A British bird, once considered so delicious that it was nearly hunted to extinction 500 years ago, is making a comeback. Once widespread in the UK, cranes were heavily hunted until the Elizabethan ...

We are fortunate to have many beautiful British birds throughout the country. Some visit our gardens, others are found only ...

Conservationists have warned that British birds are being “pushed past their limits” as official figures showed ongoing declines in species in all habitats. Data from the Environment Department (Defra ...

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 694995). Although the permits ...

The bird conservation charity's analysis of OS Open Names data for Great Britain from 2004 to 2024 found, for example, that ...

A British garden bird has been found to be so intelligent that it can solve problems and even 'mimic human voices', according to a professor's discovery. Several common species have demonstrated ...

The chill has arrived, rain is falling and summer feels like a distant dream. And as the seasons shift, it brings tough times for all manner of creatures that pop into our gardens - including one of ...

It took him until he was 81, but a veteran British birder has become the first person in the world officially to see 9,000 species. Tom Gullick achieved the remarkable feat when he managed to see ...