The first sighting of a swallow each year is a welcome hint of the summer months ahead. An evocative trilling call overhead was the first indicator this year, as two birds swooped past on my…

With over 600 bird species living in or visiting the UK, choosing a favourite can be atricky thing to do. Do you go with one of regular visitors to your garden, like the friendly sparrows living…

After a busy spring of singing their hearts out, building nests and raising a brood or more of hungry chicks, summer can be a quiet time for birds. Looking out your window at your garden bird…

Summer is a brilliant time of year to be outside. Long, warm evenings sat out on the downs with friends. The sound of calling gulls and the excited cheers over a game of spikeball. The smell of…

This deadly disease is having a devastating effect on our already struggling wild bird populations.

There are some bird calls that I believe most people would recognise. The twit-too of calling tawny owls, the iconic calling cuckoo (of clock fame) and perhaps the drumming of a woodpecker. But I…

A large grey bird flies over my neighbour’s house. “It’s just a pigeon” I think to myself and turn away before something clicks, and I snap my head back. It’s not a pigeon, but a pigeon killer. A…

It’s around this time of year you may be lucky enough to spot a common swift; they’re in the UK from April to August for their breeding season.