Birds

Algeria's colonial history has resulted in birds like the Algerian Nuthatch remaining largely unnoticed by Western ecologists for a significant period.

New and exclusive works from award-winning writers and artists are being launched every day this week, inspired by a mysterious nocturnal bird. 

Birds living in cities need an abundance of insects in their environment to breed successfully.

Urban birds need to be smart or fast-breeding, new study shows.

It is more important than ever to ensure the general public has a powerful connection with the nature on their doorstep.

Mistle thrush and chicks set up nest in Leeds traffic light.

Bringing back traditional management methods that remove trees and mud can benefit not only pond species but also farmland birds.

University of Cambridge removes tree nets following social media campaign.

Freezing conditions force hungry winter migrant birds, fieldfares and redwings, into gardens.

Leftover cooking fat can damage the feathers of garden birds, RSPB warns.

Bitterns back from the brink of extinction as 102 male bitterns recorded on RSPB reserves for the first time.

British Trust for Ornithology research confirms feeding the birds can boost local populations.

Malcolm Green tells the story behind his performance piece Gone Cuckoo.

The RSPB is releasing a track of pure bird song to raise awareness of the shocking loss of over 40 million birds from the UK in just 50 years.

Fifteen of the top twenty species returned fewer sightings in gardens across the country than in 2018.

The Blue-throated Hillstar can only be found on a remote series of mountaintops in southern Ecuador but mining corporations have gained the rights to mine its habitat to extract metals.

Ten top achievements in the decade since helping to bring about the Climate Change Act.

A new study from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (Kent) has found that increasing the width of riparian reserves in oil palm plantations can support local biodiversity. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

A five-year study on the state of the world's birds makes for sombre reading. A significant number of once-common species now face decline and experts warn this worrying trend should ring alarm bells for the state of nature as a whole. CATHERINE HARTE reports

The Wildlife Trusts is urging developers to build homes that simultaneously give people an inspirational place to live and help reverse wildlife and habitat decline, reports CATHERINE EARLY

Report warns many rare breeding birds are at a high risk of extinction in the UK, based on projections of how climate will become less suitable for these species. Climate change will provide opportunities for some species while others will be more vulnerable, according to the latest research. Migratory birds are arriving in the UK earlier each Spring and leaving later each Autumn. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports.

The Hope Farm Bird Index has more than trebled between 2000 and 2017. Butterfly numbers on the farm have also increased by 213 percent. But during the same period the Farmland Bird Index nationally has decreased. JACK ALEXANDER reports

Government promises of 'leaving our environment better than we found it' are melting away in the heat of Brexit, writes Jeremy Robson. Ministers have said that a third of all EU environmental laws may never be transposed into UK statute, while many Tory MPs are anxious to rip away the 'red tape' that prevents building on precious nature sites. We must make British nature great again!