Work is under way in Cornwall to help save a native bird which nature experts have described as "dangerously close to ...

They nest later in the season than other birds, usually in tall trees. Two species of woodpecker can be seen in British gardens, the greater spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) and the green ...

You might not spend as much time in your garden during winter, but if you keep an eye out you'll still see plenty of bird activity. Here are some of the birds you're likely to spot spending time in ...

These British native flowers are reasonably low-growing plants with a spreading habit. Bird’s-foot-trefoil has yellow ...

I am proud to own the 5 volumes of The Handbook of British Birds of which Harry Witherby was editor and co-author. In 1941 when published it was unrivalled for scientific accuracy and excellent ...

Though they are not native to the UK, ring-necked parakeets are now so numerous here that they qualify as a common British bird. So how did this happen? Tales of how parakeets arrived in the UK ...

The sihek is native to Guam and had been extinct in the wild since 1988 British zookeepers have helped ... to the conservation partnership. Its bird keeper Claire McSweeney said it had been ...