Action to save one of Wales’ most endangered birds is underway. The curlew, known for its distinctive call and long, curved bill, is in serious decline across the UK, including in Wales. The Deputy ...

BirdWatch Ireland is undertaking a breeding Swift survey in west Cavan this summer and needs the public's help to locate nest ...

Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

While performing monthly breeding bird surveys, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s (SCCF) shorebird team ...

GWCT study proves that legal predator control is vital for protecting ground-nesting birds like curlew, golden plover, and ...

Record numbers of hen harriers have been killed or gone missing under suspicious circumstances in the last five years, ...

A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has issued an urgent warning. New findings point to rapid extinction ...

When looking at different types of shorebirds, one of the first things that may strike you is how different each of their ...

The beautifully-illustrated books provide an important historical record to help us understand how and why bird populations have changed over time. This acquisition, a collaboration between two venues ...

To test just how alert the birds were to prairie dog chatter, researchers created a fake predator by strapping a taxidermied badger onto a small remote-controlled vehicle. They se ...

In March, the University of Lancashire was awarded £51,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help raise awareness of the curlew bird and to protect its habitat in East Lancashire.

Curlew decline According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the curlew is the largest European wading bird and about 30% of the west European population spend winter in the UK.