The latest Living Planet Index records a steep average decline in monitored wildlife populations, but uneven data collection makes the global picture difficult to assess.

A long-term study of Short-eared Owl in Finland has linked agricultural intensification to the species' decline. Researchers examined a population of the species in western Finland over a 47-year ...

A barnstorming few days peaked with Black-capped Petrel, Chestnut Bunting, Double-crested Cormorant and Greater Yellowlegs. Sam Viles rounds up the action.

Diggers have begun creating 136 ha of new wetland at Speechly's Farm, helping reconnect two fragments of ancient fen in Cambridgeshire.

With autumn thrush migration underway, David Campbell talks you through the typical species and calls to learn at this time of year, from Redwing to Ring Ouzel.

Reintroduction projects in Austria and Germany are successfully returning Ural Owls to parts of their former range, with birds now breeding in the wild.

Shorebirds breeding in the Arctic tundra return to their previous sites far less often than those in other habitats, a new study has found.

Low water levels are raising concerns for Britain's wintering waterbirds, while drought on Lundy has brought the island's water supply to the brink.

BTO research warns that warming seas, food shortages and extreme weather could have severe consequences for Britain's and Ireland's Puffins.

For the second week running, a shorebird features in Photo of the Week – this time, though, it's a surfing Grey Phalarope at the Oxfordshire hot-spot of Farmoor Reservoir. This species is well known ...

American vagrants, Europe's best birding cities, Musselburgh Lagoons, Lapland Bunting, Italy's rarity island, the rise of Black-faced Bunting and birding for busy lives all feature in this month's ...

Four young fledged from a pair in the IJzer Valley, marking the first successful breeding record of Black-winged Kite in Flanders as the species continues to expand northwards in western Europe.