House martins may find his 17th-century North Yorkshire house sufficiently des res, but to nurture the swifts, barn owls and kestrels, locally made nests are called for ...

Experienced birders said they’ve learned how to look at a sea of black, when birds such as starlings, red-winged blackbirds, ...

Sunrise comes early this time of year. Its gentle fingers reach out while most of us are still wrapped in the warm blanket of deep sleep. A small bird is one of the first to respond to these early ...

Flying and marine animals are relatively free to follow these shifting niches. Birds and butterflies are two examples. New species arrive regularly in the UK with the warming climate and are generally ...

In the wake of suggested new rules for cat ownership in Scotland to protect wildlife, Flic Everett says they are natural ...

In 1930, the remaining 36 residents petitioned the British ... for the sea birds that nest here, and I saw Gannets, Shags, Fulmars, and Guillemots on the cliffs and also St Kilda Wrens.

Keep your friendly garden visitors healthy and ... As Dr Kate Plummer from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) explained: “Birds become sick, the disease spreads through their saliva and ...

The RSPB has suddenly withdrawn flat bird feeders from sale on its website as it is considered possible that these might be spreading deadly diseases, especially to finches ...

Countless British birds, including robins, wrens, blackbirds ... of charging points to allow easy access should not mean front garden planting is neglected,' he said. Additional predictions ...

It’s Big Garden Birdwatch weekend! Thousands of people across Northern Ireland will be spending an hour counting the birds that land in their garden. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

Celebrating its 46th year, the Big Garden Birdwatch has grown into ... Almost as tiny as the Goldcrest, the Wren is one of our smallest birds – so much so that over 60 Wrens were once ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...