Migration

A whale shark swimming in Sogod bay, Southern Leyte, Philippines. © Steve De Neef/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty

Whale shark guide: what they eat, where they’re found and why they’re endangered

Male wheatear in Gloucestershire. © Tim Graham/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify birds on the move in spring

Bewick's swan at WWT Slimbridge. © WWT

Bewick’s swan guide: how to identify, where they are found and why they are rare

Male pintail. © Marianne Taylor

Ducks of the UK: how to identify, behaviours and when to see them

House martin, flying with mud in beak for nest building

House martin guide: how to identify, migration and diet

Black-throated thrush at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. © Anthony McGill

Asian avian visitor attracts twitchers to Whipsnade

Marmalade hoverfly. © Will Hawkes

Migrating hoverflies are providing essential pollination and pest control in the UK

Swift Cambridgeshire. © Ben Andrew/RSPB

Swifts arriving later than usual due to bad weather

Pallid swift. © David Darrell-Lambert

Swifts spend the majority of their lives in the air

Adult swallow at the nest with chicks. © Kaphoto/Getty

Barn swallows evolved alongside buildings

Come late summer, the 170-foot high mountain is covered in the purple-pink colour of ling heather. In some areas of the island this species makes up an important coastal habitat known as maritime heath. © Ben Porter

Wildlife on the ‘Island of 20,000 Saints’

Canada goose. © Dave Porter/ Getty

What is moult-migration?

Duck drinking among Common Pochard, Aythya ferina, ducks at Welney Wetland Centre, Norfolk, UK

Which of our wintering ducks come from Russia?

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Is climate change hitting our summer migrants?

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Early bird surprises experts