A marvellous flying Greenfinch features in the BirdGuides Photo of the Week for 9-15 February 2026.

Seven vultures have been found dead in Bulgaria in an illegal-poisoning incident, dealing a serious blow to efforts to restore populations in the Balkans and highlighting the continuing threat posed ...

From arriving Willow Warblers to bustling seabird colonies, spring birding in Britain has plenty to offer. Join BirdGuides ...

Fenland Nature by Duncan Poyser and Simon Stirrup (Pelagic, 2025). ISBN: 9781784274108. Pbk, £35.

Police Scotland has launched an investigation after a satellite-tagged Golden Eagle was found with shotgun injuries in the South of Scotland earlier this month.

With the breeding season approaching fast, the BTO is encouraging birders to put up nestboxes and take part in National Nest Box Week to support declining garden and urban birds.

Do you know your isobars and occluded fronts? David Campbell used to pay little attention to the weather's impact on migration, but now he's engrossed.

A 50% rise in lekking Western Capercaillie at Abernethy Forest RSPB in the Scottish Highlands offers cautious optimism for one of the UK's rarest birds, as intensive habitat management begins to pay ...

Conservationists working to save the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler reported encouraging developments following the 2025 breeding season, including a record number of singing males in Lithuania ...

Ed Stubbs reports on the latest sightings from around Britain, Ireland and the Western Palearctic in the week of 2-8 February ...

So, putting considerable thought into the design, the Austrian optics giant has incorporated its cutting-edge stabilisation system into the structure of a conventionally shaped telescope. In short, ...

Endemism is something I associate with exotic countries such as Madagascar, where 90% of the fauna and flora cannot be found anywhere else. However, here in Britain we have endemic species to be proud ...