Numbers are up of avocets and black-tailed godwits, which use the Exe Estuary in their hundreds each winter. But fewer brent geese, bar-tailed godwits, dunlins and ringed plovers are coming, according ...

Thousands of migrant birds which have touched down in Cumbria for the winter can be seen in a rare event on Sunday. RSPB officials are at Bowness on Solway to help twitchers identify the birds making ...

The Exe Estuary has been a traditional stopping point for migratory birds, but man's influence on the environment has put these breeding grounds under threat. Now the Royal Society for the ...

Two wildlife protection zones in the Exe Estuary are proving to be a success, five years after they were introduced, say bird experts. The seasonal refuge zone near Exmouth operates between ...

PINTAIL and Black-tailed Godwits are being afforded extra protection to their habitats with the extension of the Mersey Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site.

Thousands of birds could be seen crowded on a UK nature spot last week in one of the country's grandest wildlife displays. The 'Snettisham Spectacular' takes place when high tides push flocks of ...

A £2.3m scheme to create a new habitat for birds on the Tees Estuary is ... pages you are consenting to allow us to display personalised ads that are relevant to you when you are outside of the UK.

The Severn Estuary is home to a wide variety of bird and other animal species, as well as unique wetland habitats. Paul Bowerman has spent 50 years birdwatching along its shores.

The Thames Estuary is the UK’s fifth most important wetland for birds, behind the Wash, Ribble Estuary, Morecambe Bay and the north Norfolk coast; it supports more than 140,000 waterbirds, with some ...

This water treatment facility released untreated sewage into the Medway estuary for nearly 328 hours last year (Picture: Mark Hutley) Hundreds of litres of raw sewage has been spotted flowing into ...