Just over 135,000 people spotted 1,961,033 birds in the national bird count this weekend. The common sparrow tops the list again, followed by the the great tit and the blue tit. The blackbird, which ...

IT is often said that there are no longer any birds on the Common ; that the “English sparrows” have driven them all away. I make no apology for the sparrows, but they have not yet obtained exclusive ...

One of the most endangered birds in North America isn’t even on the endangered species list yet. In fact, it’s still common in the Northeast, including Virginia. The Saltmarsh Sparrow spends its life ...

One is referred to in some parts as a "brown budgie", the other is the closest Britain will get to a bird of paradise. But both feature in a national survey of our garden birds. The house sparrow ...

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is getting ready for Birdwatch 2022 taking place this weekend. Over the course of Birdwatch, eagle-eyed Britons are encouraged to keep track of all ...

Spring’s arrival means bird-watchers across the country may begin to spot migrating birds making their way back from wintering grounds. Not all birds migrate, but many travel south as winter ...

Inevitably, as custodians of the IUCN Red List, BirdLife’s work is often dominated by questions of scarcity and loss, and the success of our Preventing Extinctions Programme is rightly celebrated.