British birdwatching guides will soon be out of date, warn wildlife experts. Over the next few decades, the changing climate will have driven away many species - and introduced others which have never ...

An exotic bird has drawn crowds of birdwatchers after making a rare appearance in South Wales. Hoopoe birds originate from north or sub-Saharan Africa or southern Europe, and dozens of eager wildlife ...

The hoopoe bird's most striking feature is its crest or "crown" which it raises when it's excited Birdwatchers have been flocking to Swansea Bay to catch sight of a rare hoopoe bird. The colourful ...

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YOU might never see a photo like this in your lifetime - the rare hoopoe bird, photographed in Yorkshire, possibly for first time in 40 years. Our Camera Club members were out in force to capture this ...

The Jewish state's national bird is the hoopoe (duchifat in Hebrew), after being chosen in a national election process that stretched over six months, and which was initiated by the Society for ...

WA’s Department of Parks and Wildlife said it was only the third sighting of the eurasian hoopoe bird in the country and it was “excited” to find it on its cameras. The sighting of the flamboyant ...

It's nice to see swallows and the regulars spring migrant birds back again and it's always interesting when unusual species turn up often heralded by a voice on the 'phone saying: 'I've never seen the ...

Boys will be boys, and my sons were delighted to discover there is a bird with "poo" in its name. When a real hoopoe turned up on a beach just north of Weston-super-Mare, a short drive from our home, ...

Birdwatchers have been flocking to Swansea Bay to catch sight of a rare hoopoe bird. The colourful feathered bird is noted for its crest or "crown" which it raises when it's excited. They don't breed ...