Labour is plotting a crackdown on duck hunting by reducing the number of species that can be legally shot. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled plans to offer ...

Woodcocks and pochard, pintail and goldeneye ducks among threatened species protected by proposals ...

Six of Britain's wild bird species are set to be better protected under proposals set out by the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments. The new rules would restrict the shooting of s ...

There is a misidentification of a duck on page B6, Buffalo News, 21 Feb. The caption for the photo says, "A goldeneye duck rests on a sheet of ice." ...