Blog: Birds

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House sparrow © Amy Lewis

The humble house sparrow

Tom Hibbert, birdwatcher and content officer for The Wildlife Trusts, takes a closer look at one of the UK’s most familiar birds.

Snowdrops

Natural wonders this February

While February’s weather tends to keep us in our wintery reality, the month also offers up some wildlife delights that can keep us ticking towards the coming spring. In his blog, Sam Finnegan-Dehn…

Two Tufted Ducks

How to identify diving ducks

This winter, why not take a moment to learn about these fascinating animals.

This blog, embedded with a video, will give you an introduction on the nature of diving ducks before taking you…

A large flock of terns, black and white sea birds, take flight on mass from their small nesting islands surrounded by a calm lagoon of water. Behind them hills and farmland with a pale grey sky.

Cemlyn Provides a Safe Haven

The Cemlyn tern colony is currently at record numbers - a really wild spectacle. With recent local media coverage about the desertion of the Skerries tern colony, and the question “where have all…

Wren

Deciphering the dawn chorus

Wildlife expert Nick Acheson introduces some of our feathered superstars to listen out for this spring.

Sandwich tern - Ben Stammers

Crossover

Ben Stammers, our People and Wildlife Officer for Anglesey, describes the bird movements we're seeing in Spring and why it's a great time to get out and watch our seabirds.