This isn't just a few individuals - it's organised wildlife crime! On weekends, gangs illegally shoot protected species like nightjars and owls during migration. In Sept, the army raided the notorious Danniyeh hills hotspot. Thankfully enforcement efforts are increasing!

Our 40th autumn camp in Brescia just concluded, resulting in 49 poachers caught - a 50% increase on last year and the highest number since 2019! The fight against illegal trapping is working. Huge thanks to all the international teams for their dedication 👏

🚨 8 poachers caught in recent days in Eastern Spain! 🛠️ ~1,000 gluesticks & 9 nets seized in operations with @guardiacivil. 🕊️ 4 Song Thrushes & 2 Blackcaps freed! ⚠️ While most culprits are retirement age, we’re worried by the few young faces (21 & 26) adopting this cruelty.

🐦Next on #Fridays4Birds: Phenological Trends of Palearctic Passerine Birds Wintering in The Gambia & Nigeria.🌍 🎙️Joy Akpanta Ishong (APLORI) 📅Fri, 7 Nov 🕒 3 PM CET 💻 https://t.co/UYXorwflNC 🔑code: 336545 📣We look forward to your participation!

Endangered falcon found shot dead near Żebbuġ, Gozo

Amidst the anti-poaching strike, we successfully freed 27 live birds - inc. beautiful Redstarts, Blackcaps & other Warblers unharmed from the fine mesh traps. Every life matters. 📍 Total of ~160 nets dismantled this autumn! Big thanks to everyone involved in the operation!

Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for killing young Gannets. Please sign and Retweet. https://t.co/wRHNeZlv1X

A pretty depressing day counting sick & dead Whooper Swans. Avian influenza is within the population. Please report all dead birds for possible collection & testing. In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 , 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 this is @DefraGovUK https://t.co/dEoambONmf Reporting to @BirdTrack also helps with monitoring.

Bird protection camp in Spain gets off to a successful start! Teams from CABS & the @guardiacivil busted two poachers & seized 250 illegal glue sticks in Castellón. The best part? Several heavily glued blackcaps were rescued & released!

🔴 Actualización gripe aviar (31/10/25) Aumentan los casos en 🪶 grullas comunes, con cientos confirmados en Aragón (≥250 en Gallocanta) y sospechas en CyL y Extremadura. También afecta a 🦆 ánsares comunes y a la cerceta pardilla. 👉 https://t.co/vH5Kc79DGB #GripeAviar

Read the new Wildlife Crime Newsletter: good news from Montenegro but overall still a lot of work to do across Europe and the Mediterranean 👇 Wildlife Crime Newsletter - Sept-Oct 2025:

Niet eerder vertoonde pimpelmezeninvasie in Nederland

een schokkende documentatie van de impact van vogelgriep en de risico's voor predatoren 😢 👇 @DirkStraalen

During two spot checks with police 6 poachers from Lombardy were caught in Piedmont, Italy, using illegal electronic callers to slaughter migratory thrushes. A protected Great Spotted Woodpecker was also shot. All shotguns & licenses are GONE. More actions planned 👊

Those stretchy fake spider-web decorations may seem fun… but for birds, bees and other beneficial insects, they become hidden traps. Every year, many songbirds and crucial pollinators get caught in them, struggle for their lives, and perish. This season, let’s keep Halloween

Absurd claim that White-tailed Eagles snatched five Shetland ponies leads to inevitable call to 'shoot eagles'. More sensationalist nonsense, demonising the UK's rarest eagle. New blog ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/6upDQskFdw

📹 WATCH - Huge sting against illegal bird trapping ‘farm’ in #Lebanon (10 minute version). 🚨 55 mist-nets (3000m2) dismantled during the operation with armed security forces. 🕊️ Around 300 birds were rescued & released. 🔗 https://t.co/eLXZIO3ie8

#Lebanon Out of 500 freshly caught birds found, we cut loose & released 300+ ALIVE! Including beautiful garden warblers, blackcaps, red-backed shrikes, scops owls & even a rare corncrake! Every single bird back in the sky is a victory.

📢Don’t miss our next #Fridays4Birds webinar! 🎙️ Matia Muller (Swiss Ornithological Institute) 📚 "How migratory strategy affects survival and age at first breeding of the White Stork"🪽 🗓️ Oct 24, 2025 ⏰3PM CET 💻Zoom: https://t.co/gFmJzLX1Wd 🔑Code: 972131

kijk @JogchumV 👇🥰 je bent NIET de enige* ! (*die op een dwaalspoor zit 😂) @TomBovens