Precariously perched in cliff crevices or soaring high over swelling seas, Ireland’s marine birds create some of the ...

Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract ...

BirdWatch Ireland said it is conservative in its designation and the areas identified are the most crucial ones for Irish ...

Daniel Oliker held a 33-year-old puffin from Machias Seal Island in his hands and was in awe about how it was a decade older ...

Above, the puffin peers out, as if contemplating launching itself from the ledge; the crowd holds its collective breath and ...

The seabird was blown off course before landing in a garden in landlocked area, where it was found by a concerned homeowner.

A puffin has been discovered 110 miles (177km) off course in a garden in Herefordshire. The animal was found near Stoke Lacy and taken to Vets for Pets. Practice owner Elliot Goodwin said: "We ...

By Ed Chatterton A stranded puffin has been rescued after being found more than a hundred miles away from its natural coastal habitat - in the Midlands.

A stranded puffin has been rescued after being found more than a hundred miles away from its natural coastal habitat - in the Midlands. The seabird was blown off course before landing in a garden ...