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 ...

The elusive and little-known Cozumel Fox, a dwarf canid found only on a small Mexican island, has been photographed for the first time, confirming the continued survival of a population that had not ...

Peter Roberts. 412 pages, more than 180 colour photos. ISBN: 9781036971854. Hbk, £25. Available at crex-press.sumupstore.com. The Birds of Islay an ...

Sometimes the stars align and bird photographers are afforded the opportunity to snap a shot that will live long in the memory. Such was the case for Darren Chapman when he twitched the Western Reef ...

The weekend of 20-21st was a momentous one for Fair Isle, which saw the official grand opening of the fifth iteration of Fair Isle Bird Observatory by noted author and birder Ann Cleeves. The event ...

The rescue of Texel's famous Spectacled Eider prompted celebration, soul-searching and some very strange criticism, writes our columnist.

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Always a species to get the pulse racing, Caspian Tern has been seen with greater frequency in Britain in recent years. But what is driving this rise in records? Josh Jones takes a closer look.

A chance discovery in Surrey has led to a new technique for monitoring Black Hairstreak, one of Britain's rarest butterflies, after an amateur naturalist found its caterpillars glow brightly under ...

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