A rare, nocturnal bird thought to be extinct in Ireland has been spotted in the south-east. A recent survey has confirmed the existence of the rare, nocturnal nightjar bird in Ireland. With very few ...

Colin Travers’s day job is in McGovern’s pub in Gorey, Co Wexford. By night he searches remote areas across the county for a secretive bird assumed extinct in Ireland: the nightjar. Travers spends his ...

You are in: Devon > Nature > Nature Features > Nightjars on the rise A nightjar and a chick in their nest. Once one of the UK's most threatened birds, the mysterious nightjar is delighting ...

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Numbers of one of Scotland's rarest birds have reached their highest recorded level in Dumfries and Galloway. Due to their nocturnal habits, nightjar populations are estimated by counting the number ...

The weird mechanical call of the nightjar, known as churring, is being heard on warm summer evenings in forests and on heathland across the region. Did you know with a Digital subscription to ...

The Nightjar gets its name from its harsh jarring call uttered at night. The species is a bird that most people, me included, have never seen and know next to nothing about. The Nightjar is one of the ...

The nightjar has been spotted breeding at the RSPB's Sandy reserve for the first time in 45 years One of Britain's most elusive birds is back breeding at an RSPB reserve for the first time in 45 years ...

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The weary woodman rocking home beneath His tightly banded faggot wonders oft While crossing over the furze-crowded heath To hear the fern owl’s cry that whews aloft In circling whirls and often by his ...