Why Elmley is one of the UK's best birdwatching spots

On the little-known Isle of Sheppey, Elmley is the UK’s only national nature reserve with overnight accommodation — offering ...

Blue tits will be attracted to your garden all autumn with one small change

Blue tits are one of the most common and recognisable visitors across UK gardens and here's how they will be enticed to visit ...

UK bird flu warning as second outbreak in a week recorded at poultry farm

After the alert last week that more than 10,000 poultry were being culled following the discovery of bird flu in Penrith, ...

Elusive jack snipe delights birdwatchers at hide

An "elusive" and rarely seen wading bird has proved to be a highlight of the autumn migratory season for birdwatchers at a ...

Reserve reports bumper breeding year for birds

A nature reserve in Kent says it has had a bumper breeding year for wild bird species. Elmley Nature Reserve, on the Isle of Sheppey, is a family-run estate with a goal to restore nature to its 3,300 ...

Rare bird spotted in Scottish town for first time ever

A RARE bird has been spotted in a small Scottish town for the first time. Andrew James, a lucky birdwatcher, spotted the ...

Rare visitor to the UK pictured at nature reserve

Photographer Nick Bowman was at Welney Nature Reserve last week when he captured an image of a ruddy shelduck.
The Conversation

UK poultry can roam free outside again – but bird flu risk hasn’t gone away

Paul Wigley receives funding from BBSRC and MRC. Indeed, the past two winters in the UK have seen our largest and most prolonged outbreak of bird flu in modern times, leading to substantial controls ...