Conservationists are planning to reintroduce Edwards's Pheasant to protected forests in Vietnam from 2027, more than 25 years after the species was last confirmed in the wild.

A gamekeeper has admitted killing a Eurasian Goshawk on a shooting estate in Perthshire. Russell Mason, 49, pleaded guilty at Perth Sheriff Court after being filmed killing a goshawk that had been ...

A perfect portrait of an understated resident bird wins this week's accolade for Alick Simmons.

A Pallas's Gull report proved to be a startling false alarm, Irish birders enjoyed the country's first Oriental Turtle Dove and a run of Hoopoes appeared in the South-West. Sam Viles rounds up the ...

More than 7,000 Audouin's Gull nests were counted in 2024 on the barrier islands of Ria Formosa Natural Park, confirming the Algarve as the site of the world's largest breeding colony for the species.

Butterfly Conservation has announced a new national poll to discover Britain's favourite butterfly. The Britain's Favourite Butterfly vote marks the first time that British residents will be invited ...

A lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter reflects on football, identity and a club crest rooted in nature – and on the long campaign to turn symbolism into real conservation action.

A female Eurasian Curlew has broken the UK longevity record for the species. The bird, which was initially ringed as a juvenile on Brownsea Island, Dorset, in September 1992, was observed in the New ...

A continent-wide study using some 100,000 citizen-science records has revealed that the striking colour variation of Common Buzzard is declining, with intermediate plumage types becoming increasingly ...

Research in Italian cities shows that non-native parrot species occupy ecological roles absent from native urban bird communities, rather than simply overtaking them.

The RSPB has re-wetted 120 ha of former arable peat at Lakenheath Fen, creating new habitat for declining breeding waders including Northern Lapwing and Common Redshank.

The Dutch Spectacled Eider has died in care, it has been announced. The news comes soon after plans were announced to release it back into the wild following its rehabilitation at Vogelopvang De Wulp.