Spring is in the air and with it comes nesting season. In the UK, birds start building their little houses from March onwards, making now an opportune moment to install a bird box in your garden.

Though house sparrows (Passer domesticus) look a bit like native North American species such as chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina), they aren't closely related. These invasive and aggressive birds ...

Owners of bluebird boxes are being reminded to monitor them regularly as the nesting season is now in full flow. The boxes are frequently taken over by house sparrows, which are known to attack ...

Whether you feed the birds or not, chances are that you have some of nature’s pests in your back yard. They could be of the animal nature or even plants that quietly can take over your yard!

Q: Just this morning, (Monday) the swallows arrived back to try again to nest in a box we put out for the bluebirds. Last year, sparrows took the box and that was the end of an opportunity to have ...