In what began as a side project in 2022 for Berkshire Bird Observatory Executive Director Ben Nickley, The Kestrel Nest Box ...

The types of birds that you attract in your yard can play a big role in the type of nesting activity that you'll see in your ...

They have one ear higher than the other, can turn their heads through 270 degrees, their hungry young make a sound between ...

Researchers in Spain have warned that nest-box installations at PV plants are often poorly planned or used for greenwashing, ...

Nest boxes can be an excellent substitute for the holes found in old trees or dilapidated buildings that cavity-nesting birds, such as tits and sparrows, prefer. But in recent years, bird-welfare ...

If the Trump administration gets its way, we won’t have much hope of learning more. The White House’s 2026 budget would end ...

In 2020, swifts were added to the UK's red list of birds most need of conservation with their population having declined by 66% between 1995 and 2022. "If it carries on this way, the swifts that visit ...

Before removing the nest, make certain that the chicks have fledged and that other birds haven’t already moved in. In the fall, it’s safe to give nesting boxes a good cleaning.

“Essentially, Swifts, like us, are experiencing a housing crisis”. Swifts are “highly site-faithful birds, meaning they return to the same nest year after year to breed. If the nest site is lost due ...