The twitcher’s tools have traditionally been binoculars, notebook and pen, but birdwatching boffins at an American university are now using lasers on a NASA satellite in their search for woodpeckers. Read More »
A nature reserve near Liverpool has hired a pair of llamas to protect the park’s bird eggs and chicks. Read More »
A parasitic disease which may once have killed the mighty tyrannosaurus rex has wiped out hundreds of thousands of greenfinches in the UK – and ornithologists believe garden bird feeders could be spreading the disease. Read More »
Bird watchers at the Lochwinnoch nature reserve in Scotland have snapped photos of a blue tit with a remarkable beak about four times its normal size.
Birdwatchers in Scotland are celebrating the return of the UK’s oldest known breeding female osprey for a 20th consecutive year. Read More »
British birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts are being called on to join a count of kingfishers and other species amid fears that the river-dwelling birds may have been decimated by the country’s harsh winter. Read More »
Birdwatchers of Britain may face longer treks northwards in search of native species over the coming decades because of climate change, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says in a report published this week. More alarmingly, several breeds native to Scotland face extinction as rising temperatures literally drive them off the map. Read More »