How to identify a red kite? The red kite is a distinctive bird of prey, easily recognised by its reddish-brown body, angular wings with white patches, and long, deeply forked tail.

However, even populations of species familiar to bird-watchers across countries like the UK, such as the Common Buzzard and Red Kite, would be significantly bigger were it not for lead ammunition.

Not all birds of prey are created equal - some are chaotic sky-terrors, others are lawful hunters with precision. So we decided to map them all out. In this video, we build the ultimate alignment ...

Golden eagles could be re-introduced into England for the first time in more than 150 years, after a study has found there ...

There are more than 600 bird species in the UK, with an estimated 83 million breeding pairs – down from 102 million half a century ago when reliable population studies began. They form an ...