More than 2,000 people sign a petition calling for licences to cull fish-eating birds in Wales Anglers claim cormorants and goosander ducks are devastating stocks in Welsh rivers Conservationists say ...

The goosander is considered a very rare breeding duck in Ireland and Wicklow Mountains National Park staff are looking for assistance from the public in tracking their numbers, especially for ...

WICKLOW Mountains National Park has operated a conservation scheme for the Goosander duck since 1995, which is a protected species of conservation concern in Ireland. Goosanders feed mainly on fish, ...

St John’s Chapel, Weardale: Unlike migrating drakes, females like this one can’t simply fly off when we approach her brood on the river Outside the breeding season, goosanders are usually wary birds, ...

Q: I really appreciate your nature column that we see in the Bennington Banner, but this morning the photo and caption above your column has me baffled. Nowhere online or in any of my bird books do I ...

The ice-edged easterlies brought their own kind of harvest to our parish. I climbed up the Yare river bank, and there on the water were three goosander, the male a glorious mix of emerald and ...

The Wildlife Trusts describe the goosander as a "handsome bird and a great fisher" A project to bring wildlife and people closer together at Washington Wetland Centre has seen a new site record for a ...

If you are not too averse to rising early, the hour before sunrise is a special time. On the slopes above the upper lake in Glendalough, Co Wicklow, it can be very special indeed: there is the promise ...

Anglers claim birds such as the cormorant are devastating fish stocks on Welsh rivers More than 2,000 people sign a petition calling for licences to cull fish-eating birds in Wales Anglers claim ...