The bird in question was a four-month-old red kite, one of 27 released in Northern Ireland earlier that summer as part of a ...

Taking birds of prey from the wild for falconry will only be allowed in “exceptional circumstances”, the Government has announced. The move aims to protect wild birds of prey from being ...

Of those infected, six died. Another outbreak hit in 2005, when there were mass die-offs of wild birds at China's largest lake. The disease began spreading to Europe, and from there on to Africa ...