Birds

UK Wildlife 'In Trouble' Warns Sir David Attenborough

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK

UK wildlife is at risk with almost 60% of UK species declining "at a worrying rate" in the past half century, experts have warned. Of 3,148 British...

WATCH: Budgie Loves Dancing With His Friend

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Comedy

Move over, internet cats and dogs! It's time for some bird action. Yes, this little budgie is the cutest feathered friend we've seen in a long time...

WATCH: How To Make A Baby Bird Fall Asleep

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Comedy

It's a question we've often asked ourselves. Just how do you make a baby bird fall asleep? Fortunately, the answer has appeared - in the form of th...

Pollution Fears As Seabirds Washed Up Along The South Coast

PA | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK

A rescue operation is under way after approximately 100 seabirds were washed up on the south coast covered in an unidentified sticky white substance. ...

WATCH: Snoring Hummingbird

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Comedy

It's weird, isn't it? Less than 47 seconds ago, we thought this sleeping Peruvian hummingbird was the cutest, most adorable thing we'd ever seen. ...

Flight Of Fancy

Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK

Winter has winged its way across Europe and starlings once again created their dazzling displays in the skies above Gretna Green in Scotland. This ...

WATCH: Baby Parrots Are Very Excited About Being Fed

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK Comedy

Alright, lads - calm down! Today's oooh-oooh-aren't-they-cute video shows a bunch of baby Quaker parrots squawking and jumping up and down with ex...

Poor Weather Killing 'Thousands' Of Migrating Birds

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.10.2012 | UK

Thousands of migrating birds have been dying before reaching England this week because of an appalling combination of fog and winds around the coast, ...

WATCH: This Owl Is Not Impressed

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.10.2012 | UK Comedy

See this owl? He thinks you're beneath his contempt. Honestly - stop looking at him. You're getting right on his nerves and he can't believe you h...

Should You Eat Food That a Bird has Pecked?

Richard Holt | Posted 16.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Richard Holt

When my daughter dropped her ice cream recently, I hesitated for a moment. Then I picked it up, scraped off the bit that had made contact with the pavement and gave it back to her.

What's Causing The Gull Population To Fall?

PA | Posted 25.08.2012 | UK

Changes in the marine environment have been blamed for the decline in the numbers of kittiwake over the past three decades. Numbers of the cliff-ne...

Cyber Egg To Find Swan Secrets

PA | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Tech

Scientists are hoping that a silicon-filled computerised egg will crack open the secrets of how cygnets hatch. The hi-tech device has been develope...

Barking Orders: Government Urged To Invest In Woodlands

PA | Posted 30.06.2012 | UK

The Government needs to invest more money in looking after publicly-owned woodlands to reverse declines in birds, butterflies and plants, campaigners ...

Tweet me Harder, Baby

Josh Barrie | Posted 30.04.2012 | UK Tech
Josh Barrie

As far as Twitter goes, I'm just a recent hatchling. I'm okay with that, because I've only been genuinely 'active' on my account for about four or fiv...

'You Can Take Our Eggs But You Can Never Take Our Freedom!': Britain's Last Battery Hen Retires

Posted 29.12.2011 | UK

Britain's last battery hen has been given a new home, marking the end of an era for commercial laying hens, a charity has told the Press Association. ...

WATCH: Angry Birds Christmas Light Display Takes Epic Pig Battle To The Next Level

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK Tech

This YouTube video of an Angry Birds Christmas light display is the aficionado's answer to festive pigging as airborne avian terrorism is given a yule...

Two Turtle Doves, Or Maybe Just One, As Numbers Plummet

PA | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK

Turtle doves have seen numbers plummet as farmland bird populations reached new record lows, official figures have shown. Numbers of 19 species of ...

'Vigilante Parrot' Catches Burglar

PA | Posted 06.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Police admitted "assistance comes in the strangest forms" after a parrot helped catch a burglar by squawking a warning to his own...