Dr Phil Smith – Wildlife notes March 2025
In my February notes I wondered whether the usual spring drought had started. I was right! The Met.…
BTO – New records chart remarkable lives
In July 1997, a Black Guillemot chick was ringed in Orkney. This bird successfully fledged from its nest and…
Credit: Edmund Fellowes
Scientists discover why Cuckoos’ clocks can’t adjust to climate change
Spring is arriving earlier each year but Cuckoos are unable to shift the timings of their annual migration in response.
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
New wave of bird flu rips through threatened colonies
The recent spread of Avian Influenza among threatened gulls and terns is gathering pace, say experts from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).