'Two-headed' Song Thrush in Syria causes controversy
A hunter recently claimed to trap the bird, but conservationists strongly suspect foul play to be at work.
13/01/2020
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SOC to host Scottish Nature Photography Awards
The touring exhibition will visit the Scottish Ornithologists' Club's Aberlady headquarters for a month from 18 January.
12/01/2020
Egg smuggler could face extradition to Brazil
Jeffrey Lendrum strapped 19 raptor eggs to his body and attempted to smuggle them into the UK.
12/01/2020
HS2 destroys habitat on Berkshire reserve without permission
Trees were felled and other habitats cleared to make way for the high-speed rail scheme, HS2 has admitted.
11/01/2020
Birding's top stories of 2019
We look back at some of the most-read news that we brought you last year.
10/01/2020
Poor winter for Smew continues
The current total number of the elegant sawbill in Britain could be fewer than 50.
09/01/2020
Help count Bewick's and Whooper Swans this weekend
While Whoopers have steadily increased as a winter visitor, Bewick's Swan has suffered a wretched decline.
09/01/2020
Bird extinction rates fall by 40 percent
A new study has demonstrated how targeted conservation has prevented many species from disappearing altogether.
08/01/2020
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear and Hudsonian Whimbrel are split
The IOC has announced that both taxa will be awarded full species status ahead of the publication of its latest world bird list update.
07/01/2020
Scottish curlews get financial boost
The Scottish Government has allocated more than £150,000 to a scheme to support the declining shorebird.
07/01/2020
Arctic seals make it to south-west Ireland
Two rare species, one previously unrecorded in the country, have been seen in the opening days of 2020.
06/01/2020
New wetland takes shape in Lincolnshire
The 100-acre Cress Marsh Ecological Mitigation site is the only development of its kind in Europe.
05/01/2020
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