner What are the best type Francis, I have some big trees would that work?
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Nature isn't always what it seems.
This video shows the fascinating and - at least to me - unexpected behaviour of a male starling intruding a starling nest box, with the breeding pair trying in vain to save their clutch.
Lions, okay, but starlings?
youtube.com/watch?v=L5HWMh…
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Very nice record of a Dutch female #kestrel wintering in England. The reverse is also not unusual. If you see a kestrel in winter, you can never be quite sure where it's from, unless it's a territorial adult male. They tend to spend the winter around their nest site in England.
Ed Betteridge@EdJBetteridge
We didn’t expect to catch this Kestrel during a garden winter CES catch in Dorset this morning. Then to find the bird had a Dutch ring and a satellite tag!! @_BTO
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Francis Buner retweetet
There is urgent need for similar demonstrations of harmonious land use all over Europe. Nothing beats the living experience, especially in case of farmers. Hats off to the @AllertonProject and @BASFcropUK for organising this event!
BASF Agricultural Solutions UK@BASFcropUK
The @AllertonProject shows how productive farming and sustainability can work side by side. 🌱 We brought together farmers together to see practical work on water & flood management, biodiversity and IPM. Hosted by Joe Stanley, the open conversations helped growers share ideas.
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@mattthesparrow @WiltsBirdClub @NoahWal01 @kartongbirdobs @_BTO That's insane, Matt. How incredible is that?!
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I have always dreamed of getting one of our birds retrapped in Africa. It has finally happened! We ringed this Reed Warbler on the Salisbury Plain in August 2024. It was retrapped this morning 4459km away at Kartong Bird Observatory in The Gambia. A truly brilliant record.
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@paulinthelakes Hi, here the instructions. Use the measures (in cm) from column D which is for starling. The most important bit is the entry hole which is 7cm in diameter. 1) front panel, 2) side, 3) back, 4) bottom, 5) roof, 6) wooden bar to fix the box onto wall or tree. Fix it min 5m high.
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@fbuner @HOSbirding @Gameandwildlife @FWAGSouthEast @FWAGSouthWest @BirdsonBrink @SongBirdSBS @MeganRural @GrahamDenny9 Do you have a link for making one, size, siting them?. Happy to put in up at our house.
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Have you put up your #starling #nestbox yet? Starlings are a red-listed farmland bird. They can be easily helped by anyone in rural areas by putting up a nest box like this one. This video is from a village in East Hampshire today. @HOSbirding
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@GrahamDenny9 @FavColour_Green @DefraGovUK It is brilliant. One of the best I have ever seen in England for sure.
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@FavColour_Green @DefraGovUK Here’s a bushy one for you , you know the one where maintenance is done with a teleporter ! 🤦♂️😁@fbuner thought it was brilliant , 👍hope to see you soon 🤞
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The biggest public hedge myth:
Its more natural to leave them alone, unmanaged
Alas some farmers believe this myth. Ol'boy farmer here says he leaves his hedges alone for wildlife. Only works for a few decades, then decline
We're losing hedges at an alarming rate due to this
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Francis Buner retweetet
6th-22nd February marks the 13th annual @Gameandwildlife Big Farmland Bird Count supported by @NFUtweets.
My piece on why it’s important & how @AllertonProject doubled its farmland bird population in a mere four years. Then did it again.
scribehound.com/countryside/sh…
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At least one of my #starling #nestboxes that I installed last year, has some early takers ahead of Valentine's Day.
Maybe I should launch a 'starling box for every new house built'? If at least every birder had one, that'll be a good start, wouldn't it @RareBirdAlertUK.
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Another 42 starling boxes delivered by Petersfield Men's Shed today. I will put them up in suitable places in the next few weeks. #Starlings have declined by 57% since the mid 1990s. #Nestboxes can help recover them.
Many thanks to @HOSbirding for sponsorship.
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Great conservation work from India.
Sumit Dookia@sumitdookia
Kudos to the #GIB Mitra of @and_ecology, in a single frame, he counted 12 together. We need such a powerful network of local youths who monitor this critically endangered species in its wild habitat. @BirdersStore @BRStretch @fbuner @IUCNRedList @BirdGuides @birdcountindia
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These climate conferences have turned into a farce. Let's just put our heads in the sand and continue to pretend that all our problems will miraculously go away. Since when has that ever worked? theguardian.com/environment/20…
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I just returned from a #greypartridge seminar, held by the Swedish Hunters Association, where I lectured on how to prevent partridges becoming extinct.
#Perdixperdix was once among the most abundant farmland birds. We should all get very worried when the once common becomes rare.
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