Rare Large Copper butterflies, extinct in Britain since the 1850s, have mysteriously appeared in Dudley's Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall nature reserves. Believed to have been bred in captivity and ...

Get to know the birders behind BirdGuides, Britain's number one birding news service. In this fourth edition of the series, we speak to Sam Viles.

A Western Reef Heron and a Little Egret have paired up and raised hybrid young in central France this summer, as the former species appears to be expanding its range northwards. The young birds were ...