The Pallikaranai marshland is teeming with the first set of migratory birds, mainly small waders such as common sandpiper, wood sandpiper and ruff. Naturalists say these visitors began arriving in the ...

The latest addition to the Lake Learmonth birdlist is a common sandpiper, a rare visitor to the Ballarat region. There are only four local records over the last 50 years.

Cuteness aside, though, sandpipers are pretty confusing, because "sandpiper" is both a species name and the colloquial name for the Scolopacidae family of birds. There are dozens of Scolopacidae ...

Exploring all things puffin - the silly and the serious, the scientific and the cultural.

An analysis of the State of India’s Birds (SOIB) 2023 report shows nearly 110 species of birds recorded in Tamil Nadu are currently facing a state of decline nationwide. As many as 86 species found in ...

Researchers focussing on migratory shorebirds reaching the Western Coast of the country have noticed an early arrival of many flocks from colder regions. Large flocks of migrant visitors such as ...