Go to article BirdLife has launched its Think Pink campaign, a response to the growing and urgent threat facing a crucial breeding site for Africa’s Lesser Flamingos.

Go to article The record of Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland in August 2006 is accepted on to the British List by the The British Ornithologists' Union.

Go to article BirdLife International welcomes today’s decision of the European Court of Justice which found Greece guilty of breaching European nature conservation law.

Go to article Thanks to a single satellite tag, a 3,000 strong flock of Sociable Plover has been discovered in Turkey – the largest seen for more than 100 years

Go to article Around 10 per cent of the world population of Balearic shearwaters has visited UK inshore waters this summer and autumn, with many believeing it is as a result of climate change.

Go to article Things turn a bit quite on Fair Isle after a memorable few weeks, but a scattering of Autumn migrants still kept the interest up, Mark Break's recalls.

Go to article Populations of one of the world’s strangest birds have crashed over the last decade, and surveys this summer of its breeding grounds in the remote Russian province of Chukotka suggest that the situation is now critical.

Go to article Fair Isle continued to produce 'the goods' with east meeting west in the shape of Blyth's Reed Warbler and Grey-cheeked Thrush along with a fine supporting cast, Mark Breaks recalls.

Go to article One of Europe’s largest coastal wetlands is to be created in south-east Essex, announced the RSPB.

Go to article BirdLife Cyprus, the RSPB's partner on the Mediterranean island, has recorded the worst reported slaughter of birds of prey on the island, and indeed Europe, in recent years.

Go to article Mark Breaks' latest update from Fair Isle where he reports on the beginning of a purple patch and a few days to remember.

Go to article October can be the most exciting, and busiest, month of the birding year. Rarities can turn up anywhere but the hotspots still remain The Scillies and The Shetlands.

Go to article The RSPB report on some of the successes and failures of the 2007 breeding season. The Bittern was hardest hit by an especially wet summer.

Go to article Bob Flood has organised two special 'birder only' pelagics for August 2008. Full details and booking form can be found here

Go to article Mark Breaks' latest update from Fair Isle where it was generally quiet with south-westerly winds and only a scattering of migrants. However the best bird of the month thus far was found right at the end of the week.

Go to article Get involved: sign the petition to protect birds from illegal hunting practices in Spain. The Catalan government is trying to push forward legislation that would legalise the hunting of birds using glue.

Go to article A study of Chinese Crested Tern highlights that the global population has fallen to less than fifty individuals, half what they were just three years ago.

Go to article E7, the Bar-tailed Godwit made famous for setting a record for long-distance non-stop flight, has broken its own record on the return flight from Alaska to New Zealand.

Go to article The second instalment by Mark Breaks from the legendary Isle about the second week of September, although north west winds reduced migrant arrivals.

Go to article The annulment of set-aside for 2008 could deal a severe blow to the already struggling farmland bird populations and other wildlife.

Go to article Three new National Nature Reserves in one of Scotland's most iconic landscapes were launched Monday 10 September by international mountain leader and broadcaster Lindsay Cannon

Go to article The 2007 Red List reveals unprecedented species are now threatened with extinction - but success stories highlight way forward.

Go to article Mark Breaks writes from the legendary Isle about the first week of a month filled with expectation.

Go to article A new set of ten British stamps were issued today, designed by Kate Stephens, to celebrate bird conservation successes.

Go to article A wildlife success story could fail within a year if more farmland is cultivated, reducing food and shelter for farmland birds.

Go to article A month to set the pulse racing, and keep the patchworker in the field every day, September has hosted some of our rarest Nearctic passerines to date.

Go to article August 2007 saw a huge fall of Greenish Warblers along the east coast and in particular, Norfolk. Here Lee Evans details the fall with accompanying photos.

Go to article New research in Ibis uncovers a male bias in sex ratios for many bird species, leading to concern over possible overestimations in populations of many threatened birds.

Go to article The annual hunt for young Gannets made the national press at the weekend and here The Scotsman newspaper reports as the Guga hunters depart for the 2007 hunt.

Go to article Previously thought to breed only in Iraq, Basra Reed Warbler has now been confirmed as breeding in Israel.

Irish birder Anthony McGeehan writes about the excellent seawatching in the autumn in Ireland with particular reference to the places to watch from and the species seen. (Please note this is a pdf file and may take a few seconds to download)

Go to article A new report has revealed a drastic population decline in the Red Knot subspecies Calidris canutus rufa. Numbers at their wintering grounds in southern South America have fallen drastically in recent years; from 51,300 in 2000 to approximately 30,000 in 2004, and still further to just 17,200 in 2006.

Go to article The Scottish Borders has lost its only breeding pair of golden eagles after the shocking discovery of an illegally poisoned bird.

Go to article Marsh Harriers have fledged for the first time at an RSPB reserve threatened by airport expansion.

Go to article The threat of court action has forced the Polish government to halt work on a controversial highway that would irreparably damage one of Europe's most pristine wildlife sites.

Go to article 2007 has proved to be a record year for breeding Corncrakes on Tiree. RSPB officer on Tiree, John Bowler, brings us the good news.

Go to article The account from the finder of the Madeiran Petrel off Scilly on the 28th July 2007, prepare to be gripped!

Go to article   Following a call for nominations earlier this year, the board of directors of British Birds have appointed a new Chairman of the Rarities Committee.

Go to article   August means the back of the summer blues and the expectations of what the autumn may bring. It is "the" month for seawatching and many will head to the west coast of Ireland and headlands throughout Britain in search of shearwaters, petrels and skuas.

Go to article   Each year, hundreds of birders go out with notebooks to count Scotland’s birds, as part of the annual BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey. Some of the main findings include worrying declines in Lapwing and Kestrel numbers whilst there is better news for House Sparrows and Whitethroats.

Go to article The British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee (BOURC) has accepted the record of an adult male Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens near Whitchurch, Shropshire on 7 November 2005, as the first British record.

Go to article The RSPB has welcomed news of the first breeding Great Bustards in Great Britain for almost 200 years.

Go to article Mid-season reports from RSPB coastal reserves suggest that Scotland's seabirds are suffering another poor breeding season.

Go to article Woodlarks are returning to breed on England's farmland in greater numbers than at any time in the last 40 years.

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