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 ...

The Icelandic-breeding Goose Census (IGC) estimates the population size of the Greenland/Iceland Pink-footed Goose and Iceland Greylag Goose, and provides information on the distribution of the geese ...

Massimino, D., Woodward, I.D., Hammond, M.J., Harris, S.J., Leech, D.I., Noble, D.G., Walker, R.H., Barimore, C., Dadam, D., Eglington, S.M., Marchant, J.H., Sullivan ...

Frederic spent the last couple of weeks in Mali after making his epic, if somewhat late, Saharan crossing. He has sprung into action in recent days and has covered an impressive distance of almost ...

El Haddad, H., Pickett, S., O’Connell, P., Burton, N. & Booth Jones, K. 2025. Assessing the extent and effects of disturbance on wintering waterbirds in Northern ...

How far animals travel to gather food for offspring or themselves is a central component of ecology. Among birds, the ‘foraging range’ (straight-line distance between a central place and a destination ...

There comes a time when those, often young people, with slightly less conventional hobbies question what it is about birding, trainspotting, unicycling or vintage knitwear that really gets them going.

As we reach the end of September, most of our summer migrants have now departed and winter visitors are starting to arrive. At the moment it appears that some species like Dark-bellied Brent Goose and ...

As the custodian and coordinator of national datasets about the UK’s wild bird populations, we are uniquely placed to provide insights and commentary on avian influenza. Throughout the current ...