The RSPB has re-wetted 120 ha of former arable peat at Lakenheath Fen, creating new habitat for declining breeding waders including Northern Lapwing and Common Redshank.

Scientists have long known that some bird species choose to nest near “protector” animals—creatures that aggressively chase away nest predators. For instance, tiny European fieldfares sometimes choose ...

Mrs Ogdens is believed to have hatched in the summer of 1992, and was first ringed as a juvenile on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, in September that year. The bird appears to have spent ...