Regular reassessment of extinction risk is critical to prioritise conservation action during the
current period of rapid, anthropogenic biodiversity change. Butterflies are a flagship group …

Detecting biodiversity change and identifying its causes is challenging because biodiversity
is multifaceted and temporal data often contain bias. Here, we model temporal change in …

There have been recent renewed commitments to increase the extent of protected areas to
combat the growing biodiversity crisis but the underpinning evidence for their effectiveness …

Passive rewilding is a potential tool for expanding woodland cover and restoring biodiversity
by abandoning land management and allowing natural vegetation succession to occur …

James Heywood is the BBS National Organiser and first point of contact for BBS or WBBS
queries. James is responsible for the day-to-day running of these surveys, liaising with BTO …

Industrial forage fish fisheries may reduce prey availability affecting diet and breeding
success of marine predators. However, evidence for fisheries effects on predator …

In common with many other insectivorous birds, the Common Swift Apus apus is undergoing
population declines, with an estimated 57% reduction in abundance between 1995 and …

Social media has created new opportunities to map cultural ecosystem services (CES)
related to biodiversity at large scales. However, using these novel data to understand …

Many countries identify lists of priority species for biodiversity conservation. These are
developed using different criteria which can change over time. We argue that priority species …

Sarah Harris is the BBS National Organiser and first point of contact for BBS or WBBS
queries. Sarah is responsible for the day-to-day running of these surveys, liaising with BTO …