Lucy McRobert finds herself unexpectedly moved – and amused – by a viral film that captures the joy, absurdity and authenticity of modern birding.

Proposals to restrict the shooting of six British bird species – including a full ban for Common Pochard – have been announced as part of efforts to reverse significant population declines.

Proposals to tighten regulation of gamebird shooting in England could introduce new controls on the release of millions of birds, amid growing concerns over the environmental impacts of such releases.

Conservationists are planning to reintroduce Edwards's Pheasant to protected forests in Vietnam from 2027, more than 25 years after the species was last confirmed in the wild.

A new paper in the Journal of Raptor Research argues that the nomadic lifestyle of the widely distributed Short-eared Owl remains poorly understood and outlines key research questions to help explain ...

Butterfly Conservation has announced a new national poll to discover Britain's favourite butterfly. The Britain's Favourite Butterfly vote marks the first time that British residents will be invited ...

A perfect portrait of an understated resident bird wins this week's accolade for Alick Simmons.

A lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter reflects on football, identity and a club crest rooted in nature – and on the long campaign to turn symbolism into real conservation action.

A Pallas's Gull report proved to be a startling false alarm, Irish birders enjoyed the country's first Oriental Turtle Dove and a run of Hoopoes appeared in the South-West. Sam Viles rounds up the ...

A gamekeeper has admitted killing a Eurasian Goshawk on a shooting estate in Perthshire. Russell Mason, 49, pleaded guilty at Perth Sheriff Court after being filmed killing a goshawk that had been ...

A female Eurasian Curlew has broken the UK longevity record for the species. The bird, which was initially ringed as a juvenile on Brownsea Island, Dorset, in September 1992, was observed in the New ...

A continent-wide study using some 100,000 citizen-science records has revealed that the striking colour variation of Common Buzzard is declining, with intermediate plumage types becoming increasingly ...