Bird fans in southwest Iceland are again calling on the whole country to do more to feed wild birds in winter. They fear that small birds are not getting enough to eat and say the economy may be the direct reason. Read the full story

While the unseasonably warm weather in Finland has left wannabe ice skaters out in the cold, bird watchers have been counting their chickens thanks to the large number of species that have postponed their migrations south. Read the full story

Icelandic ornithologists have appealed to the media, asking them to remind people of the importance of feeding garden birds during extended cold snaps like the one currently gripping the country. Read the full story

Iceland’s annual ptarmigan hunting season begins today; despite diminishing numbers of the grouse-like bird. Read the full story

The nesting season of many types of sea bird all around Iceland has been poor this year and there is an all-out puffin and Arctic tern collapse in progress to the south and west of the country. Read the full story

The first Arctic terns have now arrived in north and west Iceland; as well as some rarer varieties, such as swallows, finches and other foreign species. Read the full story

The first golden plover of the year has been seen in Iceland — raising hopes that spring may be just around the corner. Read the full story

Hundreds of sea birds have had to be shot after landing in oil which leaked from Godafoss, the Eimskip container ship, off Norway last week. Read the full story

If the patterns of recent years continue, Iceland’s Westman Islands could lose their famous puffin colony altogether. The reason is a collapse in the sand eel population. Read the full story

Iceland’s harbinger of summer is the golden plover whose arrival to the country every year is welcomed as a sure sign of winter’s passing – whatever the weather is doing. Read the full story