Monday 21 April is World Curlew Day, the perfect time to launch the UK Action Plan for Curlew. In this special feature, RSPB Curlews in Crisis Senior Manager Suzannah Rockett looks at how the actions ...

Bird migration has fascinated humans for centuries – one minute they’re here and the next they’ve gone, but where do these birds go when they vanish from our skies? Myths and folklore have sought to ...

Each spring, the return of seabirds to Wales’ coast signals the start of something extraordinary. As the season gathers pace, ...

Curlews have long legs, a long downward curving bill, and brown plumage. They’re the UK’s largest wading bird. Their distinctive bubbling call used to be a common sound of upland areas but sadly we’ve ...

Cranes, the UK’s tallest bird at over a metre high, had a record breeding season last year thanks to the efforts of conservationists, with 2025 surveys showing that a record-breaking 87 pairs raised ...

Scotland's tallest species of bird had a record breeding season in 2025 following its return from extinction in the country. Cranes are the UK’s tallest bird with adult birds growing to more than a ...

Back when the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch began in 1979, the Greenfinch was at number seven in the top 10 birds seen. But in this year's Birdwatch (2026), they were down to number 18. These figures ...

One of nature’s highlights throughout the colder months are the incredible aerial displays performed by one of our most charismatic species – Starling murmurations. While many of us might want to stay ...

New Island is one of the most spectacular in the Falkland Islands archipelago. It’s home to millions of seabirds, including the world’s largest colony of Slender-billed Prions, a species of petrel ...

Thanks to thousands of RSPB campaigners, supporters and nature lovers who contacted their MSPs, Swifts in Scotland are now a major step closer to having more of the safe nesting sites they desperately ...

On 29 January at York Magistrates Court, Racster Dingwall, Head Gamekeeper on the Conistone and Grassington Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a Hen ...

Seven satellite tagged Hen Harriers are suspected or confirmed to have been illegally killed on or near land managed for grouse shooting in England in 2025. One bird was confirmed poisoned, with a ...