Precariously perched in cliff crevices or soaring high over swelling seas, Ireland’s marine birds create some of the ...

References Greenwood, J G 1998 Breeding biology of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle at Bangor, Co. Down. Irish Birds 6: 191-200 Ewins, P J 1985 Colony attendance and censusing of Black Guillemots ...

Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract ...

References Greenwood, J G 1998 Breeding biology of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle at Bangor, Co. Down. Irish Birds 6: 191-200 Ewins, P J 1985 Colony attendance and censusing of Black Guillemots ...

Pictures of an unusual visitor seen at a Watten birdfeeder that stands out from the flock due to pale colouring caused by a ...

Black skimmers will sometimes rest on the beach by laying their head and belly on the sand, Koczur said. A casual observer ...

BirdWatch Ireland said it is conservative in its designation and the areas identified are the most crucial ones for Irish ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

Many birds sing during the day, but some prefer the night. Nine species are known for their nocturnal songs. The Northern Mockingbird mimics calls in North America. The Common Nightingale sings ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

The vagrant kelp gull mated with a local herring gull, though the chick did not survive. Experts say it's a "complete mystery" how the bird came to nest so far north in the first place ...