Birds

Two pigeons were found dead with swastikas carved on their chests in a riverside town in Cambridgeshire - Credit: Adobe

Swastikas carved into dead pigeons - two arrested

Bird flu could become the next major global pandemic. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

Professor claims bird flu could become a new pandemic

A group of emperor penguin chicks (Photo: Peter Fretwell/ British Antarctic Survey)

Emperor penguins suffer 'catastrophic breeding failure'

All three hen harrier incidents have been reported to the police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit, the RSPB says (Getty Images)

Concern as three young hen harriers 'disappear' from grouse moors

Bird co-founder Dom Barker (Photo: Amber Allott/NationalWorld)

Exclusive Birda: the UK social media app 'gamifying' birdwatching

Derbyshire Police have arrested a boy in relation to a social media video, which appears to show a pigeon being harmed.

Boy arrested over video where pigeon appears to be kicked to death

Here one of the young spoonbill fledglings (left) can be seen alongside its parent (Photo: John Tallowin/Supplied)

See the first spoonbills to hatch in the Norfolk Broads in 400 years

We might get a bit miffed when gulls swoop in and steal our chips, but it's better than a seaside without them (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Sympathy for the seagull: the bird Brits love to hate Amber Allott

A great skua, which has died of bird flu on Sandness Hill on Mainland Shetland, looking towards Papa Stour (Photo: Ashley Cooper/RSPB)

Endangered seabirds now on the brink, as bird flu rips through colonies

Urgent warning to holidaymakers as infected birds wash up on UK beaches. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Warning to holidaymakers as infected birds wash up on UK beaches

Dame Esther Rantzen pinpoints what could have caused her lung cancer

The Sovereign's Swan Marker, David Barber holds an injured Mute swan during the annual Swan Upping on the River Thames on July 18, 2022 in Shepperton, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Swan Upping: royal cygnet numbers drop 40% in a year

Four "extremely precious" Guam kingfisher hatchlings are to be released into the wild next year with the help of a British zookeeper (Photo: Thomas Mangloña/KUAM News/PA Wire)

'Extinct in the wild' Guam kingfisher chicks soon to be wild once more

Elon Musk

Failed rebrands as Elon Musk replaces Twitter bird with ‘X’ symbol

The RSPCA has appealed for dashcam footage after a van reportedly ploughed into a flock of geese

RSPCA appeal for information after geese run over by van

This morning eagle-eyed Twitter users have noticed the change on the social media platform

Elon Musk reveals new Twitter ‘X’ logo as iconic bird scrapped

Elon Musk in June (Photo: JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk to make huge change to Twitter

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in Cumbria after the disease was detected near Bootle. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Cumbria after disease found near Bootle

The woman described the attack as a ‘Hitchcock’ moment (Photo: Adobe)

Woman has hair ripped out as she’s ‘dive bombed’ by aggressive crows