To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and calls ...

SCIENTISTS are to take to the mountains with MP3 players to find out why a species of bird is disappearing from its habitat. The ring ouzel, otherwise known as the mountain blackbird, inhabits some ...

Sue Bryan has been a keen birder since the age of seven and her love of the animals has taken her all over the world. She has seen 6,000 of the 11,250 of the world’s bird species across Asia, North ...

Of all the charismatic birds breeding widely in these islands, one of the least known to the British public is the ring ouzel. That anonymity says much about the bird’s appeal to devotees — I have ...