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Birmingham has been named the UK's first official Nature City, recognised for expanding access to green spaces and ...
Conservationists have been left stunned after a satellite-tagged Spoon-billed Sandpiper revealed a previously unknown ...
A colony of rare Little Terns on Norfolk's east coast has suffered after off-lead dogs attacked the birds, killing at least ...
Environmental charities have urged the UK Government to get Biodiversity Net Gain back on track across England (Maria Linger) ...
Tony Marr 1939-2025 Tony Marr in 2015 (Keith Betton). When he profiled his birding life in Birdwatch in 2003, Tony Marr wrote that in the 1950s it was generally thought that birdwatching was the ...
The 132-year-old British Ornithologists' Club is currently inviting applications for the role of Chair. If you are passionate about birds, communication and community-building within ornithology, the ...
A pair of Montagu's Harrier, Britain’s rarest breeding bird, have successfully raised four chicks at a secret site in England ...
The media storm over The Salt Path and the truthfulness of non-fiction triggers memories of a similar debate in birding ...
The Birds of Needs Ore by Chris Button (Ashford Colour Press, 2024). 408 pages; 800 graphs, photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781999899844. Hbk, £25 (plus £3.50 postage) To order a copy, email ...
Several satellite-tagged Common Cuckoos are already close to completing their southbound migrations. The birds, which ...
The winner of the BirdGuides Photo of the Week for 21-27 July 2025 is Les Moxon for his charming Pied Wagtail portrait.