Wild Birds

Birds Directive
... The Birds Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) is a European Union directive adopted in 2009 ... It replaces Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds which was modified several times and had become very unclear ... It aims to protect all European wild birds and the habitats of listed species, in particular through the designation of Special Protection Areas (often known by the acronym SPA) ...

Possil Marsh - Status
... by the Scottish Society for the Protection of Wild Birds, on behalf of the Scottish Wild Birds Sanctuaries Trust, since 1950 ... Subsequently it was then designated a bird sanctuary under Wild Bird Statutory Instrument 1956 No 333 (S10) ... Following the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the bird sanctuary was redesignated under Wild Birds (Possil Marsh Sanctuary Glasgow) Amendment Order 1983 ...

Social Effects Of H5N1 - Financial
... On January 18, 2006 donor nations pledged two billion US dollars to combat bird flu at the two day International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human ... billion dollars have been spent and over two hundred million birds have been killed to try to contain H5N1 ... due to H5N1 killing millions of poultry vaccinating poultry against bird flu vaccinating poultry workers against human flu limiting travel in areas where H5N1 is found increasing farm ...

List Of Non-native Birds Of Great Britain
... The list of British birds comprises all those bird species which have occurred in a wild state in Great Britain ... Since the Victorian era many bird species have been introduced to Britain, whether for sport, ornament or general experimenting, and some have established ... This page lists the bird species that have established colonies in the British Isles ...