Ornithology
Ortolan Bunting being eaten to extinction
A study has found that French hunting of the declining passerine is pushing it towards extirpation, despite the practice being officially...
17/06/2019
Conservation
Find out all about rising and falling bird populations, habitat destruction, climate change and the vital work being done around the world to protect the environment.
Conservation
Renewed efforts to save Hispaniolan parrots
David Waugh reports on the new measures being implemented to save two highly threatened endemic psittacines.
01/06/2019
Conservation
The impacts of habitat loss and poaching on Neotropical parrots
Ground-breaking research assesses the large-scale effects of two man-made threats to the psitticines of South and Central America. David...
04/05/2019
Conservation
Trouble in paradise
Alex Bond, Senior Curator of Birds at the Natural History Museum at Tring, looks at the effects plastic pollution is having on seabirds...
13/04/2019
Conservation
Cull invasive mammals to save island wildlife, scientists say
A new study has concluded that the removal of damaging, invasive mammals could help prevent a disproportionate number of future species...
27/03/2019
Conservation
Saving the last population of 'Pitihi'
David Waugh reports on what is being done to save a beautiful and Critically Endangered parrot in French Polynesia.
18/03/2019
Ornithology
Balloons are the deadliest plastic to seabirds
The findings come as part of a detailed study into the breakdown of ingested plastics among seabirds.
15/03/2019
Conservation
Finding Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
With Lesser Spotted Woodpecker activity approaching its peak, there's no better time to be out looking for the species in your local...
08/03/2019
Ornithology
Hybridisation threatens Milky Stork's survival
A recent study has highlighted the issues that interbreeding with the much commoner Painted Stork pose for the Endangered species.
07/03/2019
Travel
Dominica: life after Hurricane Maria
Rod Standing visited the Caribbean island of Dominica to see how its birdlife was faring 16 months on from the most devastating hurricane...
02/03/2019
Conservation
Putting Blue-headed Racket-tail on the conservation map
David Waugh reports on what is being done to preserve populations of a charismatic Philippine parrot.
22/02/2019
Conservation
Hands-on management helps Scarlet Macaw in Guatemala
David Waugh reports on the conservation measures being implemented to save the heavily threatened northern subspecies of Scarlet Macaw.
10/02/2019
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