Birdwatch

Europe's Common Buzzards may be losing their remarkable variation in plumage colour, according to a new study: bit.ly/4uIpip5

The Dutch Spectacled Eider has died in care, it has been announced: bit.ly/4shQZ6r

A recent study has examined whether non-native parrots in European cities compete directly with native birds or occupy ecological roles that are otherwise underrepresented in urban systems: bit.ly/47ADp5H

British wildlife is set to appear on future Bank of England banknotes after the institution confirmed that the next series will celebrate nature rather than historical figures: bit.ly/4rtYHsR

Hampshire Bird Report 2024 review The latest annual report from the Hampshire Ornithological Society is as impressive as ever, says David Campbell: bit.ly/3Nv3wEe

Breeding seabird numbers increased on Coquet Island in 2025, offering renewed hope for one of the UK's most important island reserves after the heavy losses caused by bird flu in 2022: bit.ly/4uBkOR6

David Campbell has joined Birdwatch on a full-time basis to become the magazine's new Editor: bit.ly/4sdTG9a

Plans to clear 3,000 ha of tropical savanna in Australia's Northern Territory have been approved without a federal environmental assessment, prompting strong criticism from conservationists concerned about the impact on threatened birds: bit.ly/3Noh9VI

Review of the Week: 9-15 March 2026 A Tengmalm's Owl caused a stir in Shetland, while an Oriental Turtle Dove was discovered in Northern Ireland. Miles Cluff reports: bit.ly/47L9uaY

Tracey Jolliffe's delightful image of a hovering Common Kestrel is this week's Photo of the Week winner: bit.ly/40uId91

Rewilding projects across Scotland are delivering dramatic gains for wildlife, especially birds and pollinators, according to new research: bit.ly/4btf5Ee

Of nightingales and neighbours What happens when a rare bird lands in the wrong garden? David Campbell explores how a moment of tension became a lesson in understanding: bit.ly/4bIMnzl

The Scottish Government has announced an additional £20,000 in funding for the culling of Greylag Geese in Uist, Outer Hebrides: bit.ly/3Nz7zj1

A Critically Endangered Javan Rhino calf has been photographed with its mother in Ujung Kulon NP in western Indonesia, offering fresh optimism for the future of one of the planet's rarest large mammals: bit.ly/4rqIyo4

The RSPB has completed a major peatland-restoration project at Lakenheath Fen, rewetting 120 ha of drained fen on the Suffolk-Norfolk border: bit.ly/4s6GYZy

Scientists have fitted GPS tracking collars to wild Sand Cats for the first time, yielding unprecedented data on the movements, habitat use and the genetic structure of this elusive desert felid: bit.ly/4lqbjzN

A series of remarkable photographs have documented Great Crested Grebes preying on Common Chiffchaffs in Spain: bit.ly/4sDCsBB

A new collation of satellite data has revealed extremely low migratory flyway switching among geese and swans in East Asia: bit.ly/3NtKhLm

Conservationists have confirmed that Large Tortoiseshell is no longer extinct in Britain, with the species set to become the 60th resident British butterfly amid a bumper early spring for the species: bit.ly/4rnAbJY

In a stunning discovery, two marsupial species believed to have been extinct for some 6,000 years have been refound alive in remote rainforests in West Papua, Indonesia: bit.ly/4cCwRHk