The disease, known more widely as bird flu, has been detected in several species of wild bird in recent weeks and scientists are keen to map the disease’s spread and impacts across the UK this winter.

A pair of Hoopoes succeeded in raising three young from a nest in farmland in Leicestershire and Rutland. This distinctive species from southern Europe, its plumage a combination of salmon-pink and ...

In last week’s blog I suggested this week could see more birds crossing the North Sea to Britain and, while the conditions haven't been quite right for really big falls of migrants, it has been nice ...

A busy time for bird migration in October 2025. Winter visitors that arrive from Iceland and Greenland have also been on the move in the last week. Whooper Swans have been observed arriving in good ...

After an autumn that has been dominated by quite strong westerly winds, we finally saw a change in the weather recently with a few days of easterly winds. This brought a nice mix of migrants to the ...

I ended last week’s blog by suggesting that the window of south-easterly winds over the weekend could lead to an arrival of migrants on the east coast and fortunately there was some truth in that. The ...

After a very hot and dry summer it’s fair to say the weather has changed in the past week, with much more unsettled conditions and some much-needed rain as westerly winds from the Atlantic dominate.

Climate change presents a major threat to populations of seabirds such as the Kittiwake, a Red-listed species of conservation concern. However, one mitigation approach to climate change – exploiting ...

Mid August may feel like summer to many people, especially as I write this in the midst of the latest heatwave, but in birding terms autumn is already well underway. The first waves of autumn wader ...

After what looked like a bit of a false start last week, with an attempt to head out to sea followed by a swift return, it appears Cores has now taken the plunge and finally set off south. Leaving ...

A devastating wave of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI / bird flu) has triggered an unprecedented global wildlife emergency, decimating seabird and waterbird colonies across the UK and beyond.

Satellite technology is helping scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to better understand the pressures that the UK’s breeding Cuckoos face as they make annual migrations of 16,000 ...