Lukas VFN 🇪🇺#Conservation success: Rare #birds make remarkable comeback
https://nation.cymru/news/conservation-success-rare-birds-make-remarkable-comeback/
"Before 2020, #bitterns had previously not bred on the #GwentLevels for at least 200 years, yet officers have recently recorded four separate nests at the reserve... The #MarshHarriers originally arrived at #NewportWetlands in 2016 and the original pair raised 12 chicks between 2017 and 2022. A second pair began breeding at the reserve in 2023 and successfully fledged 3 chicks."
Conservation success: Rare birds make remarkable comeback
In the face of the current nature and biodiversity emergencies, and the risk of extinction faced by some species across Wales, stories of conservation success can offer us hope for the future. One such uplifting example involves the remarkable return of two of the UK’s rarest and most elusive marshland birds – bitterns and marsh […]