News

Vagrant Ross's Gull falls victim to Bald Eagle

To the amazement of onlooking twitchers, the mega-rare visitor to Seattle fell foul of the attentions of a local predator.

03/12/2019

Common Buttonquail rediscovered in Algeria

The elusive species, better known in Europe as Andalusian Hemipode, had not been seen in the country for 25 years.

03/12/2019

Gloucestershire eels commence journey to Caribbean

The Critically Endangered fish have embarked on an epic 4,000-mile journey.

02/12/2019

Scotland leads the way in licensed Raven killing

No fewer than 3,800 have been slaughtered in the last five years.

01/12/2019

Florida 'red tide' threatens Reddish Egret

The algal bloom is thought to have killed two satellite-tagged individuals.

30/11/2019

The end of Dwight the Twite?

The rumours are true – the Birdwatch/BirdGuides Twite is missing, presumed taken by a Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

29/11/2019

Red Kite poisoned to death in North Yorkshire

During the last seven years, more raptor persecution has taken place in the Nidderdale area than anywhere else in England.

28/11/2019

Hen Harrier disappears in Northumberland

The female, named Ada, only hatched at a nest in Scotland this summer.

28/11/2019

Beavers to be released in southern England

Three families will be introduced on land in Somerset and the Surrey/West Sussex border.

27/11/2019

Sumatran Rhinoceros becomes extirpated in Malaysia

The last remaining female has died in captivity.

26/11/2019

Songbird poacher caught in Italy

The 60-year old man had been shooting pipits and Bramblings.

25/11/2019

Changing times for British and Irish moths

The newly published Atlas of Britain and Ireland’s Larger Moths has revealed a series of dramatic changes.