The dotterel could become the first bird to become extinct in Britain because of climate change, the RSPB has warned.

Most of the declining species are farmland birds, where a mix of increasingly industrialized agriculture, habitat loss and the climate crisis are having severe impacts. The dawn chorus is a lot ...

Imagine a deafening abundance of birdsong so loud it wakes your children at dawn; the chirrup of house sparrows, the ...

Greenfinch numbers in Britain have plummeted – leaving the species at risk of extinction, the RSPB has warned. The charity's Big Garden Birdwatch found that numbers of these beloved garden birds have ...

Figuring out which species are natural, where they used to live, and when they went extinct is central to our understanding of how humans, the environment and the climate have shaped the U.K. over the ...

During the pandemic, many Britons picked up a backyard birdwatching hobby. Birds provide endless entertainment, from the captivating mechanics of flight to their fascinating names. Many species of ...

Phil hyde was walking in Norfolk in 1979, feeling rather disconsolate after missing a rare rose-coloured starling, when a little egret suddenly appeared, to excited shouts from other birders. The ...

More than a quarter of Britain’s birds are now on the RSPB’s red list, meaning that their numbers are in severe decline. Some of the recent additions to the red list are thought of as common garden ...