Spoonbills are a very rare breeding bird in the UK and under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, it is illegal to disturb them.

A rare bird endangered across the UK has been rescued after taking shelter from heavy rain on a cruise ship. The corncrake, ...

The steppe grey shrike is a rare subspecies of the great grey shrike, which the BTO says visits UK heathlands in small numbers each winter. Its scientific name, Lanius, means ‘butcher’, and it is ...

A man has died after contracting a virus previously only seen in animals. The resident of Washington state contracted a rare ...

The disappearance was reported to the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the area was searched but no body or tag has been ...

Since writing in detail about bird migrations just two weeks ago, I was fascinated to hear about foreign bird species ...

A man in Washington state is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain of bird flu. The individual, an older ...

An experienced birdwatcher in the United Kingdom was treated to finding not one, but two rare birds in the span of just two ...

The man from Grays Harbor County, about 78 miles (125 kilometers) southwest of Seattle, had a backyard flock of domestic ...

Sand Martins, small insect-eating birds known for their long migrations, have had their most successful breeding season to ...

A woman has told of how she and her daughters helped to rescue a rare bird at risk of extinction after hitching a ride from the Mediterranean ...

The species, usually found in Southern Europe, has been delighting birdwatchers at Cleethorpes Local Nature Reserve for the ...