The disease, known more widely as bird flu, has been detected in several species of wild bird in recent weeks and scientists are keen to map the disease’s spread and impacts across the UK this winter.

A pair of Hoopoes succeeded in raising three young from a nest in farmland in Leicestershire and Rutland. This distinctive species from southern Europe, its plumage a combination of salmon-pink and ...

Ruff can be tricky waders to identify, with their variable size and plumage. However, by learning how to recognise Ruff in their various guises through this video, you’ll be able to pick them out with ...

This study is part three of a series of sector‐level analysis reports on sea‐lough WeBS data in Northern Ireland, previously documenting Carlingford Lough, Strangford Lough, Belfast Lough, and Lough ...

Cleeve has spent the past six weeks or so in much the same area along the northern Nigeria border, with little sign of movement. However, in the last few days he has covered around 1,200 km (745 miles ...

El Haddad, H., Austin, G., Woodward, I. & Booth Jones, K. 2023. Analysis of wintering waterbird population trends for the Lough Neagh and Lough Beg Special Protection Area (SPA). BTO Research Report ...

Peniche, G., Challis, A., Beckmann, B., Wilson, M., Eaton, M., Stevenson, A., Stirling-Aird, P., Thornton, M. & Wilkinson, N. 2025. Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme ...

Newson, S. & Austin, G,. 2022. Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo. Natural England Report Natural England ...

The Seabird Monitoring Programme, funded by the British Trust for Ornithology and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), in association with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, aims to ...

Effective designation and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for the conservation of seabirds at sea requires a detailed understanding of where they forage. GPS tracking provides ...

Hereward, H.F.R., Macgregor, C.J., Gabb, O., Connell, A., Thomas, R.J., Cross, A.V. & Taylor, R.C. 2024. Modelling population-level impacts of wind farm collision ...

Bowgen, K., Jarrett, D., Franks, S., Langlois Lopez, S., Clark, N., Clark, J. & Noyes, P. 2025. GPS-tracking breeding Curlew in the Yorkshire Dales: breeding success ...