It’s sometimes easy to forget quite how much of the living world depends upon insects. That might seem an odd thing for someone who has spent much of his career studying insects and their relations…

Britain's first modern-day White-faced Storm Petrel was an exceptional find in the South-West Approaches, Dursey Island's sterling run continued with a Western Black-eared Wheatear and an Upland Sandpiper was in Scilly. Sam Viles rounds up the action in the BirdGuides Review of the Week for 21-27 Se...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter estimates that hundreds of birds were being caught every day.

Taoiseach says the prospect of a two-state solution is being deliberately undermined and calls for stronger international cooperation

Press release from North Yorkshire Police (21 September 2026): Marsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors On 28 August 2026 a juvenile Marsh Harrier was found in the Westerdale area suffering fro…

The presenter covered the biggest stories, including the Beast from the East and Storm Dennis.

Earlier this month, researcher, writer and campaigner Guy Shrubsole blogged about his latest examination of reported Pheasants numbers in England. Pheasant (photo by Ronnie Gilbert) As he’s d…

YouTube video by Chris Brennan

Applying DNA metabarcoding to assess dietary overlap and prey selectivity in wetland insectivore communities

Discover some simple daily actions you can take to fight climate change, reduce your carbon footprint, & contribute to a healthier, more sustainable planet

Bat-like as they fluttered into the teeth of a storm, Leach’s Petrels that passed the coast last week are truly marine animals. For a few hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, a northwestly wind pushed...

A really interesting discovery and set of observations by former MSc student Samuel Tillett - common lizards jumping into pools on re-wetted peat bogs, to avoid MSc students and other potential predat...

The Rothbury Estate is more than a beautiful place. It's 3,800 hectares of rivers, woodlands, grasslands, peatlands and open moorland, where wildlife still has the chance to thrive at a scale rarely s...