Over 40% of male marsh harriers look like females, spending their lives sporting the brown plumage and white heads characteristic of females. They’re one of only two bird species that does this.

A bird watcher has described the "truly extraordinary" moment he spotted a rare bird of prey in flight over a Hampshire beauty spot. The pallid harrier was photographed at Testwood Lakes Nature ...

A rare bird normally associated with eastern Europe and Central Asia has drawn birdwatchers to a reservoir near Bolton.

A rare Hen Harrier has vanished from a North Wales grouse moor in what wildlife investigators are calling a deliberate killing and the evidence is as chilling as it is familiar. The young female bird, ...

The study, published as the cover article in BioMed Central's Avian Research, led by the Earlham Institute and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, explores the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Montagu's harrier has reared six chicks this year, after successfully raising four chicks last year - Graham Catley/RSPB A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Montagu's Harrier chick with an open beak sitting among twigs and grass A male Montagu's Harrier raised six chicks across two ...