The nightjar has "a supernatural reputation" thanks to a myth that it steals milk from goats The number of nightjars recorded in a national park is thought to have doubled in the past five years ...

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 ...

There is a significant and concerning decline in the genetic diversity of British nightjar populations over the past two centuries, a study from the University of York has found. Researchers are now ...

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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 ...

Nightjars, the elusive nocturnal birds once nicknamed “goatsuckers” in English folklore, have been recorded in their highest-ever territory count in the Special Protection Area that includes parts of ...

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 ...

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They used to compare it to the sound of a spinning wheel, but these days they mention a motorbike. A small motorbike, distantly heard. They used to compare it to the sound of a spinning wheel, but ...

The number of nightjars recorded in a national park is thought to have doubled in the past five years following conservation efforts. Seventy eight of the elusive birds, which are known for their ...