There is no doubt the woodcock is a strange bird; although a wader, with a long wading bird’s bill, it frequents woodlands.

South Cumbria has become known for rare birds because of its many wetland areas, including Morecambe Bay and Foulshaw Moss, which are important habitats for many species.  Over the years, there have ...

A wildlife snapper has managed to capture stunning images of winter birds in flight – by photographing them through his ...

Scheme to protect mile-long shingle beach from effects of climate change may see Hurst Castle isolated by the sea ...

While known for caring for nature reserves, the scale of our work with partners and landowners to create more space for ...

An iconic black and white wading bird which is the symbol of the RSPB is making a big impression at a nature reserve.

The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of modern birds were already in place 69 million years ago. Birds evolved from ...

Pigs have been used to create thousands of miniature ponds in a park as part of a drive to increase wetland habitats. Herts ...

Environmental experts have called for a ban on people and dogs at some coastal spots around Guernsey to protect wading bird species. Jamie Hooper, a conservation officer for history and nature group ...

There are 500,000km of ditches in the British countryside, reaching almost every corner of the land. Found in most parts of the lowlands and surprisingly ...

"If you disturb wading birds during the winter at a rate of once per hour, the mortality rate increases and that disturbance happens once every few minutes on some of our more popular beaches," he ...

Another big freeze could be on the way across the UK this week with more snow forecast just weeks after the last set of blizzards and snow bombs. And with another flurry of flakes forecast for ...