The Blue Tit is one of Britain's most familiar garden birds: a tiny tit with a bright blue cap ringed in white, a white face with a dark line through the eye, and a yellow breast. It clings to feeders ...

Woodpigeons eat almost nothing but plants: clover and other green leaves, grain, buds, seeds, and in winter and spring the fruits and seeds of trees, especially ivy berries, acorns and beech-mast. A ...

Those familiar with the fairytale “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen may remember how the ‘ugly duckling’ in the story was actually a baby swan and not a duckling at all! In real life, ...

Lively and active members of the parrot family, cockatoos have a long tradition of being kept as pets. But the idea that they may outlive their owner is in fact a very real possibility. So, how long ...

One of the world’s most widespread birds and has been valued and cherished by humans for at least five millennia. Domesticated and trained for sport and transporting messages, these birds originated ...

The Rainbow Lorikeet is a vibrant, small parrot with striking multicoloured plumage. Its head is deep blue, contrasting with a bright green back, wings, and tail. The chest is bold orange-red, while ...

The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is the most abundant duck species in North America. In fact, ‘Greenheads’, as they are affectionately known are probably the most familiar duck species in the world.

Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii) are medium-sized hawks from the genus Accipiter and live across the USA, Canada, and Mexico. These compact hawks are exceptionally fast and agile and have a diverse ...

Seagulls - which are actually just gulls from the family Laridae - are some of the world's most widespread and successful birds. There are 54 species of gulls, and they inhabit every continent on the ...

Birds classified as hawks are usually only seen on their own or in a pair, but what is a group of hawks called? Collective nouns are rather bizarre and sometimes even humourous names given to a group ...

With their tufted crest, buff plumage, bandit-style facemask markings and bright red waxy wing feathers, cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) are a distinctive sight, with large flocks descending on ...

There are many different species of eagles, many of which are mainly solitary. Still, many types of eagles are also quite sociable and will hang out in groups generally outside of the breeding season.