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View email in browser Hi John, We hope to see many of you at our upcoming State of the World’s Birds webinar so we can share more about the difference your support is helping to make. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy catching up on some wonderful news for birds and nature this month. Want to inspire others? Click here to forward these highlights. More than 1.25 million voices for nature! Around 30 campaigners stand in a paved plaza holding banners in front of a large glass and brick office building. A red banner shows the number 1,254,722 and a white one reads “Hands Off Nature.” A banner reading “Democracy” hangs on the building behind them. So many of you were among the 1.25 million people who raised their voices for nature through #HandsOffNature. Now those voices have been taken directly to the European Commission, sending a powerful message that the laws protecting Europe’s birds, wildlife and water must remain strong. We'll keep you updated but until then, thank you! The worlds first unified birding checklist has been updated A small dark House swift with a white rump patch in flight against a soft green background, its long, swept-back wings held out and one wing raised. Following its launch in 2025 as a consensus-formed taxonomy for every species of bird found on planet Earth, the AviList checklist has now been released in a revised 2026 version. This is the first in what is set to be an annual update each October. See the headline changes New digital series spotlights global effort to protect migratory birds A camera monitor on a film rig shows four large, long-necked birds flying in a loose line across a peach-colored sunset sky. Behind the monitor, a green field stretches to a glowing horizon. If you haven't already seen, we have launched a digital film series, in collaboration with Content With Purpose, that brings together scientists, conservationists, communities, organisations and local voices to reveal the global effort to protect migratory birds. Watch the journeys that connect our world Supporter photo spotlight A small Aruban burrowing owl with bright yellow eyes stands upright on a pale rock, facing the camera. Its plumage is brown and cream with spotted markings, and white rocks and a blurred pale ground surround it A big thank you to David E. Fitzgibbons for sharing this wonderful photo of an Aruban burrowing owl. In David’s words “Endemic to the island of Aruba, the Aruban Burrowing Owl, is beloved by the islanders and nicknamed the ‘Shoco’.” The Shoco appears on the 50 Florin banknote, as well as several national stamps. David adds “In 2013 the population was estimated at 200 breeding pairs. The decline of the Shoco is due to the development on the island, nest destruction, and predation by the boa constrictor,” a non-native species. “While exploring the island I found myself in an abandoned construction site watching some Black Bellied Whistling Ducks frolic in a large puddle. It was then I saw the Shoco leave his ground nest and alight to some rocks.” For your chance to be featured, send us your best shots and a short paragraph about it to: howtohelp@birdlife.org. Get your photography featured Online talk and Q&A: State of the World's Birds RSVP today Thank you for your support, Mairianne Walker | BirdLife International Supporter Team From £5 you can be part of our global community helping to bring birds back from the brink. Check out our memberships. 10% off on a BirdLife Bundle! Get everything you need to take out birding. All purchases can help birds and nature thrive. Need a Will? Estate planning doesn’t have to be complicated. We’re offering a free, easy-to-use resource to help. Get started! LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube Website You are receiving this email because you opted-in to hear from BirdLife International BirdLife International is a registered charity 1042125 Address: BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK For full details on how we collect, use and store your personal information see our Privacy Policy. update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Copyright © 2026, All rights reserved.

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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more We’ve done it again. This time, on Channel 4 News. PROTECT THE WILD OCT 31 READ IN APP For the second time in less than six months, we’ve blown the lid off the shooting industry on national television. First it was ITV, and last night it was Channel 4 News. And I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of what we’re achieving. Back in May, ITV News broadcast our undercover investigation exposing the horrific reality of how millions of pheasants and partridges are intensively farmed across Britain, just so people can blast them out of the sky for fun. This time, I headed to the Channel 4 studios to sit down with Alex Thomson and expose the shooting industry’s shocking disregard for wildlife, the countryside and the environment. Once again, we’re bringing what this industry would rather keep hidden into the national spotlight. Dead birds and plastic waste dumped into enormous piles and set on fire. A baby pheasant found ALIVE in a pile waiting to be burned. Rotting carcasses left for wild animals to scavenge. And 22,000 birds gassed following a bird flu outbreak, with our footage raising serious questions about biosecurity and the potential risks to wild birds. Become a Game Changer Two major investigations. Two of the biggest news broadcasters in Britain. Less than six months apart. For a relatively small organisation taking on an industry with enormous financial resources, powerful lobbying groups and political connections, this is a bloody big achievement. And there’s something else that makes this so important. We’re just days away from the end of DEFRA’s call for evidence into the impacts of game-bird shooting. At the very moment the government is examining this industry, we’re helping expose its practices to a national audience. And we’re far from finished. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be releasing several further investigations, going into much greater detail about what our cameras uncovered. This is just the beginning. When we launched our campaign to End Bird Shooting, we set ourselves an ambitious target of reaching 1,000 Game Changers (people donating monthly to fund this work) by the end of 2026. Well, after last night, I want us to aim even higher. Let’s reach 1,000 Game Changers by the end of October. Become a Game Changer Because this is exactly what your monthly donations are helping make possible. Undercover investigators gathering evidence. Hundreds of hours of footage being reviewed. Investigations developed into stories that reach millions of people through national television. You’re seeing exactly where your money goes. And you’re seeing the difference it’s making. Imagine what we could achieve with 1,000 people funding this work every single month. More investigations. More national exposure. More pressure on the shooting industry. And ultimately, a much stronger campaign to bring bird shooting for sport to an end. I’m incredibly proud of everyone who’s helped make this possible. But believe me, we’re only just getting started. If you want to help us expose what else this industry is hiding, please become a Game Changer today. There are 777 Game Changers at the time of sending this email out. Will you become one of the first 1,000? Become a Game Changer SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start your Substack