A July spell for the history books produced Britain's second Long-tailed Shrike and Suffolk's first-ever Hudsonian Godwit, while there was late news of a Little Swift in Highland.

A stunning Grasshopper Warbler portrait by Scott Duckworth is this week's top shot.

Britain's second-ever Long-tailed Shrike was found in Fife yesterday [Sunday 5 July] and is expected to spark a massive twitch this week. The bird was discovered by Ian Redfield, a visiting US birder, ...

A chance find of online video footage has led to the first confirmed records of Sand Cat in Libya, extending the known range of one of the world's more elusive felines.

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In May 2026 Dan Brown and Rachael Iveson-Brown from Wild Discovery in conjunction with Wild Earth Travel launched the UK's first-ever Conservation Cruise. This was a 12-day voyage to the most remote ...

Important inland breeding colonies of Sooty Falcon have been found in north-west Saudi Arabia, representing almost 2% of the world population.

A new BirdWatch Ireland report has identified more than 71,000 ha of protected wetlands with restoration potential, as conservationists urge the Irish Government to place birds at the heart of its ...

A 15-year study has revealed that Common Swifts show remarkable fidelity to their nesting sites, with almost all birds returning to the same breeding location each year – reinforcing calls to protect ...