All bird keepers in Northern Ireland are required to keep their birds indoors from Monday. The order from the Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs (Deara) is designed to stop ...

The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) was declared Ireland's national bird by a committee of the Irish Wildlife Conservancy in 1990. Some birds can be leucistic or albino — conditions which ...

Agriculture and the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland face "a triple threat" from bird flu, bluetongue virus and foot ...

Released birds were wing-tagged ... The two that have bred in Northern Ireland are just four years old and were released on ...

Swifts are warm weather birds, arriving from late April ... Mark Smyth believes the decline of swifts was inevitable As a founding member of the Northern Ireland Swift Group, Mark Smyth campaigns for ...

Sixteen thousand birds are to be culled as another case of suspected bird flu is investigated in a commercial poultry flock in Northern Ireland. Stormont's Agriculture department confirmed test ...

Birds in Northern Ireland include puffins, magpies, robins, blackbirds, ducks and owls. Reptiles are animals that have dry, scaly skin and are cold-blooded. This means their body temperature ...

All owned flocks in Northern Ireland, whether commercial, captive or backyard hobby birds, are currently under a housing order to try to prevent the disease affecting the sector. Minister Andrew ...