Huge numbers of birds have swept into gardens over the last few days, latest results from the BTO Garden BirdWatch reveal…
Almost a year since thousands of endangered penguins’ lives were threatened by an oil spill on Nightingale Island – part of Tristan da Cunha, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic – a survey to assess the birds’ population has taken place…
This spring, an estimated 100,000 pairs of Common Swifts will return from their winter holidays in Africa to once again grace the skies of Britain, and they will need somewhere to raise a brood of youngsters…
Many if not most birders now carry a camera when they’re out and about; some have invested in top-of-the-range gear, while others specialise in digiscoping, or opt for one of the portable and versatile ‘bridge’ cameras. What is certain is that bird photography in its various guises has never been more popular…
Every year around 12.5 million waterbirds spend the winter months in the UK, many coming here from as far away as Greenland and Siberia and at least one individual has been making the trip for 40 years…
An e-petition on the Downing Street website seeks to gain further protection for the raptor populations of England in line with recent legislation introduced in Scotland. Its backers are calling on the Government to introduce an offence of ‘vicarious liability’ for landowners whose employees are taken to court for persecution of raptors…
The latest update from the BTO Cuckoo-tracking project reports improving weather in equatorial Africa…
A Derbyshire gamekeeper, working on an estate within the Peak District National Park, has lost an appeal today (Tuesday 24th January 2012) against a previous conviction and sentence on seven charges relating to the illegal use of a trap baited with a live pigeon in order to take birds of prey, the intentional taking of a Sparrowhawk and a number of animal welfare offences…
What do Pink-footed Geese, Beethoven, vis-migging, mechanical Nightingales, slaying dragons, operas by Wagner and Mussolini all have in common?
The British Birds Charitable Trust – in consultation with the directors of BB – has approved grants totalling £6,000 to five conservation causes at home and abroad…
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