A KEEN birdwatcher has spotted a rare bird in Essex, marking the beginning of its spring migration. Photographer Mike O’Hanlon captured an image of a male ring ouzel at Holland Haven Country Park on ...

An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a ...

Birdwatchers across Cornwall are being treated to a very special sight this week – the arrival of a very rare bird ...

Cornwall has seen an "unprecedented influx" of a rare bird in recent weeks thanks to favourable weather conditions. Bird and ...

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Experts say that there is one food source that gardeners should be offering to birds in their gardens in spring time ...

A thrush trapped 40 feet up a tree has been rescued and released back into the wild after teamwork from the RSPCA and fire ...

UK officials have detected bird flu in a sheep in Yorkshire, marking the first such case. Routine testing was conducted on the flock after the virus was earlier found in captive birds. Despite the ...

"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's ...

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