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Random Musings => Miscellany => Where The Wild Things Are => Topic started by: Wowbagger on 05 May, 2022, 11:39:34 am

Title: Worrying news re curlews
Post by: Wowbagger on 05 May, 2022, 11:39:34 am

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/05/crumbly-curlew-eggs-may-pose-another-threat-to-species-say-uk-scientists

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If the issue is inbreeding because of the constricted population, rather than something that is easier to fix, such as environmental pollution, the outlook would be poor. However, there are hopes that another issue may be behind the problem.

If that environmental pollution happened to be microplastic, I don't see that as an easy fix.

Title: Re: Worrying news re curlews
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 05 May, 2022, 05:12:00 pm

IIRC fragile shells in birds of prey in the 1970s and 80s were found to be due to pesticides.