Joy as five white-tailed eagle chicks hatch in Ireland

The hatching of five new white-tailed eagle chicks in Ireland is being celebrated by the country’s National Parks and Wildlife Service. The NPWS said the newly hatched chicks in Co Clare come from the bonding of eagles released under the white-tailed eagle

Tawny owl joy as experts report mini-baby boom

These babes in the wood have delighted wildlife experts – with a boom in the number of tawny owls. A rise in the number of voles – the birds’ most important prey – has led 90 tawny pairs to have chicks in