Readers of our regular Notes on Nature email were invited to share their favourite nature photo celebrating the UK’s Wild ...

It is largely sedentary but undertakes some movements in response to flooding and droughts. Indian Pond Heron wanders to the United Arab Emirates as a scarce winter visitor and is more frequent in ...

Life is a beak for this shore-footed heron - as it surfs river swells on a broken tree branch. The white bird was seen perched on a makeshift raft of leafy sticks that it found drifting along the ...

A rare and elusive bird was recently spotted in the Channel Islands, an archipelago located between England and France. The bird — a type of heron known as a bittern — was recorded in Jersey, the ...

The bird — a type of heron known as a bittern — was recorded in Jersey, the largest of the islands, by wildlife photographer John Ovenden. “The very secretive Bittern made an appearance at ...

Global bird taxonomy, RSPB cuts, Slender-billed Curlew, 2024 in review and American Herring Gull ID all feature in the ...

Conservationists are calling on the public to join the world’s largest garden wildlife survey this weekend to see how birds are faring across the UK. Hundreds of thousands of people take part in ...

I’m not normally a birdwatcher but I want to take part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch this year – how do I go about it?” ...

"I urge bird keepers to check which requirements apply to them," said the UK chief veterinary officer, Christine Middlemiss. "Continue to exercise robust biosecurity measures, remain alert for any ...