The IUCN has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species – Northern, Reticulated, Masai and Southern – overturning ...

Gordon Hodgson describes the discovery of Britain's second Black-winged Kite on his Gloucestershire patch in late August 2025 ...

A Pygmy Sperm Whale, one of the rarest cetaceans known to occur in British waters, has been found dead at Bigbury-on-Sea, ...

A ringed Great Egret in Lincolnshire this summer has been confirmed as a bird from Hungary. The sighting marks the first-ever ...

Reed Cormorant has bred in Egypt for the first time in more than 100 years, in an exciting development for Western Palearctic ...

Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrant birds ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss ...

Lady’s Island Lake in Co Wexford is the only place in Europe to have Roseate, Common, Arctic, Sandwich and Little Terns ...

With the refreshingly modern design and the latest technology both employed in its image-stabilised binoculars, Kite Optics is currently on a roll. So much so that the company has quickened its pace ...

Sam Viles reports on the best birds seen in Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic during the week of 26-31 August 2025. Seabirds took to the fore in an action-packed week following Hurricane ...

Steve Bell wins BirdGuides Photo of the Week for 26-31 August 2025 with his picture-perfect portrait of a juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs.

More than three years have passed since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for gardening, yet official documentation is still to appear and peat extraction continues. On 27 ...