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 ...

Diggers have begun creating 136 ha of new wetland at Speechly's Farm, helping reconnect two fragments of ancient fen in Cambridgeshire.

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.

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 ...

Reintroduction projects in Austria and Germany are successfully returning Ural Owls to parts of their former range, with birds now breeding in the wild.

Shorebirds breeding in the Arctic tundra return to their previous sites far less often than those in other habitats, a new study has found.

BTO research warns that warming seas, food shortages and extreme weather could have severe consequences for Britain's and Ireland's Puffins.

Despite the wet and windy weather slightly hindering our birding, day one produced some great birds, including a White-winged Scoter at Njarðvík. The same difficult conditions also raised our hopes of ...