New Algerian Nuthatch breeding site discovered
The first known Algerian Nuthatch breeding site away from traditional areas has been found this year.
23/10/2018
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Mouse eradication programme announced to save threatened seabirds
With two million fewer seabird chicks surviving on Gough Island each year, plans to eradicate the introduced mouse population have been...
22/10/2018
Buzzard poisoned in North Yorkshire
A Common Buzzard found dead in the North York Moors National Park has been confirmed as poisoned.
21/10/2018
Goshawk shot and dumped in river
Police have launched an investigation after a Northern Goshawk was shot before being dumped into a river in Scotland.
20/10/2018
Art auction to help Sandwich Bay
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust is running an auction and crowdfunder in order to help it purchase the local hot-spot of Restharrow...
19/10/2018
Bowland Hen Harrier goes missing
Thor, one of the first Hen Harriers to hatch in the Forest of Bowland for three years, has disappeared in suspicious circumstances.
18/10/2018
Corncrake population remains at risk
Corncrake numbers in Scotland have remained largely static, with just a 2 per cent increase in calling males in 2018.
17/10/2018
Hampshire Mediterranean Gulls experience population boom
As part of an ongoing rapid population increase across Britain, a record 1,736 pairs of Mediterranean Gull nested at Langstone Harbour this...
16/10/2018
Kate Humble announced as new WWT president
TV presenter Kate Humble has been declared as the new president of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
15/10/2018
Scottish beavers on the increase
European Beaver numbers have risen markedly across Tayside in the past six years, according to a new Scottish Natural Heritage survey.
15/10/2018
Prolific egg collector pleads guilty
Daniel Lingham, who stole almost 5,000 wild bird eggs, has pleaded guilty to five charges at Norwich Magistrates' Court.
12/10/2018
Citizen science helps lift the lid on finch leg disease
Observations collected by garden watchers have helped vets investigate the occurrence of a leg condition that affects British finches.
11/10/2018
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