A new DEFRA report has revealed that the UK's birds continue to decline, with habitat loss, pesticide use, climate breakdown and bird flu all to blame. Data released by the government on 12 November ...

A family party of globally threatened Lesser White-fronted Geese has arrived in Yorkshire. The birds were first seen when they arrived in off the North Sea at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire, on 9 ...

Vocal interactions between Tawny Owl and Ural Owl have been recorded in Russia. Owls have generally far-carrying advertising calls used to attract a mate and communicate the boundaries of territories.

Some 18 Whooper Swans have been found dead in a field after flying into power lines in Cambridgeshire. The birds were discovered on farmland between Chatteris and Somersham in Cambridgeshire on ...

Since 2019, Hodbarrow RSPB in Cumbria has hosted a small heronry in lagoon edge woodland on the reserve's northern boundary. Grey Heron was the initial coloniser, followed closely by Little Egret and ...

A man has been arrested following the illegal killing of a Bearded Vulture in Spain. The bird, named 'Lopezosa', was a chick hatched in 2021 from one of the first-ever released pair of vultures in the ...

Locals have described the "appalling cruelty" after youngsters were seen using catapults to attack birds in Worcestershire. Officers from the Pickersleigh and Chase Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) had ...

Taking on the challenge of a 'big year' anywhere in the world always involves a great deal of resources being invested – time and money being the most obvious. While year-listing in the UK might ...

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