Secretive and seldom seen, the Water Rail glides through dense reeds with silent steps. A rare appearance from one of Europe's shyest wetland birds. Filmed quietly at the edge of a marsh.

Birdwatchers heading to see honey buzzards from the Wykeham Forest raptor viewpoint in North Yorkshire are also able to see ...

Hidden deep in the South Pacific, more than 3,000 miles from the nearest major landmass, lies Henderson Island, an ...

Many birds sing during the day, but some prefer the night. Nine species are known for their nocturnal songs. The Northern ...

The Common Reed Warbler builds a small nest well hidden in the reeds which line the wetlands at Simar and Salina. Other birds, such as the Cetti's Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Sardinian Warbler, ...

I’ve learnt the cuckoo arrives from Africa. It never rears its own young, preferring to lay its eggs in the nests of other birds, such as the reed warbler. Cuckoos are known as brood parasites, as ...

Lifestyle; Gardening; Birds; Brits mesmerised by outlandish bird in UK gardens after 'deadly rivalries' exposed Birdwatchers should keep their eyes peeled for the pink hoopoe - a bird with pink ...

But we don’t call it a warbler! Altogether, birds called warblers are now classified in 13 different families occurring on six continents and several oceanic islands. Below are examples of each of the ...

A reed warbler feeds a common cuckoo chick in a nest. Per Harald Olsen via Wikimedia Commons under CC By-SA 3.0 Shiny cowbirds ( M. bonariensis ), on the other hand, also heavily surveil their ...

The ecological degradation has also placed immense pressure on wildlife, with 20 bird species in Iraq now threatened with extinction, many of which depend on wetlands. These include the Basra Reed ...

Catching birds on the shores of Lough Neagh will help researchers learn more about how wildlife is faring. ... One reed warbler has consistently returned to the study site at Traad for six years, ...