Conservation
Diving birds at greater risk of extinction
Specialist divers may be evolving into an "evolutionary dead end", say researchers.
19/01/2023
Articles
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Ornithology
Woodcock has the brightest feathers ever measured
Researchers have shown that the largely brown Eurasian Woodcock's tail feathers outshine any other bird, and suggest why.
18/01/2023
Patch birding
Patchwork Challenge 2023
The Patchwork Challenge team introduce the return of the local birding competition and explain how you can take part in 2023.
17/01/2023
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 9-15 January 2023
The first Baikal Teal for Wales headlined a wet and windy few days across Britain and Ireland.
16/01/2023
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 9-15 January 2023
A sublime Sabine's Gull capture from Jeremy McClements is this Monday's winning image.
16/01/2023
Ornithology
Birds build hanging nests to deter nest invaders, study finds
Weavers and icterids independently evolved hanging nest structures to protect their young from predators and brood parasites.
15/01/2023
Articles
Norman Arlott: 1947-2022
Myles Archibald pays homage to the talented bird artist, who sadly passed away in December.
13/01/2023
Comment
Lucy McRobert: bird of a lifetime
A spectacular North American vagrant and thrilling subsequent twitch made autumn 2022 one to remember on Scilly.
12/01/2023
Ornithology
Calls for more research into possible new migration route of Yellow-browed Warbler
The warbler could join Eurasian Blackcap and Richard's Pipit as one of the few species in which the recent evolution of an alternative...
11/01/2023
Review of the Week
Review of the Week: 3-8 January 2023
A mild, stormy period produced a Black-browed Albatross in Cornwall, while a Laughing Gull added to Devon's bumper winter.
09/01/2023
Photo of the Week
Photo of the Week: 3-8 January 2023
Tim Melling's flying Eurasian Bittern wins the first award of 2023.
09/01/2023
Conservation
Baltic seaduck let down by marine protection network
A recent review of Natura 2000 sites in Poland warns that the country's marine protected areas are not fit for purpose.
08/01/2023
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