
Saker Falcon on Thin Ice: Uneven Recovery Across Europe
Hungary’s Saker Falcons have recovered spectacularly from the brink of extinction. But across Europe, their story remains uneven – a mix of triumph, fragility, and unfinished work.




Why Wait to Grow Up? Shorebirds' Delayed Maturity Tied to Coastal Living
Shorebirds that winter along dynamic coastlines delay their first return to breed, a strategy linked not to body size, but to the behavioural demands of tidal habitats — revealing new insights into how environment shapes avian life-history timing.

Gyorgy Szimuly


Shorebirds, one year on: what we won, what we lost, and what must come next
A year of mixed signals for shorebirds: vital site protections and clever science on one side; drying wetlands, development pressure and rising extinction risk on the other. Here’s what moved the needle — and where we urgently need to act.

Gyorgy Szimuly