A rare purple heron has been spotted by a birdwatcher at a Derbyshire nature reserve. Ian Elliott said he was "chuffed to bits" to see the juvenile bird at Willington Wetlands on Thursday evening.

The discovery of rare species indicates positive environmental outcomes in the Russian capital and successful work ...

A rare and elusive bird was recently spotted in the Channel Islands, an archipelago located between England and France. The bird — a type of heron known as a bittern — was recorded in Jersey, the ...

A bittern - an "elusive species" of heron renowned for its camouflage - has been spotted hiding on the Norfolk Broads.

A rare bird renowned for its camouflage has been spotted on the Norfolk Broads. Cath Batley, who keeps a boat in Horning, was travelling down the river from How Hill with her partner Andrew to ...

Black-crowned night herons are rare in the south of England, according to experts, with only around a dozen spotted in Somerset since the 1800s. It is thought the adults either bred at the ...

You can also see great blue herons and great egrets during breeding ... A cool sighting would be a snail kite because they are rare. Also, sandhill cranes hang out there and nest there, and ...