There are no cranes in Ireland. Our tallest bird, grey herons have a large dagger-shaped beak. Herons are around 90-96cm long and have a wing-span of 150-173cm. They are found here all year ...

Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone (CBTCZ) in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and ...

Chaffinches are around 14-16cm in length with a wingspan of 26cm. They live here all year around and are typically found in woodland, farmland, and gardens across the whole country. These birds ...

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has established a three-kilometre control zone around a nature reserve in Co Derry after a number of captive birds tested ...

Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction of a captive bird temporary control zone (CBTCZ) in Northern Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs said ...

Captive birds in a nature reserve in Co Derry have ... “If avian influenza were to enter our Northern Ireland commercial flock, it would have a significant and devastating impact on our poultry ...

Preliminary findings of bird flu have caused the introduction ... Chief veterinary officer for Northern Ireland Brian Dooher said that if avian influenza entered Northern Ireland’s commercial ...

What bird signifies "spring" to you? When I was a youngster it was the American robin. My mother and aunts Mary and Minnie had a running contest for who could see and report the first "redbreast ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

Rathlin Island is one of the few places left in Northern Ireland where you will hear the ... roots and bring them across to the island. The birds use them to nest in before the grass has grown ...

Now, Crescent Duck Farm is the only one left. It produced a million ducks a year, until two weeks ago, when bird flu shut the farm down. Corwin said, "I saw a flock one day that was great ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...