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The Wryneck

21.04.2025

The Wryneck: Maths teacher had not gone crackers - he genuinely did see a real live Hoopoe through classroom window

Media reports about this spring's unusually high influx of Hoopoes in Wales, Ireland and s...

The Wryneck

20.04.2025

The Wryneck: Britain's largest housebuilder says it is "committed to installing Swift bricks" across its developments

YORK-based Persimmon Homes - Britain's largest housebuilder - has issued a public ...

The Wryneck

18.04.2025

The Wryneck: Swift campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor set to spill beans on tense encounters with frontline politicians

Still battling - Swift campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor THERE could be some discomfo...

The Wryneck

17.04.2025

The Wryneck: Stuffed specimen of extinct Slender-billed Curlew finds a deep-pocketed buyer at Yorkshire auction

The Slender-billed Curlew - hammer price exceeded expectations AFTER frenetic bidding, ...

The Wryneck

15.04.2025

The Wryneck: With support from National Trust, RSPB seeks to appoint Recreational Disturbance Programme Manager

The Shelduck and Brent Geese are too far away, so this off-the-lead canine targets a Carrion Crow THE RSPB and the National Trust have teame...

The Wryneck

15.04.2025

The Wryneck: Magnificent house where William Wordsworth wrote some of his greatest bird poems on market for £2.5-million

Living in a house like this, who wouldn't be inspired? THE house where poet William Wordsworth (born 17...

The Wryneck

14.04.2025

The Wryneck: Autumn conference in London will seek to establish what lessons can be learned from avian specimens

Skins in a museum - rich repositories of data? (photo: Trustees of Natural History Museum, London) THERE are thought to be many hundred...

The Wryneck

12.04.2025

The Wryneck: First again! House Sparrow remains most numerous bird in British gardens according to RSPB survey

There are no great surprises in the results of the annual Garden Birdwatch organised by the RSPB. The only change from 2024 is that the W...

The Wryneck

12.04.2025

The Wryneck: Labour MP Barry Gardiner keen to fly the flag for endangered Swifts and seven other cavity-nesting birds

Barry Gardiner - speaking up for Swifts SWIFTS could be back in the parliamentary spotlight after a Labour ...

The Wryneck

11.04.2025

The Wryneck: Firm market for collection of 59 volumes in New Naturalist series at North Yorkshire saleroom

Although several collections of books in the New Naturalist series have come up for auction in recent months, the market remains firm. At y...

The Wryneck

11.04.2025

The Wryneck: Shutdown imposed on French windfarm thought to be responsible for deaths of rare Lesser Kestrels

Male Lesser Kestrel - many are feared to have perished after colliding with rotating turbine blades A TEMPORARY shutdown has been imposed...

The Wryneck

08.04.2025

The Wryneck: Enid Blyton and the Great Auk - how children's author sought to bring extinct bird back to life in 1944 novel

Great Auk has starring role in Enid Blyton's 1944 novel OVER the years, most birders have simultaneously been captivated and horrified by ...

The Wryneck

08.04.2025

The Wryneck: What do humans have in common with Great Auks? Let the good Sheffield University professor explain . . .

WHAT do humans have in common with Great Auks? The answer is revealed by Sheffield University academ...

The Wryneck

07.04.2025

The Wryneck: Will Cuckoos, Wheatears and other migrants be put at risk by proposed new English Channel windfarm?

Will migration route windfarm put Wheatears in peril? WILL migrating Cuckoos, Wh...

The Wryneck

06.04.2025

The Wryneck: To be or not to be? Scientist Tim Birkhead's new book sounds cautionary note on "de-extincting" Great Auk

Sheffield University academic Tim Birkhead poses many important questions in his intriguing new book ...

The Wryneck

05.04.2025

The Wryneck: Pressure group Wild Justice's directors miffed at advertisement snub by Private Eye magazine

The current edition of Private Eye magazine A SPAT has blown up between three high-profile naturalists and the satirical magazine, Private E...

The Wryneck

04.04.2025

The Wryneck: Nightjars and Dartford Warblers at risk as random fires sweep through southern counties heathland

Precious feeding and nesting habitat for Dartford Warblers, Nightjars, Stonechats and o...

The Wryneck

03.04.2025

The Wryneck: Review: The Birdman of Auschwitz - The life of Gunther Niethammer, the Ornithologist Seduced by The Nazis

IT sounds like it must have been some kind of paradise, especially for birders. . ...

The Wryneck

01.04.2025

The Wryneck: Colourfully-plumaged birds could be introduced to shopping centre to enhance customer experience

The shopping arcade in Grimsby offers plenty of natural light and the roof is high FREE-flying exotic birds such as parrots, macaws, tanag...

The Wryneck

01.04.2025

The Wryneck: Rare opportunity to bid for Slender-billed Curlew - a bird now deemed to have gone way of Dodo and Great Auk

Sadness in the eye? The bird that will go under the hammer at Yorkshire auction on April 6 ...

The Wryneck

25.03.2025

The Wryneck: Whatever you do, don't mention the word 'liar'! Oh dear, veteran RSPB staffer Alasdair McKee just did

Magical place - Foulshaw Moss (photo: Ian Alexander-Waite, Cumbria Wildlife Trust) THERE is a word for birders who claim they can distinguis...

The Wryneck

25.03.2025

The Wryneck: Don't beat yourself up if you can't pick out the juvenile Caspian Gull among a flock of Herring Gulls!

Colourful and controversial - Ian's Carter's new book "IF identifying and r...

The Wryneck

24.03.2025

The Wryneck: Was ever there a more classic case of virtue-signalling? BTO’s holier-than-thou snub for 2025 Global Birdfair

Peep show? This frightened Great Tit was trapped and ringed for display...

The Wryneck

22.03.2025

The Wryneck: Well, there's a turn-up for the books - Government gives go-ahead for GCSE in natural history

Catherine McKinnell - moving ahead THE Government has today given the green light for a...

The Wryneck

22.03.2025

The Wryneck: Up into the sky! Bird paintings take flight at Yorkshire-held auction of British, European and Sporting Art

Bullfinch - in demand BIRD paintings were strong performers at a sale last Saturday of Bri...

The Wryneck

21.03.2025

The Wryneck: A man with a mission! Conor Jameson explores life of enigmatic writer-naturalist W.H. Hudson

Conor Jameson - entertaining and informative IN the second half of the Victorian age, many men (and some women) of wealth and enterprise v...

The Wryneck

17.03.2025

The Wryneck: Prepared to be very afraid, Sir Keir! RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight is gunning for you

Beccy Speight lays down weekend challenge to Prime Minister The Prime Minister must be quaking in h...

The Wryneck

17.03.2025

The Wryneck: Bizarre pose and coloration, but there's something fascinating about 'earliest' British painting of a Wryneck

Clearly a Wryneck (just look at that tongue), but are the two insects also identifiable? IS this the earliest ever painting of a Wryneck b...

The Wryneck

15.03.2025

The Wryneck: Doing its bit for birds - rail company installs nestboxes at stations in northern Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

Bring on the birds and bats - newly-installed nestbox at one of the stations A TOTAL of 50 of bird and bat boxes have been installed at n...

The Wryneck

15.03.2025

The Wryneck: An amicable parting of the ways - RSPB and energy company decide to pull plug on 10-year partnership

All on its lonesome - the single turbine at Sandy in Bedfordshire THE 10-year partnership between the RSPB and onshore energy company Ecotri...

The Wryneck

12.03.2025

The Wryneck: Better late than never! RSPB wakes up to fact that North Sea accident threatens to devastate seabird colony

The Yorkshire cliffs - breeding habitat for thousands of seabirds, including Gannets IT ...

The Wryneck

12.03.2025

The Wryneck: Grand old telescope from yesteryear attracted interest (but not a high price) at Lincolnshire auction

Eight-draw telescope - probably too cumbersome for most birders today MO...

The Wryneck

12.03.2025

The Wryneck: Natural England's U-turn on controversial scheme that allowed Peregrines to be taken from wild

Peregrine - a bird much cherished by generations of falconers A CONTROVERSIAL scheme that allowed...

The Wryneck

12.03.2025

The Wryneck: Ornithologist who travelled Ireland far and wide to record songs of almost 200 bird species

What promises to be a fascinating film about Irish ornithologist Seán Ronayne...

The Wryneck

11.03.2025

The Wryneck: North Sea ships collision puts thousands of seabirds at risk from oilspill contamination

Seabirds in peril - Gannet breeding colony at Flamborough Hea...

The Wryneck

07.03.2025

The Wryneck: Daffodils or 'naffodils'? Broadcaster Chris Packham and poet William Wordsworth agree to differ

A 'host of golden daffodils' but celebrity broadcaster reckons they are a 'big yellow mess' Chris P...

The Wryneck

06.03.2025

The Wryneck: Warden sought by RSPB for its prestigious reserve at Dungeness in Kent

The reedbed at the Dungeness reserve - photo: RSPB THE RSPB is looking for a warden for its reserve at Dungeness in Kent. Says the job descr...

The Wryneck

06.03.2025

The Wryneck: Nine ornithological titles included in Gloucestershire auction's bumper collection of Observer's Books

NO fewer than nine Observer’s titles dedicated to birds are up for biddi...

The Wryneck

06.03.2025

The Wryneck: Firm market for secondhand ornithological titles at Dominic Winter auction sale in Gloucestershire

A hammer price of £580 was achieved for this collection of secondhand ornithological titles when it went under the hammer this afternoon. T...

The Wryneck

05.03.2025

The Wryneck: RSPB looking to appoint Black Grouse conservation officer, but he/she should have Welsh language skills

Black grouse - the species is thought to be struggling in Wales THE RSPB is recru...

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The Wryneck - Nature & Animals

The Wryneck: Maths teacher had not gone crackers - he genuinely did see a real live Hoopoe through classroom window

The Wryneck: Britain's largest housebuilder says it is "committed to installing Swift bricks" across its developments

The Wryneck: Swift campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor set to spill beans on tense encounters with frontline politicians

The Wryneck: Stuffed specimen of extinct Slender-billed Curlew finds a deep-pocketed buyer at Yorkshire auction

The Wryneck: With support from National Trust, RSPB seeks to appoint Recreational Disturbance Programme Manager

The Wryneck: Magnificent house where William Wordsworth wrote some of his greatest bird poems on market for £2.5-million

The Wryneck: Autumn conference in London will seek to establish what lessons can be learned from avian specimens

The Wryneck: First again! House Sparrow remains most numerous bird in British gardens according to RSPB survey

The Wryneck: Labour MP Barry Gardiner keen to fly the flag for endangered Swifts and seven other cavity-nesting birds

The Wryneck: Firm market for collection of 59 volumes in New Naturalist series at North Yorkshire saleroom

The Wryneck: Shutdown imposed on French windfarm thought to be responsible for deaths of rare Lesser Kestrels

The Wryneck: Enid Blyton and the Great Auk - how children's author sought to bring extinct bird back to life in 1944 novel

The Wryneck: What do humans have in common with Great Auks? Let the good Sheffield University professor explain . . .

The Wryneck: Will Cuckoos, Wheatears and other migrants be put at risk by proposed new English Channel windfarm?

The Wryneck: To be or not to be? Scientist Tim Birkhead's new book sounds cautionary note on "de-extincting" Great Auk

The Wryneck: Pressure group Wild Justice's directors miffed at advertisement snub by Private Eye magazine

The Wryneck: Nightjars and Dartford Warblers at risk as random fires sweep through southern counties heathland

The Wryneck: Review: The Birdman of Auschwitz - The life of Gunther Niethammer, the Ornithologist Seduced by The Nazis

The Wryneck: Colourfully-plumaged birds could be introduced to shopping centre to enhance customer experience

The Wryneck: Rare opportunity to bid for Slender-billed Curlew - a bird now deemed to have gone way of Dodo and Great Auk

The Wryneck: Whatever you do, don't mention the word 'liar'! Oh dear, veteran RSPB staffer Alasdair McKee just did

The Wryneck: Don't beat yourself up if you can't pick out the juvenile Caspian Gull among a flock of Herring Gulls!

The Wryneck: Was ever there a more classic case of virtue-signalling? BTO’s holier-than-thou snub for 2025 Global Birdfair

The Wryneck: Well, there's a turn-up for the books - Government gives go-ahead for GCSE in natural history

The Wryneck: Up into the sky! Bird paintings take flight at Yorkshire-held auction of British, European and Sporting Art

The Wryneck: A man with a mission! Conor Jameson explores life of enigmatic writer-naturalist W.H. Hudson

The Wryneck: Prepared to be very afraid, Sir Keir! RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight is gunning for you

The Wryneck: Bizarre pose and coloration, but there's something fascinating about 'earliest' British painting of a Wryneck

The Wryneck: Doing its bit for birds - rail company installs nestboxes at stations in northern Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

The Wryneck: An amicable parting of the ways - RSPB and energy company decide to pull plug on 10-year partnership

The Wryneck: Better late than never! RSPB wakes up to fact that North Sea accident threatens to devastate seabird colony

The Wryneck: Grand old telescope from yesteryear attracted interest (but not a high price) at Lincolnshire auction

The Wryneck: Natural England's U-turn on controversial scheme that allowed Peregrines to be taken from wild

The Wryneck: Ornithologist who travelled Ireland far and wide to record songs of almost 200 bird species

The Wryneck: North Sea ships collision puts thousands of seabirds at risk from oilspill contamination

The Wryneck: Daffodils or 'naffodils'? Broadcaster Chris Packham and poet William Wordsworth agree to differ

The Wryneck: Warden sought by RSPB for its prestigious reserve at Dungeness in Kent

The Wryneck: Nine ornithological titles included in Gloucestershire auction's bumper collection of Observer's Books

The Wryneck: Firm market for secondhand ornithological titles at Dominic Winter auction sale in Gloucestershire

The Wryneck: RSPB looking to appoint Black Grouse conservation officer, but he/she should have Welsh language skills

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