Sky News • 2022-06-20

Turtle dove numbers plunge by 98% in UK, study finds

The alarming decline in the population is due to loss of habitat in UK breeding grounds and unsustainable hunting.

The Guardian • 2022-06-17

Rare birds’ arrival an ‘unmissable sign’ climate emergency has reached Britain

Pushed northwards by global heating, exotic birds like the rainbow bee-eater seen nesting in Norfolk will likely become established summer visitors

The BBC • 2022-06-17

Bee-eaters in Norfolk 'worrying sign of climate change'

Bee-eaters trying to breed in the UK is an "unmissable sign" of the climate crisis, the RSPB says.

Independent • 2022-06-20

Turtle dove numbers plummet 98% to just 2,100 pairs, national survey shows

But conservationists say measures are in place to boost habitat and curb hunting of the highly threatened birds.

The Guardian • 2022-06-19

Queen of the corvids: the scientist fighting to save the world’s brainiest birds

A pioneering research laboratory in Cambridge proves that corvids are delightfully clever. Here, its founder reveals what the crow family has taught her – and her heartbreak at the centre’s closure