The milder winter has led to a significant increase in smaller birds visiting Scotland's gardens, but favourites such as starlings and song thrushes are still struggling , a major survey has found.

Pollinating insects get a lot of attention, but sometimes our local bird population gets overlooked. So, today let’s talk about purposefully creating garden spaces that will support and attract ...

Budding ornithologists will be all too familiar with the joy of spotting a small bird flitting around the garden. The delicate creatures are undeniably wholesome to watch, particularly when ...

Birdwatching is a great activity to help get your children interacting with nature, whether its done out of your window, in your garden, local park or school playground. Data from the RSPB's Big ...

We spoke to the RSPB, who run the annual Big Schools Birdwatch, to find out about some of the birds you and your children might see in your garden, local park or school playground, how these bird ...

The team in Sheffield has identified markers for the genetic sexing of over 150 species of birds (Dawson 2005, Dawson et al. 2015, Dawson et al. 2016) and supported multiple studies involving bird sex ...

For four decades, Big Garden Birdwatch has highlighted the winners and losers in the garden bird world. It alerted the RSPB to the decline in the number of song thrushes, starlings and house ...

I must admit to feeling a little jealous whenever my buddy Dr Samuel (Sam) Ong, a cardiologist, avid birder and photographer, sent me beautiful pictures of birds that he had taken in the wild both ...

THIS year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch survey has recorded a decrease in the most common birds seen on the Island — significantly in some cases. The study has seen the blue tit top the charts as the ...

When it comes to gardens that help pollinators like insects and birds, messy is better. That means resisting the temptation to clean up because fallen leaves and dried stems provide food and ...