Conservation

Discover the frontline of bird conservation—from endangered species recovery and habitat protection to policy interventions and local success stories. This section highlights efforts around the globe to safeguard avian biodiversity, featuring the challenges, breakthroughs, and people shaping the future of bird conservation.


North America’s Bird Declines Reveal a Global Conservation Blind Spot
Eastern Meadowlark — a defining voice of North American grasslands, now in steep decline. Its disappearance reflects the wider crisis of common birds. © Shelley Rutkin

North America’s Bird Declines Reveal a Global Conservation Blind Spot

Common species are the backbone of ecosystems, yet new research shows they are declining at a scale that reshapes the conservation challenge. If familiar birds disappear, the loss will be both ecological and cultural — and it may already be happening faster than we think.


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly

Harriers in the Crosshairs: The Uneasy Fate of the UK’s Hen Harriers
Once a defining presence of the moorlands, the male Hen Harrier now symbolises what’s been lost to silence and suppression. © Attila Szilágyi

Harriers in the Crosshairs: The Uneasy Fate of the UK’s Hen Harriers

Despite decades of legal protection, the Hen Harrier remains one of the UK’s most persistently persecuted birds of prey—its recovery entangled in a complex web of land use conflict, illegal killing, and stalled conservation policy.


The Ornithologist

The Ornithologist

A Life in the Tundra: Honouring Dr. Shiloh Schulte’s Final Fieldwork
Poised on the Arctic tundra, a Pectoral Sandpiper fluffs its breast in a striking breeding display – capturing both the fragile beauty of the far north and the kind of quiet wonder that defined Dr. Shiloh Schulte’s work with shorebirds throughout his life. © Emil Vacek

A Life in the Tundra: Honouring Dr. Shiloh Schulte’s Final Fieldwork

Following the sudden loss of Dr. Shiloh Schulte, we honour his legacy through the work he helped lead in Arctic Alaska. This four-year survey of breeding shorebirds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge reflects his deep commitment to science, fieldwork, and the fragile birds he championed.


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly