My last sight as I drove out of the resort on my most recent visit was the orange, black and white flicker of a hoopoe in flight alongside my car, a fat grub in its beak. It flew straight into a hole ...

A review led by Natural England has determined that taking birds of prey from the wild is unnecessary for falconry or ...

* Bird News Pro and Bird News Ultimate subscribers receive full sighting details. Freshwater pool, marshy field and reedbed. Significant high-tide roost for the bird population of the Exe Estuary, ...