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'The Unfeathered Bird', Katrina van Grouw

Just last week I reviewed Ceri Levy and Ralph Steadman's 'Extinct Boids', a sumptuously large book that is part-art, part-story, part-history, a

BirdLife Malta, Tuesday, 9th April 2013:

• After attending two meetings of the newly formed Derogation Monitoring Board, BirdLife Malta today concluded that the enforcement of the new

Born from a collaboration between documentary-maker and conservationist Ceri Levy and ‘gonzo’ artist Ralph Steadman, ‘Extinct Boids’, (or ‘Boids’ as it’s usually called) is something of an unplanned

Bird Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions

Some bird books are destined to become legendary, sell by the ship load, and - in differing ways - change

This has been a long, hard winter and like - I would guess - many birders I have spent a small fortune putting out food for my garden

The battle between the so-called 'feral cat activists' (animal welfare activists who understandably don't like to see animals euthanaised) and the conservationists who can point to numerous studies

I'm organising a podcast interview with the Hunt Saboteurs Association sometime after Easter. I don't know a huge amount about the Sabs, but I support their aims (stopping

Keith Betton, Chair of the African Bird Club, has invited Talking Naturally to record a series of short interviews with speakers and guests at the Club's AGM

Yesterday saw the launch of a campaign, 'Fight for flight', by the Captive Animal's Protection Society (CAPS) to end the practice of pinioning of birds. Pinioning is