Although it is possible the beavers arrived through natural dispersal, Cornwall Wildlife Trust believes it more likely this is an unlicensed release by an unknown third party. More here >

Hundreds of hectares of wetland habitat will be restored, or enhanced, across WWT Steart Marshes and Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve (NNR). More here >

Members of the Society for the Protection and Study of Birds of Serbia (DZPPS) found more than 800 dead birds on the arable land near the village of Nakovo. More here >

The Government has quietly admitted that progress on banning the use of toxic lead shot for hunting has been delayed again with a decision on the issue not expected until later this year. More here >

In a first-of-its-kind study researchers tested a hypothesis, which predicts that organisms can't handle variation because they haven't seen it over evolutionary time. More here >

The two-year old female eagle was part of a White-tailed Eagle Reintroduction Programme and was released in 2022 on the shores of Lough Derg. More here >

This is the first time the virus has been detected in gentoo and king penguin populations on the islands. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain and Ireland. More here >

Leading conservation charities are calling on Scottish Ministers to reject a renewables development that could wreak unacceptable levels of ecological damage. More here >

Dorset Wildlife Trust and Natural England have purchased 335 hectares of chalk downland and farmland for nature conservation and environmental restoration. More here >

On the 1st March 2024 the UK Government announced new hedgerow rules which mean that farmers cannot cut hedges between 1st of March and 31st of August. More here >

A new feathered face has just popped up in front of the live cameras hosted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Cams project. More here >

A new report reveals that, around 435,000 migrating songbirds, were illegally caught and killed in Cyprus in the autumn of 2023, a huge increase of 90,000 from 2022. More here >

Revealing new research has shown how Arctic Skuas are converging on specific stopping off points in the Atlantic Ocean during migration, helping scientists to better understand the bird's conservation needs. More here >

Alexander Hamilton was sentenced to a five-year ban from owning and keeping animals and was given 100 hours of community service at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. More here >

A 47-year old man has been charged with using a trap for the purpose of killing or taking a wild bird and possessing an article capable of being used to kill or take a wild bird. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain and Ireland. More here >

A coalition of nature and landscape charities have joined forces to object to a serious threat to the internationally significant nature reserve in Cumbria. More here >

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust have delivered a large-scale habitat creation project at Hilfield Park Reservoir Nature Reserve. More here >

Thanks to a generous grant of £340,453 from Biffa Award, Suffolk Wildlife Trust can begin the vital conservation works and habitat creation at Martlesham Wilds Nature Reserve. More here >

The British Trust for Ornithology and British Birds have announced the winner of the award for Best Bird Book of the Year 2023. More here >

Scientists have shown that migrating animals refine their behaviour as they get older, suggesting that experiential learning is an important part of successful migration. More here >

Police Scotland have arrested and charged a 47-year-old man following the death of a Goshawk near Blairgowrie in February. More here >

Leading wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, has revealed that counting butterflies reduces anxiety by almost 10%, in newly published scientific research. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain and Ireland, where a wintering Myrtle Warbler in Ayrshire leads the headlines. More here >

Once confined to a small area of East Anglia the Norfolk Hawker dragonfly is no longer considered endangered having established itself in Cambridgeshire, Kent and Herefordshire. More here >

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have expanded their holdings on the edge of Doncaster, securing a home for more wildlife in one of Yorkshire's most rapidly expanding business development zones. More here >

Several Hawaiian honeycreepers are facing imminent extinction due to avian malaria carried by invasive Southern House Mosquitoes. More here >

The BOURC is responsible for maintaining the British List - the official list of birds recorded in Great Britain - which the BOU has maintained since 1882. More here >

The new reserve will help protect the Cundinamarca Antpitta, documented for the first time in 1989, and with numbers only in the hundreds. More here >

Leading wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is celebrating the discovery of a new breeding group of rare White-spotted Sable moth near Canterbury. More here >

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers were left angry and frustrated after a break in at Attenborough Nature Reserve leaves the charity facing a large bill. More here >

The Eurasian Eagle Owl escaped from Central Park Zoo last February and has been living in Central Park since. He became a major attraction for both birders and non-birders. More here >

Daniel Lingham, 71, of Newton St Faith, appeared at Norwich Magistrates Court on Tuesday 20 February 2024 where he pleaded guilty to five offences. More here >

Scientists have captured photos of a bird long thought lost. The Yellow-crested Helmetshrike is listed as a 'lost bird' by the American Bird Conservancy because it had not seen in nearly two decades. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain Ireland and Western Palearctic. More here >

A recent study has found that Sandwich Terns in the North Sea are avoiding entering areas with wind farms within their foraging ranges. More here >

Twelve rare breed goats are settling into their new life with Norfolk Wildlife Trust after retiring from their conservation role on the north Norfolk coast. More here >

The Scottish Government has called-in controversial plans to build a golf course on one of Scotland's important and last remaining undeveloped dune systems. More here >

Natural England in partnership with Clinton Devon Estates declares new extension to Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve. More here >

The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in Wandering Albatross. More here >

The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports Suffolk Wildlife Trust with £2million towards a new 381 acre nature reserve in the Broads National Park. More here >

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. More here >

A collaboration of conservationists is examining the feasibility of a Pine Marten reintroduction to the South East and are asking people for their views. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain Ireland and Western Palearctic. More here >

A new study, involving BTO and the Wash Wader Research Group, has highlighted the importance of agricultural fields adjacent to The Wash for wintering Curlews. More here >

Each year, Valentine's Day marks the start of National Nest Box Week. Mid February is when many birds will start to pair up and seek out territories for the breeding season ahead. More here >

Timothy Hall and his son Lewis Hall were handed community service orders after pleading guilty to laundering 22 wild Peregrines destined for buyers in the Middle East. More here >

A haven for both wildlife and people, Brandon Marsh in Warwickshire now offers a new perspective thanks to the installation of a new observation platform. More here >

Is a mink-free Britain now within reach after an innovative world-first trial, offering a ray of hope for endangered water voles and other native species. More here >

The scoter was discovered in December 2022 in Lothian, amongst wintering Velvet Scoter in one of their core British wintering grounds on the east coast of Scotland. More here >

A new report has for the first time shown the impacts of recent Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks on populations of the UK's seabirds. More here >

A scan of a photo nearly 50 years old and posted on social media, led to a reassessment and new first British record. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain Ireland and Western Palearctic, where a Sociable Lapwing in Cornwall headlines. More here >

The move will reduce the number of licences that are issued to control gulls in towns and cities each breeding season, following new evidence on the extent to which populations are struggling. More here >

Threatened seabirds have been thrown a lifeline, after decades of campaigning have finally succeeded in stopping industrial sandeel fishing in the English North Sea and in all Scottish waters. More here >

Researchers in Spain have discovered that gulls visiting from Britain are transporting significant amounts of plastic waste from landfill sites to key wetland areas. More here >

The latest report on the status of breeding Hen Harrier in Ireland has just been published by the National Parks & Wildlife Services and has shown a huge decline of one-third in just seven years. More here >

Nestling songbirds relocated as part of conservation programs successfully learn the song repertoires they need to communicate - and ultimately survive—in the wild, a new study has found. More here >

Driven to extinction in the UK during the 16th century, the population is now at its highest level since the species returned in 1979. More here >

Surveys show colonising egrets and Spoonbills continuing to increase in many parts of the UK, while breeding Grey Herons seem slow in bouncing back following recent declines. More here >

Jon Dunn looks back on the week's best birds from around Britain Ireland and Western Palearctic, where both Norfolk and Essex scored county firsts. More here >

The new hides at Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s East Chevington reserve have been made possible with finding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. More here >

Scientists in the United States studying the effects of wildfires on the movement of birds have found that smoke significantly reduces the movements of Acorn Woodpeckers. More here >

Conservationists and police find and dismantle 26 illegal trapping sites while hunters & trappers lament about high fines, urge government to legalise bird poaching and to stop CABS from working on Cyprus. More here >

A new study has shown that individual birds were shifting their range northwards by an average of 25km per year. More here >

Mike Buckland finds Norfolk's first Black Scoter at Holkham Bay off the North Norfolk Coast. More here >

A new study gives hope that some populations of Darwin's Finches may be better armed to survive a devastating invasive parasite. More here >

South Yorkshire Police are asking the for the public's help following the shooting of a Peregrine Falcon in Doncaster. More here >

Using satellite imagery, four new Emperor Penguin colonies have been found in Antarctica, which scientists believe are likely to have been present for many years. More here >

In just twelve years, the number of active nests in the Karatau mountains decreased by 95%. What are the reasons behind this decline? More here >

In a week which saw some wild weather and many predictions of rare white gulls from the north, it was a non-avian white creature from the Arctic which stole the headlines. More here >

The authorisation to use a highly damaging neonicotinoid has been approved, despite 15,000 people calling on them to choose better support for farmers and thriving wildlife, instead of bee-killing pesticides. More here >

Researchers from British Antarctic Survey have carried out aerial surveys of the remote volcanic Zavodovski Island in the sub-Antarctic to count the largest penguin colony in the world. More here >

Newly published research reveals how cooperation between different actors is key to finding answers and avoiding the decline of the most threatened populations of the Little Bustard. More here >

For the first time since their return to Cornwall's coastline, Cornish choughs have been seen on a daily basis on some of Cornwall Wildlife Trust's inland nature reserves in Penwith. More here >

The importance of moth caterpillars for common garden birds has been revealed in a new study. Researchers found that years when moth numbers were up resulted in increased population growth for the Blue Tit. More here >

Female meadow brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather - so climate change could make them less spotty, new research shows. More here >

Raptor Aid CIO has announced the launch of its 2024 grant fundraiser in part aiming to support the North of England Raptor Forum to fund satellite tags for their first project tagging Short-eared Owl. More here >

Between 16,000 and 20,000 birds may have passed through a fictitious breeding facility for songbirds in Poland, ending up in the catering industry or as decoy for hunters in Italy. More here >

Covert footage taken by the RSPB caught Christopher Wheeldon abseiling down a cliff to steal the eggs, which are believed to have been hatched and then laundered into the illegal Falconry trade. More here >

Only the second week of the new year, and the decent birds continued to come, if not thick and fast, then certainly with a frequency and quality that belied the time of year, Jon Dunn reports. More here >

A Critically Endangered parrot, with a population numbering as few as 70 in the wild, could be at further risk after being found to carry a half-dozen previously undetected viruses. More here >

Travel far, breed hard, die young' - while this might sound like a hedonistic rock-and-roll lifestyle, a new study reveals this is how Short-eared Owls live their lives. More here >

A new report has shown the effects of hotter and wetter weather are creating significant changes to the numbers and species of birds thriving in urban, woodland, upland and farmland habitats. More here >

Newly published research describes declines in nearly 90% of 42 species assessed, and suggests that more than two-thirds may now qualify as globally threatened. More here >

Norfolk Wildlife Trust opens the new year with an exciting new project making vital improvements to rare wildlife-rich wetlands near Kings Lynn. More here >

A Polar Bear on Bylot Island, north of Baffin Island, has been seen to stalk and kill a Snow Goose on open fresh water. More here >

Conservation organisations say rivers and hedgerows are at increasing risk as UK Government fails to enshrine basic protection for nature on farms. More here >

The chicks, which fledged in December, are one of the latest broods the local nature conservation charity has encountered in its work to protect these threatened farmland birds over the last 10 years. More here >

To mark the company's 75th Anniversary, the optics manufacturer has launched the AX Visio binocular, capable of identifying birds and mammals in the field, instantly. More here >

2024 is barely out of the starting blocks and already it's galloping, with yet another mega American warbler on the cards. And that's just for starters. More here >

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Britain's eight ever Northern Waterthrush has been found in a garden in Heybridge in the east of the county. More here >

After being absent for decades, Pine Martens are now present across the New Forest and successfully breeding here according to the results of a three-year study into these rare creatures. More here >

A new, 17 year-long study, has found that the largest landfill in Chile, Loma Los Colorados, hosts the largest known aggregation of Andean Condors at a single site. More here >

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre has received £25,000 funding through Severn Trent's Community Fund, to create a new wetland area in its meadows at Craven Arms. More here >

The National Trust has acquired a further 70 acres of land adjoining Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, in efforts to protect more of the precious fenland habitat. More here >

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to enlist shooters to kill more than 500,000 Barred Owls over the next 30 years in the Pacific Northwest to preserve habitat for northern Spotted Owls. More here >

Norfolk Police are appealing for information after further tests revealed a Red Kite discovered dead in North Creake had died from suspected insecticide poisoning. More here >