Birds

‘Lights bring joy!’ Why these beautiful birds need our help – and 10 ways to give it

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'Lights bring joy!' Why these beautiful birds need our help - and 10 ways to give it

Swifts wheelies, endurance athletes scream. They don’t touch the ground for nine months of the year and fly 14,000 kilometers a year – from sub-Saharan Africa to nest in the UK and back again. In Britain, it is a sign that summer is coming or going. Among them, they give the highest expression of the … Read more

Video: A ‘powerful storm’ of snow geese begins heading for the Arctic

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Europe's aging grid puts clean energy projects at risk of 'waste'

Bird watchers gather to share in one of nature’s most spectacular spectacles: a “blizzard” of snow geese flying over a Pennsylvania lake. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It is as if they are gathered in the darkness of the morning, waiting for the time when thousands of migrating birds stop chirping and chirping. They are rewarded with a … Read more