A Somerset caravan park owner has been ordered to pay £116,263 after being convicted of disturbing a Site of Special Scientific Interest. John Holland pleaded guilty to two offences under the Wildlife ...

This week saw Gadwall come to the fore, and Nigel produced two particularly outstanding shots, both of which could easily have won Photo of the Week (the other image shows a wing-stretching drake).

Sam Viles reports on the best birds seen in Britain, Ireland and Europe during 15-21 December 2025 in the BirdGuides Review of the Week. A mega lark on the Channel coast of France came as a shock, ...

Uganda's Echuya Forest has been upgraded to national park status, improving protection for the rare African Golden Cat and safeguarding vital montane forest habitat.

White Storks and Eurasian Beavers are to be released in East London as part of a new rewilding project called Rewilding East ...

It's better to speak up when you know somebody has misidentified a bird, says our columnist, who remembers various wrong ...

Police have launched wildlife-crime investigations after multiple White-tailed Eagles were found missing, including those originating from reintroduced stock, raising concerns about potential ...

A Science Advances study shows protected areas cover only a small fraction of global carnivore ranges. Authors call for targeted protection, improved connectivity and action beyond parks to secure ...

A Kittiwake ringed as a chick in Scotland in June 2023 was recently recovered off the west coast of Greenland in surprising circumstances.

Research published in Biology Letters shows male Golden and Lady Amherst's Pheasants suffer a 30-40° loss in visual range due to their ornamental feathers, reducing predator detection and increasing ...

A Belted Kingfisher discovered in Brittany has become a first for France, drawing crowds and highlighting the exceptional nature of transatlantic vagrancy.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust has launched a fundraising appeal to save a unique grassland habitat in the south of the county. The trust has the chance to buy 87 ha of land near Hawthorpe village but ...