Above: Scottish beauty: capercaillie is a localised breeding species of grouse that makes its home in native pinewood and commercial conifer plantations ©Shutterstock.com/godi photo By Georgina Probert A new report warns that capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) could be lost to…
Above: All change – at the BS Spring Event in May, the exhibition birds will be benched by colour to reduce the need for moving birds around and hence the number of stewards By Georgina Probert The Budgerigar Society…
Above: These 18-month-old cranes ‘Christine’ and ‘Gilbert’ (centre) were released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors. Photo: Nick Upton/rspb-images.com By Georgina Probert A new breeding survey has found that 2021 was a record year…
Above – Buzzard: protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 © Shutterstock.com/Erni By Georgina Probert A GAMEKEEPER WHO was caught on camera beating two buzzards (Buteo buteo) to death has been charged with a suspended…
Above: Scotland’s National Bird Club was co-founded by Adam Fleming (centre). He is pictured here with his brother Dougie (right) and Brent Humphries who will be judging the zebra finch section at the new Scotland’s National show By Georgina…
Above – Sweet smelling and a preventative measure: the nesting boxes at Penguin Bay will henceforth be treated with lavender oil once a week to help deter mosquitos THE HUMBOLDT PENGUIN colony at Dudley Zoo (DZC) in the West…
Above – Orange-headed thrush: a popular species used in bird-singing competitions. Are they to blame for its declining population? Photo: JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Creative Commons TWO RESEARCHERS FROM the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in the US have examined the practice…
Above: a total of 14 chicks have successfully fledged at Cossington Meadows in Leicestershire. Photo: Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust A RECORD NUMBER of 14 barn own chicks fledged at Cossington Meadows Nature Reserve in Leicestershire in 2021, which…
Above – Citizen science: in the past 43 years, more than 150 million birds have been counted as part of the Big Garden Birdwatch, which gives the RSPB key insights into how bird populations are faring. Photo: Ben Hall/rspb-images.com …
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