Birds

RSPB: How to help birds in winter - make an avian winter health spa for our gard...

A person has died from bird flu in the first confirmed case in the United States, officials have reported.

Person dies from bird flu

Blue tits on feeder

On the Wild Side: Winter birds in the garden

Blue tits on a garden feeder

How to help garden birds during cold weather and what you might see

An indoor cat in Oregon has died after consuming raw frozen cat food contaminated with the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Pet food recalled after cat dies from bird flu

Birds benefit hugely from garden feeders in the winter

How to attract birds to your garden and save money on seed and feeders

Earl Holliman, star of The Twilight Zone and Forbidden Planet, has died aged 96.

Golden Globe-winning actor Earl Holliman dies aged 96

How to feed garden birds in snow: Top high-fat foods for birds

Dozens of birdwatchers flock to a quiet cul-de-sac in Shelf, near Halifax, after a rare bird was sighted perched on a garden washing line.

Watch: Crowds gather to see rare bird last seen in UK ten years ago

Rare pink baby pigeon hand-reared using a unique technique at Paignton Zoo in Devon.

Watch: Rare pink baby pigeon hand-reared using unique technique at zoo

the heavily-built herring gull that has gained a bad reputation for stealing the tourist pasty or fish and chips

Professor Ian Rotherham looks at the Herring Gull's eye for a snack

Magpie on the feeders

On the Wild Side with Professor Ian Rotherham: Ever-adaptable magpies

South Yorkshire Police have launched an appeal after two cygnets were killed in Barnsley.

Police launch appeal after baby swans killed in Barnsley

Rathlin Island: Conservation success story on Causeway Coast

Avoid fake cobwebs, pumpkins, and light-up decorations this Halloween

Feathery Friend

Close encounters of the feathery kind

Irwin the emu, has been found dead following earlier fears may have been "swept downstream" in a river.

Beloved sanctuary emu found dead after going missing
A beloved emu named Irwin, described as a “jolly emu who loved cuddles,” has been found dead a week after disappearing from Malmesbury Animal Sanctuary in Wiltshire.
Rahmah Ghazali

Professor Ian Rotherham has spoken about the nuthatch returning to his autumn garden

On the Wild Side: The nuthatch returns to the autumn garden

Professor Ian Rotherham talks about baby blackbirds assuming their adult plumage

Professor Ian Rotherham talks baby blackbirds assuming adult plumage

A baby swallow takes a rest

Where are the swallows and the swifts?

Househunters spot property comes with birds of prey neighbours

Brilliant bargains for the pets in your life

Stock up on treats before they sell out at Aldi's pet event

Bargain bird food will be arriving in stores this week

Aldi is about to start selling some bargain bird food

A young great spotted woodpecker

Expert tips on spotting young woodpeckers as they visit as family

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

A starling probing for food

Wildlife expert- everything you need to know about dextrous starlings

Shining cranesbill

Plant expert: Here's why you should go in search of wild crane’s-bills

A flying puffin on Saltee Island

Puffin perfect: New special protection area to help seabirds
A new special protection area (SPA) for seabirds off the coast of Co Wexford could help to safeguard the puffin population on the uninhabited Saltee Islands, experts have said.
Nancy Fielder

Two reality show contestants have been disqualified after killing at eating a weka bird, which is an endangered species. Image by Adobe Photos.

Reality TV contestants kicked off show for eating endangered bird

Nature is struggling

Joys of spotting summertime swallows and their babies gathering

Lime trees growing either side of High Street in Henley-in-Arden, Warks., had their tops hacked off without notice leaving locals “devastated”.

Residents left furious after council "butchers" trees to save cash

Adorable fluffy flamingo chicks hand-reared at Whipsnade Zoo

Meet the adorable fluffy flamingo chick being hand-reared by zoo staff

One of the Skomer Island puffins on the colony near Penbrokeshire. Credit: David Lister photography

Watch: These colourful puffins are adorable - and they live in the UK

Harris hawk brought in to scare off 'XL Gullies' in Liverpool city centre.

Huge bird of prey given job of scaring XL Gullies who attack shoppers

The neighbours behind Sheffield's infamous 'half-cut tree' in Waterthorpe two years ago are still not speaking over to the initial row.

Unbelievable 'half-cut tree' is UK's most unlikely tourist attraction

Boy attacked by aggressive seagulls

Watch: Aggressive seagulls attack boy as he leaves the house

More than 40 white stork chicks are expected to fledge in Sussex any day now, and may one day call other parts of the UK home (Photo: Malcome Green / The White Stork)

Extinct birds back

The dusty tetraka was considered a lost bird until last year, when it was rediscovered by an expedition team (Photo: The Search for Lost Birds/Re:Wild)

How birdwatchers can help find the world's 126 'lost birds'

The owner of Strawberry Hill (right) left his farmland to go back to nature some 37 years ago (Photo: Holly Wilkinson/PA Wire)

Help 'save Strawberry Hill' to protect habitat for rare birds

The pool view, with the ocean and beach just behind (Photo: Heritage Le Telfair)

Heritage Le Telfair wellness holiday: my paradise trip to Mauritius

The UK's Swift Awareness Week is coming in hot (Photo: Mircea Costina/Adobe Stock)

How bird lovers can find their closest Swift Awareness Week event

Kitting your garden out with gadgets can be a great time-saver

We list the garden gadgets that can help you out in your outdoor space

Garden birds will readily take up any water sources you offer them over the summer months, the RSPB says (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Three ways to help birds beat the summer heat in your garden

Herring gulls are actually on the conservation 'red list', and it's illegal to disturb their nests (Photo: Daniel Dayment / SWNS)

Seagull family 'take over' supermarket carparks

Red kite Milvus milvus, in flight

Birds of Prey UK: How to identify the Red Kite - once near extinction

Some 26 owls were being kept in cramped conditions in a shed with no water, inspectors said (Photo: RSPCA/Supplied)

Birdkeeping ban for man who kept dozens of mistreated owls in shed

A happy couple mowing - perhaps after No Mow May - unaware of the horror they're about to unleash on hay fever sufferers (Photo: Pexels)

'Hay fever bomb' alert

Groom surprises bride with penguin ring bearer at wedding.

Watch: Groom surprises bride with penguin ring bearer at wedding

Snaps of puffins with beaks full of fish have helped the RSPB learn more about what they eat (Photo: Chantal Macleod-Nolan/RSPB)

What your 'Puffarazzi' holiday snaps helped RSPB learn about puffins

Credit: Lisa Ferguson

Family activities to do for £5 or less this May half-term

Woody, nicknamed 'the Unit', is a two-year-old fox red Labrador (Photos: LIFE Raft Project/Supplied)

Meet Woody, the detection dog saving Rathlin Island's seabirds

Spider, 66, and Anne Spider-McKeown, 64, from Birmingham, go about their daily routine with two parrots Charlie a green-winged Macaw and Chester, a blue-and-gold Macaw. May 19, 2024.

Watch: Quirky pet-mad couple take their parrots to the shop

A loud peacock on Lodge Hill Road in Gawthorpe, West Yorks.

'Sleep- deprived' street gets terrorised by escaped peacock

Puffins on Wales' Skomer Island make for a majestic sight (Photo: Wildlife Trusts/PA Wire)

Best places in the UK to see puffins this summer

White-tailed eagles were only reintroduced to the Isle of Wight in 2019 (Photo: Forestry England/PA Wire)

Real diet of white-tailed eagles revealed - and it’s not lambs

Smokers have been banned from using a village hall ashtray bin after it was taken over - by a family of nesting blue tits.

Watch: 'No Smoking' as family of blue tits nest in ashtray

The new arrival is a female, with only 45 other breeding females of the species left (Photo: ZSL/Supplied)

London zookeeper helps hatch 'extinct in the wild' kingfisher chick