Peregrines, as we know, are the fastest thing on two wings being able to reach speeds of 186mph when stooping after prey. However, they are not the fastest bird when flying level this, allegedly, is the spine-tailed swift, with an unconfirmed maximum...

According to Bergman's Rule animals tend to become smaller in warmer climates. Historically this has been demonstrated for the same species over latitude or altitude' but a question asked recently was 'given global warming could the same trend be...

I landmark figure has been reached just before we start the new breeding season of survey work. At Thetford sometimes up to 200,000 birding records can be received a week however, today, one record was awaited with interest - the 100 millioneth record...

Remember my previous post about 'Doesn't smell right' where researchers were suggesting that birds migrated by sense of smell (Jan 29th) - and I thought it was a load of nonsense. Well, now comes a publication that potentially explains their results....

Even though the Bird Atlas is on-going the Breeding Bird Survey - the BTO's main survey - still needs to be undertaken. Within the region there are a handful of volunteers who make my job extremely easier by undertaking this survey without cajole or...