After seven weeks birding in the Outer Hebrides, Zak Spaull headed to Flamborough hoping for a late-season rarity. His decision delivered one of the most desired of all megas.

The latest Living Planet Index records a steep average decline in monitored wildlife populations, but uneven data collection makes the global picture difficult to assess.

An initial £384,000 will support work protecting Little Tern and Ringed Plover until 2029, with a wider county strategy designed to address disturbance over the coming decades.

A long-term study of Short-eared Owl in Finland has linked agricultural intensification to the species' decline. Researchers examined a population of the species in western Finland over a 47-year ...

With autumn thrush migration underway, David Campbell talks you through the typical species and calls to learn at this time of year, from Redwing to Ring Ouzel.

What a lively few days that was! October is so often the month of megas and this week lived up to high expectations, with no fewer than eight breaking megas sounded on the BirdGuides app during the ...

Simple deterrent devices tested by Cornish fishers have substantially reduced seabird bycatch in gillnets, offering a potential way of tackling one of the major threats facing diving seabirds without ...

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A voluntary bird protection area has been established at Ryde Beach after declining numbers of wintering Sanderlings were linked to disturbance from people and dogs.

Four young fledged from a pair in the IJzer Valley, marking the first successful breeding record of Black-winged Kite in Flanders as the species continues to expand northwards in western Europe.

For the second week running, a shorebird features in Photo of the Week – this time, though, it's a surfing Grey Phalarope at the Oxfordshire hot-spot of Farmoor Reservoir. This species is well known ...