Scilly grabbed the autumnal limelight with the appearance of two Sora on the archipelago this week. More here >

Long-running releases in Germany and Austria are establishing breeding populations where the large forest owl disappeared during the twentieth century. More here >

Wildlife impacts, animal welfare and crime are among the issues under examination as conservationists renew calls for shoot licensing. More here >

A continent-wide restriction is set to replace millions of toxic pellets with non-lead alternatives after a seven-year transition. More here >

Two males released in Rajasthan mark the transition from building a conservation-breeding population to testing reintroduction methods. More here >

Footage from Benacre National Nature Reserve may be the county's first live record, but Natural England says a lookalike species has not been ruled out. More here >

The Atlantic Puffin, Barn Owl, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and European Hedgehog will represent UK wildlife and feature as the central images on our next series of banknotes. More here >

A 63% fall in Chinstrap Penguins has cost Zavodovski Island its global record and changed the balance of its seabird community. More here >

In Norway, a new survey underlines the importance of Jaeren, where local breeding numbers contrast with a much wider national decline. More here >

How will this year's drought affect reservoir levels and the wintering wildfowl that use them. More here >

Years of hard work and nurturing his Shetland garden to attract migrants, pays off with a Holy Grail arrival for Hugh Harrop. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

A former golf course is welcoming new arrivals as a coastal restoration project opens to visitors. More here >

Twenty years of habitat restoration have changed the fortunes of a Wiltshire landscape and its remarkable breeding birds. More here >

Young birds are being prepared to join a tiny Pacific island population, as conservationists work towards the species' eventual return to Guam. More here >

The latest journey behind an ultralight aircraft has demanded patience, improvisation and a willingness to change course. More here >

Police are seeking information after treatment failed to save a bird discovered with a badly injured wing. More here >

An initial three-year award will support Little Terns, Ringed Plovers and other coastal birds within a much longer disturbance plan. More here >

The Northumberland colony recorded its highest-ever number of nesting pairs, with at least 82 chicks successfully fledging. More here >

Two extraordinary contenders emerge from a new investigation into bird calls - but the mystery goes deeper than a contest for the loudest voice. More here >

Evidence gathered at mountain migration routes has led to arrests and gun seizures, as conservation teams document the killing of passing birds. More here >

An exceptional movement from the east has kept Finnish birders watching as autumn advances. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

A coastal landscape used by breeding waders has won a significant reprieve, although the developer behind a major salmon-farming proposal is seeking government intervention. More here >

A proposed crossing between Sicily and mainland Italy has prompted an international warning over the future of one of Europe's most important migration routes. More here >

$150,000 raised through Global Birdfair will support work to protect three Critically Endangered birds found only on Sao Tome. More here >

Lake Vyrnwy leads a successful breeding season across three reserves, with 17 young raised at five nests. More here >

Satellite tracking reveals a little-seen side of this grassland bird’s summer life, with implications for how to protect its habitat. More here >

The new interpretation could shield logging and construction that foreseeably kills listed wildlife, as conservation groups say it conflicts with Supreme Court precedent. More here >

The chicks will form the foundation of a breeding programme, but releases cannot be considered until numbers grow and suitable insect-rich farmland is secured. More here >

Mechanical clearance, controlled burning and grazing will be used to reopen Mediterranean scrub within the Garrigues de Lancon Natura 2000 site. More here >

A new national strategy aims to rebuild a sustainable Scottish Wildcat population, combining further releases with action on hybridisation, habitat fragmentation and avoidable deaths. More here >

Fires at Abernethy, Dunwich Heath and in the New Forest have damaged important wildlife habitats, with conservation managers warning that some areas could take decades to recover. More here >

The bird, found near Westerdale, is believed to have lain injured for several days before being discovered. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

The first coordinated international survey of winter roosts recorded 187,310 Yellow-breasted Buntings across six Asian countries, establishing a vital new baseline for the Critically Endangered migrant. More here >

Three nests produced 13 young at the Cumbrian reserve, delivering its best breeding season for Hen Harriers in more than a century. More here >

The country's tenth consecutive census counted 1,438 Grey Crowned Cranes, compared with fewer than 300 when the national recovery programme began around a decade ago. More here >

Police Scotland is seeking information after a Red Kite was caught in an illegally set coil-spring trap near Strathdon in Aberdeenshire. More here >

Volunteer game wardens and provincial police found six prohibited electromagnetic callers positioned to concentrate Common Quail across six municipalities in Macerata province. More here >

More than 100,000 volunteers recorded almost 1.4 million butterflies and moths, producing the count's strongest result since 2019 despite concern about drought-sensitive species. More here >

The first part of RSPB Kingsbrook Meadows has opened near Aylesbury as construction starts on a visitor centre for the planned 250-acre nature park. More here >

Fifty years of nesting records show that fixed farm-management dates fail to match regional and species-level differences in the breeding seasons of Lapwing and Eurasian Oystercatcher. More here >

A synthesis covering 120 populations found that only around one in 10 shorebirds returns to the same breeding area at the northern edge of the Arctic tundra. More here >

BirdLife Malta says Mediterranean storms brought large numbers of migrants to the islands before protected birds and Turtle Doves were reportedly targeted by illegal shooting. More here >

NatureScot's latest management report records increased use of translocation, although 22 beavers were still killed under licence during 2025-26. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week which brought us Britain's first ever twitchable Egyptian Nightjar. More here >

Around 350 birds are expected to be vaccinated as Tasmania moves to protect the managed insurance population and juveniles intended for release. More here >

A 47-year study links the loss of grass-covered vole habitat and open field ditches with a decline of more than half in breeding Short-eared Owls. More here >

Campaigners analysing government monitoring data say contamination has risen sharply and are asking Wales to tighten controls on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides. More here >

The number of occupied territories rose by about 10%, yet short periods of cold, wet weather contributed to the poorest breeding success for 15 years. More here >

Ringing encounters connect Ospreys and other European-breeding raptors with wintering areas in Ghana, Togo and Benin under growing pressure. More here >

Six or seven singing males were recorded after the first release season, while a further 148 parent-reared birds have now joined the restoration effort. More here >

Suspicious gnaw marks on The Skerries triggered an emergency response involving a bait grid and a specialist rat-detection dog. More here >

RSPB Northern Ireland has acquired the Lower Lough Erne island with more than £210,000 of government support. More here >

A Surrey study suggests timely messages about vulnerable wildlife attract more attention than generic instructions to keep dogs under control. More here >

The captive-bred birds face a 3,000-mile migration, with their return from Africa next spring set to provide the trial's crucial test. More here >

Tracking breeding Scops Owls in Slovenia highlights the value of small woody features and grassland in intensively farmed landscapes. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

White-tailed Eagle Kinky is alive and approaching maturity despite suffering a serious broken wing as a chick. More here >

Study finds the closely related marsh terns use different feeding habitats even though their chicks receive broadly similar prey. More here >

European-scale model highlights woodland in southern and eastern England as well as established western and Scottish habitat. More here >

The RSPB reserve celebrates five decades of management for Bitterns, Cranes, Marsh Harriers and Swallowtails. More here >

Radar satellites have been used to follow Emperor Penguin colonies through the darkness of the Antarctic winter, closing a major gap in efforts to monitor the species from space. More here >

Satellite tracking reveals females visiting up to five breeding areas during a single seven-week laying season. More here >

Hundreds of listening hours at 41 selected sites and passive recorders failed to detect a singing bird during 2025 or 2026. More here >

Ninety chicks have joined the official population after reaching independence, taking the Critically Endangered parrot to a recovery-era high. More here >

Police Scotland is appealing for information after tests established that a protected raptor found at Morven Hill near Dinnet had been poisoned. More here >

Community project installs nest boxes on homes, businesses and public buildings, bringing the Calderdale total to 180. More here >

A breeding adult from Germany's last Central European colony was recovered in Pays de la Loire after its transmitter stopped moving. More here >

Guy Bailey reviews a new book by Andrew Bloomfield exploring the history of Holkham Marsh and its birds. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

Fifty-six successful pairs raised an average of almost three young each as Cornwall's naturally recolonised Chough population continued its remarkable recovery. More here >

Four chicks have fledged at Forvie National Nature Reserve in what is thought to be the most northerly UK breeding record for the species. More here >

Restored wetland in Cheshire supported 29 of the pairs in 2025, reinforcing Woolston Eyes as the UK's most important breeding site for the scarce grebe. More here >

Two chicks hatched after five reintroduced pairs settled in Alto Tajo Natural Park, marking the return of breeding Cinereous Vultures after around 100 years. More here >

Mortality during the 2022 H5N1 outbreak rose from about 5-10% among young breeders to more than 40% in the oldest birds. More here >

The conservation charity is calling for mandatory reporting and stronger oversight of General Licences used to control wild birds. More here >

Hand-reared juveniles have followed an ultralight aircraft from Binningen to the southern Black Forest at the start of a 2,600-km journey to Andalusia. More here >

Two nests at a closely guarded farmland location have produced six young, while two juvenile females have received the first satellite tags fitted to the species in Britain. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

The first quantitative synthesis of experiments on green nest material finds the clearest benefit in chick mass and body size, while leaving the biological mechanism unresolved. More here >

Three mass mortality events on remote South Australian islands mark the most serious wildlife losses yet reported during the country's H5 outbreak. More here >

Tracking juvenile Eurasian Spoonbills in Portugal suggests that entering unfamiliar areas changes how they divide their time and energy. More here >

Local monitors report more than 100 dead birds at the Ría de San Martín, but the regional authority's recovered-carcass total is substantially lower. More here >

Cold-adapted birds declined in small protected areas in northern Finland but remained more stable in large reserves, a new study finds. More here >

More than three decades of nest monitoring reveal rising breeding failure and warn that Spain's population could fall sharply again within 18 years. More here >

Environmental police apprehended two suspects after a BirdLife Malta team filmed the shooting at a coastal park during autumn migration.. More here >

Sandwich Terns have nested at RSPB Pagham Harbour in record numbers in 2026, four years after bird flu caused the colony to be abandoned. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

NatureScot's latest seabird indicator reveals widespread long-term declines, with Arctic Skua numbers down 93%, Little Tern 75% and Common Tern 73% since monitoring began in 1986. More here >

A 54-year study of Ospreys in Scotland has found that rare long-distance settlers are disproportionately important in expanding the breeding range and founding new populations. More here >

A long study of Red-necked Nightjars in southern Spain found birds preparing for autumn migration increasingly roosted on heat-retaining asphalt during moonlit nights. More here >

A population of one of England's rarest moths has been found at the National Trust's Wallington estate, where the species had not been recorded since 1952. More here >

A pair of Pallid Harriers has successfully nested in France's Nord department for the first time, with four young fledging from a protected nest. More here >

RSPB Minsmere is welcoming visitors again following the Suffolk wildfire, while the National Trust is urging people to stay away from neighbouring Dunwich Heath as safety assessments continue. More here >

Three chicks have hatched at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria, marking the first successful breeding by Ospreys on an RSPB nature reserve in England since the Victorian period. More here >

A new national census has found at least 13,262 breeding pairs across Greece, around 1,000 more than during the last comprehensive survey nearly two decades ago. More here >

Jon Dunn brings you his weekly lookback at the week's best birds from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic. More here >

Six young birds have been released in Exmoor National Park in the first phase of a three-year programme to expand the species' range in south-west England. More here >