News with and about 'bird flu'

The number of birds being illegally poisoned in Scotland is at a 20-year high, the RSPB claim in a new report. ...more.

While the BP Deepwater Horizon well spits tens of thousands of barrels of oil offshore on the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental disaster of proportions never before imagined, a beautiful new kind of bird flies silently in the skies on its first test flight. The Solar Impulse aircraft performed the feat of flying for 24 continuous hours without the traditional in-flight refueling, with its quiet engines powered by energy from the Sun. This is one of the few flights already made with engines that work without the use of fuels made from that very oil that clogs the American coast. ...more.

Rob Purdham, captain of Harlequins Rugby League team, pays tribute to his brother Garry, one of 12 victims killed by Cumbria gunman, Derrick Bird. ...more.

A primary school in Dorset switches off its wind turbine after seabirds keep getting killed by the blades. ...more.

Organisers release summer 'early bird' tickets for Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party for the first time. ...more.

Bird tables could be endangering red squirrels ...more.

Hundreds of bird-lovers around the world log on to to see webcam footage of a sick osprey in Perthshire. ...more.

A funeral service for Derrick Bird, who killed 12 people during a rampage in west Cumbria, takes place. ...more.

A 23-year-old man who was the youngest person to be killed by gunman Derrick Bird is to be laid to rest in Luton later. ...more.

A colleague of Cumbrian gunman Derrick Bird and a 66-year-old animal lover are laid to rest. ...more.