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Butterfly Conservation has announced a new national poll to discover Britain's favourite butterfly: bit.ly/4bAhjBJ

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A female Eurasian Curlew has broken the UK longevity record for the species: bit.ly/40FzXTD

Endemic: Exploring the Wildlife Unique to Britain review This title makes for an interesting read where you begin to feel as though you are part of the search party, writes Keith Betton: bit.ly/4ssWE9G

Edwards's Pheasant, one of the world's rarest galliformes, could return to the wild within the next few years under an ambitious international conservation programme: bit.ly/4sZVLFo

A gamekeeper has admitted killing a Eurasian Goshawk on a shooting estate in Perthshire: bit.ly/4sXc3yY

The world's largest colony of Audouin's Gull has become established in southern Portugal, with more than 7,000 nests recorded in 2024 within the Ria Formosa Natural Park in the Algarve: bit.ly/4cRZNLt

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Until the fat throstle sings Malcolm Fisher, a lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter, reflects on football, identity and a club crest rooted in nature – and on the long campaign to turn symbolism into real conservation action: bit.ly/4bAnEgg

Review of the Week: 16-22 March 2026 A Pallas's Gull report proved to be a startling false alarm, Irish birders enjoyed the country's first Oriental Turtle Dove and a run of Hoopoes appeared in the South-West. Sam Viles rounds up the action: bit.ly/4bBSCVq

A perfect portrait of an understated resident bird wins Photo of the Week for Alick Simmons: bit.ly/41iKft4

Butterfly Conservation has announced a new national poll to discover Britain's favourite butterfly: bit.ly/4bAhjBJ

An ambitious White Stork project has been announced by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust: bit.ly/4sjJlZ8

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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

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

Fair Isle, Common Nightingale, Arctic Tern ID, 'spark species', an OM System lens review and the evolution of flightless birds all feature in this month's Birdwatch, out now! bit.ly/4siggNF