Shoebill Abou moves to Exmoor Zoo
The Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) called "Abou" was born in 2008 in Pairi Daiza, an animal park in Cambron-Casteau in Belgium, it is united to the Exmoor Zoo in the Kingdom. Abou is one of eight…
Studying movements of purple sandpipers
As part of an ongoing study of Purple Sandpipers (Calidris maritima - Sendlinger) in NE Iceland, an international team of ornithologist has been attaching geolocators to birds to track their…
Thousands of exotic birds destroyed at avian dealer in Bocholt (B)
The highly pathogenic bird flu virus type H5 was diagnosed on Friday at a avian dealer in Bocholt (B). To prevent further spread of the virus, about 6,000 exotic birds, including ducks, geese,…
Bird Flu Outbreak Kills Thousands Of Migratory Cranes In Israel
In the past weeks Avian Flu (H5N1) has been spreading among the Common Cranes wintering in the Hula Valley. Over 5000(!) Cranes have been found dead or dying. The Agamon Hula Park and nature…
New UK Barnacle Goose study gets underway
Three populations of Barnacle Goose occur in the UK, two of which are entirely migratory and come here for the winter months from their breeding grounds in either Svalbard or Greenland. Those…
Northern Bald Ibis rarest bird in Middle East
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) is classified as Critically Endangered, the highest threat category according to IUCN criteria, with the only remaining wild colonies known in…
Torrent Duck: one species or three?
With a wide distribution on Andean rivers from Venezula to southern Chile, Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) is generally treated as a single species comprising three to six subspecies.…
Long-tailed Duck breeds in The Netherlands for first time
A female Long-tailed Duck was photographed with four ducklings yesterday in The…
Slimbridge flamingos foster chicks in fertility bid
Three pairs of Andean flamingos at the Gloucestershire reserve were given eggs of their Chilean counterparts to nest. The Andean flamingos had been prompted to lay eggs by the hot weather but the…
Spoon-billed Sandpipers
The spoon-billed sandpiper Calidris pygmaea is one of the most threatened birds on the planet. It breeds on the Chukotsk and Kamchatka peninsulas in the Russian Far East, migrates through…
Milking the cow: why Dutch dairy is becoming bird-friendly
International studies recently showed Dutch men to be the tallest in the world, standing on average at 1.84 metres – remarkably, some 20 cm taller than 150 years ago. But how did a nation once…
In Search of the Exclusive Pink-Headed Duck
The Pink-headed Duck was always considered rare, but it has not been conclusively seen in the wild since 1949 in India and is known from Myanmar from only two specimens. Unconfirmed reports of…