The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a nocturnal migratory bird that travels between Europe and southern Africa each year. However, its wings are not only used for long-distance journeys.

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 ...

AN Essex animal rescue centre admitted a very rare bird... which sadly did not make it through the night. Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, based in Thorrington, admitted a nocturnal bird ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image of Nightjar Bird is taken at Gujarat in India.© NileshShah/Shutterstock.com The post A Nightjar's Whole Life Runs on a ...

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 ...

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 ...