It’s been another record-breaking year for Bitterns in the UK with 283 booming males recorded in the latest results from the ...

Pollution likely to come from last week’s collision involving an oil tanker and cargo ship.

Presumption against granting future licences welcomed but more needed to stop bird crime.

The breadth of Janine’s role as Marine Protection Zone Officer, and its funding through the Atlantic Guardians project, sets ...

You’re doing your bit for nature, simply by signing up to Notes on Nature. But if you want to do a bit more, there are lots ...

The wildlife-rich Caledonian pineforest of Loch Garten and Abernethy is like no other forest in the UK. Huge, Gnarled, lichen-encrusted Scots pine trees flank the land, interspersed with Blaeberry, ...

The high, insect-like reeling song of the Grasshopper Warbler is usually what gives its present away. Even when you hear one it can be difficult to locate it due to the way it throws its song. During ...

Blessed with a variety of freshwater habitats, Frampton Marsh provides close views of the abundant birdlife of The Wash - the biggest bay in England. Avocets, Redshanks and Skylarks can all be seen in ...

A tell-tale sign of Song Thrush activity is the presence of a favoured ‘anvil’ – a large stone where the bird smashes open the shells of snails to get to the tasty soft body inside! How to identify ...

The Little Egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first ...

This is the largest UK tit with a distinctive two-syllable song. It has a green and yellow body and a striking glossy black head with white cheeks. It's a woodland bird that has readily adapted to man ...

The Long-tailed Tit is easily recognisable with its distinctive blush, black and white colouring. It also has a tail which is bigger than its body, and a bouncing flight. Sociable and noisy residents, ...