Don't miss out on the headlines from Rockhampton. Followed categories will be added to My News. We have lived here for about 10 years now and this is the very first time we have seen them now that it ...

Attempts by bee-eaters to nest at a quarry near the north Norfolk coast have failed. But hopes remain the brightly-coloured birds will stay at the site in Triminngham, near Cromer, and try again to ...

Birds share their nests with a rich community of other inhabitants like parasites and mainly invertebrates, such as insects, that are attracted to the nest because of the stable climatic conditions ...

Holiday-starved Brits aren't the only ones travelling far and wide this summer, as a family of rainbow birds have flown thousands of miles for a stay in Norfolk. Seven bee-eaters – brightly coloured ...

Rare "rainbow birds" trying to breed in the UK was a "worrying sign of how our climate is changing", the RSPB said. The charity said bee-eaters had been making nest burrows in a small quarry at ...