The Scottish government has made it part of the law, that all new homes should have a special brick added to make a home for swifts ...

Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds ...

A law requiring all new buildings over a certain size to include swift bricks has been passed in Scotland. Swift nesting ...

Scotland has become the first nation in the UK to require swift‑nesting bricks in all new buildings, following the passage of the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill. For the housing and construction ...

Folly Farm has been named runner-up in a UK wildlife restoration award. The Pembrokeshire visitor attraction was recognised ...

ENDANGERED birds have been given a home from home thanks to a series of swift nest boxes with more due to be installed next year. The swift boxes have gone up in St John's in Worcester, providing a ...

Folly Farm has been named runner-up in a UK wildlife restoration award. The Pembrokeshire visitor attraction was recognised for its Hafod yr Adar swift conservation tower project at the British and ...

MSPs have backed a ban on greyhound racing in Scotland, supported proposals to minimise the use of restraint and seclusion in ...

While you're snuggled up in front of the TV and many species are hibernating, birds are struggling to get through winter. But ...

Scotland’s new Nature Bill sets statutory biodiversity targets, strengthens deer management and reshapes land use to drive nationwide ...

A controversial scheme to build a 10-bedroom HMO on a busy Coalville crossroads has been approved. Local councillors had objected to the plan at 2 Central Road over parking and safety concerns. The ...

Conservationists and electricity workers joined forces to boost wildlife habitats at Chesworth Farm, Horsham, installing new ...