Geese are breeding at a former nuclear weapons test site in the Arctic
1 March 2023
Thousands of pink-footed geese have begun migrating to a remote Arctic island to breed, showing some migratory birds can adapt rapidly to a warming world
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Hundreds of razorbills have been turning up far from home in Italy
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Marine seabirds known as razorbills are usually found in cold, northern waters, but hundreds of them have been turning up underfed in Italy, and no one knows why
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A new colony of breeding Gentoo penguins has been discovered living on Antarctica’s Andersson Island, an unusually southern location for the generally more temperate birds.
Falling bird numbers mean quieter birdsong in Europe and North America
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The natural soundscape of birdsong has probably become quieter in Europe and North America over the past 25 years because of a decline in bird numbers
Scottish blue tits mostly survive on food from garden bird feeders
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Garden bird feed is the single most common food source found in a sample of blue tit faeces collected across Scotland
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Earth is home to around 50 billion wild birds according to a new global estimate, but most species are very rare and only a handful number in the billions
Floating googly eyes on a stick scare seabirds away from fishing nets
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Buoys fitted with cartoon-like eyes act a little like scarecrows, keeping seabirds safely away from areas of the sea where they might get caught in fishing nets
