The desire of various wildlife charities to appoint a royal patron leaves Mark Avery slightly bemused given the various scandals over the years.

The felling of trees has commenced as part of the (Planning Authority approved) extension of Dennis Knoll car park (under Stanage). The car park extension will accommodate 59 cars in total (the cur…

Our reserve currently supports the highest number of pied flycatcher territories recorded at any site in South Yorkshire! We’re aiming to raise £600 to purchase 20 new bird boxes for our nest box sche...

Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed

Residents of Woodgate estate in West Sussex enjoy its open spaces and wildlife but conservationists say it has set worrying precedent

Five foals vanished from a South Uist farm amid claims of eagle predation – but official nest checks have found no evidence, leaving the case unresolved

2025 Hobby nest cam now live

The felling has prompted calls for stricter legal protections for other trees and drawn attention to wider issues

Stonechats, Sandpipers, Stock Doves and Skylarks (and dozens more singing Sheffield birds) on a free bus pass. Also, falcon fledglings, and wild woods.

Why is the once-common Spotted Flycatcher becoming so hard to find in the UK? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of this species over recent decades and ponders what the future might hold.

The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...