She recently won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. And Gillian Anderson got into character as she filmed scenes for her upcoming movie White Bird in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic this week. The actress, 52, donned a brown jacket and dark grey … Read more
The world’s oldest-known wild bird, a 70-year-old Laysan albatross called ‘Wisdom’, has hatched another chick — making this at least the 40th youngster she has reared. The septuagenarian seabird gave birth again last month on the breeding habitat of Midway Atoll, a tiny island in the north Pacific, some 1,300 miles from Hawaii. Wisdom was … Read more
A researcher caught a harrowing encounter in a Georgia salt marsh when a fish pulled a baby sparrow down to a watery grave. Seaside sparrows usually balance their nests in the marsh grass, but researchers believe climate change has caused tides in the area to rise precipitously. As a result one bird’s nest was flooded, … Read more
Incredible moment a huge spider is caught feeding on a tiny bird after it got stuck in its web Red-browed finch found hanging upside down from sticky spider-web in garden Resident was outside in the garden when he came across the horrific sight He recorded his find and came back at night to find spider … Read more
Not now bird flu! Russia reports world’s first ever cases of H5N8 flu in humans – but says the virus hasn’t spread between people yet Russian officials diagnosed the human cases of the H5N8 bird flu virus The virus spread from birds to workers at a poultry plant in southern Russia Health officials said patients … Read more
Falling fowl of the law! Escapee emu tries to peck its way into a police car after officers were sent to try and capture 5ft high bird Flightless fugitive was spotted wandering around village near Lowestoft, Suffolk Police were sent to track down and capture 5ft high adult male bird named Skiff Soon after, the … Read more
Falling fowl of the law! Escapee emu tries to peck its way into a police car after officers were sent to try and capture 5ft high bird Flightless fugitive was spotted wandering around village near Lowestoft, Suffolk Police were sent to track down and capture 5ft high adult male bird named Skiff Soon after, the … Read more
Hoo you lookin’ at? Barn owl and tawny owl let fly at each other in vicious territorial battle over bird box Susan Howes has had a bird box attached to her stables for the past 20 years She has welcomed several birds, including various owls and kestrels to bird box After a pair of owls … Read more
Hoo you lookin’ at? Barn owl and a tawny owl let fly at each other in vicious territorial battle over bird box Susan Howes has had a bird box attached to her stables for the past 20 years She has welcomed several birds, including various owls and kestrels to bird box When the kestrels arrived … Read more
Tradition has it that spring is not here until you hear the first cuckoo. But when Joel Ashton spotted one of the endangered and seldom seen birds lying injured and exhausted in a road, it heralded the start of a touching rescue mission. Mr Ashton, 34, who was on his way to work as a … Read more