BrainCan - birds

monstrous extinct bird had a squashed brain,...

If there was ever a creature that deserved one of those horror film titles which starts with Attack...

why you should ❤️ nyc pigeons

You know how you'll sometimes be walking down the street and you'll observe one pigeon...

male wheatears spy out the land: country diary 100...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 30 March 1916Wheatears possess come; they were...

museo civico craveri di storia naturale in bra,...

The piedmont town of Bra,Italy, houses an intriguing natural history museum. As a "museum of the...

the arctic skua, an aerial highway robber: country...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 28 July 1916The ragwort is out on the...

a little brown bird, struggling to hang on

The Saltmarsh Sparrow is a shrimp brown bird with an orange face. It lives in the salt marshes of...

flirting redstart displays his charms: country...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 15 April 1916SurreyNot far from the wood in a...

life: bird dies in the nest he built for his...

Government conservationists built a concrete flock of gannet birds on Mana Island,New Zealand in...

spruce hill bird sanctuary in philadelphia,...

The Spruce Hill Bird Sanctuary is really fairly easy to miss. There are no signs,nor is there...

owls seeking prey by day: country diary 100 years...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 25 February 1916I am inclined to repeat a...

a big day in manchester for bird fanciers -...

27 October 1906: Billed as the ‘most significant exhibition of cage birds in the kingdom,’ Hulme...

starling army make themselves heard: country diary...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 18 February 1916The fury of the gale has...

ascending larks keep the bird snarer busy: country...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 4 march 1916As the snow melted from the middle of...

food and shelter at the sewage farm: country diary...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 25 April 1916A solitary swallow,alternately...

hundreds of redwings have descended on our gardens

South Uist Loud as a flock of chattering starlings but more mellow,the fixed chirruping can be heard...

night owls start their call: country diary 100...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 16 September 1916The wood is alive now in the...

liberace like bird electrifies brooklyn

A bird who normally winters in Central America is currently hanging out in Prospect...

phil the pheasant has a pleasant old time | brief...

Martial law in the occupied territories | Pheasant not so shy | rotund-shaming | Letters to the...

crow and the vernal egg

Much Wenlock It is tough to imagine any human culture not seeing some kind of symbolism in eggs –...

bread is off the menu - so what should we feed the...

Breadcrumbs are officially bad for the nation’s waterfowl,so, armed with kale, and seeds and...

the mystery of the poisoned seagull: is this the...

They’ve divebombed pensioners. They’ve eaten tortoises. Now a seagull has been found dead in...

the short straw

The Bhadra Reservoir,in the Western Ghats of India, formed decades ago when 44 square miles of land...

ornotographie by xavi bou

The Spanish Photographer Makes Modern-Day Chronophotographs in the Style of Muybridge In his...

a jack snipe plays hide and seek in the somerset...

Some birds perform lawful in front of you,as if they are auditioning for the X-Factor. Others give...

love those little guys: video of a hundred*...

*A hundred is a personal estimateThis is a video of a ton (okay,perhaps a quarter pound) of...

britains got talons: the writer raised on raptors

Merlin in the Highlands,harriers in the Fens, peregrines in Coventry cathedral … James Macdonald...

combat among the cows

South Uist A merlin has just swerved its way around and between their massive bodies in pursuit of...

a balmy day on the rocks

Rumbling Kern,Northumberland: Below the ancient graffiti, an eider works around the bay looking for...

ibis that was extinct in wild taught to migrate by...

Birds bred in captivity led on three-week migration south from Germany by human ‘foster...

woodman, spare that tree

Kendal,Cumbria It’s illegal to fell a tree containing active nests, but the responsibility for...

glimpses of the otherworldly

Washburn Valley,North Yorkshire On the surface, the environs seem an appropriate domestic for these...

threatened demise of a gorgeous, visionary bird

Cenarth,Carmarthenshire My glimpses of these spectacular, shy, and tree-hole-nesting ducks own grown...

butterfish is a big problem for little puffins

Warmer seas have attracted a unusual fish to the Maine coast – but puffin chicks can’t stomach...

the air is alive with harmless hirundines

Loch Flemington,Highlands The mute swan is asleep on her nest, while the swallows are wheeling and...

saving the albatross: the war is against plastic...

Following his shocking photographs of dead albatross chicks and the diet of plastic that killed...

the owl man: saving the incredible bird youve...

Jonathan Slaght has committed his professional life to safeguarding the rare Blakiston’s fish...

ghostly little egrets and art deco mergansers

River Kent,Cumbria Sand flats bring on the birds, the curlews in their looping patrols, and the...

why nightingales are snubbing berkeley square for...

Botanists,including a descendant of Charles Darwin, are researching the birds’ preference for...

return of the avian master builders

Claxton,Norfolk Every year the house martins check properties for suitable nest sites, even...

hunted to the brink, but africa s reviled vultures...

Wildlife photojournalist of the year exposes the plight of the endangered scavengerVultures are...

immersive plunge for bored young dipper

Milldale,Derbyshire The adult whirred downstream. The juvenile, sat still for a bit, or gaped,grew...

war is hell - for the natural world too | michael...

recent research shows that oil spills from the battle of the Atlantic caused some bird populations...

watching for a bird of kings

South Uist: Everything white catches my eye – distant gulls,the flash of a wader’s belly – but...

a foretaste of spring for the woodland birds

Burton Mill,West Sussex I accomplish my way through the woodland to the willows and alder that edge...

human swan conservationist prepares for 4,600...

Sacha Dench will expend a motorised paraglider to track the Bewick’s swan on its journey from...

feral and beyond the pale at candlemas

Wenlock Edge,Shropshire Imbolc day and its rituals speak of the white of milk, lambing, and doves...

a season of life or death

For Britain’s birds,the weather in January is absolutely crucial. Cold, tough winters mean death;...

lough neagh torpedo test platform in antrim,...

During World War II,this platform was built on Lough Neagh, a large lake to the west of Belfast. It...

human swan conservationist takes to skies on...

Sacha Dench will consume a motorised paraglider to track the Bewick’s swan on its journey from...

climate change is threatening the seabirds of st...

Puffins and kittiwakes on Unesco world heritage site are at risk from warming seas,National Trust...

a tumbleweed of starlings

Claxton,Norfolk It’s odd to deem of them as chimney-pot solitaries in Warsaw or KrakowOne of the...

vultures nearing extinction in africa

Carnivorous birds,which back stem spread of disease by eating carcasses that would otherwise rot,...

white storks swap migration for a junk food diet...

Rather than invent the winter migration to Africa the birds are finding a constant source of food at...

winter is a season of life or death for britains...

For Britain’s birds,the weather in January is absolutely crucial. Cold, tough winters mean death;...

haws light way for the worm hunters

Wenlock Edge,Shropshire perhaps 50 buzzards were staring into the earth, charming worms up by the...

government doesnt know if exported rare birds are...

Australian officials gain not visited the centre where hundreds of scarce and endangered birds were...

cockney sparrows living the high life | brief...

Kelvin MacKenzie and Ross Barkley | Return of the sparrows | Management speak | Kings killed in...

plashy utopia of the rain inspectors

Wenlock Edge,Shropshire In the season of snipe, six stand together, and winged probes the colour of...

there will be no 12 days of christmas if we lose...

Without action to protect this treasured bird,it will disappear from the UK altogether within the...

mick carroll obituary

Our friend and colleague Mick Carroll,who has died of cancer aged 68, was a conservationist who...

back from the amazon with tropical birds: archive,...

8 December 1960: A trip to the Amazon,not the local pet shop, for one exotic bird ownerProbably the...

down came a blackbird her nest to compose |...

Sandy,Bedfordshire A beak full of moss showed the female bird was at the soft furnishing stage of...

englands last golden eagle feared dead

Wildlife experts say the bird likely died of natural causes after they fail to spot him at his usual...

glimpse of a watery future

Lyth valley,Cumbria Because of rising costs, the Environment Agency has proposed turning off the...

bird lovers fear annual australian back yard count...

BirdLife Australia’s state of Australia’s birds report in July found magpie,kookaburra, lorikeet...

is the rspb to blame for the loss of englands rare...

Inaccuracies in a recent claim in the Telegraph that the charity is failing to protect the nests of...

damn, mother nature: pictures of a bird of prey...

Because sometimes the circle of life is just a dot,these are several photos captured by Doc Jon of a...

birds expected to adapt well to climate change...

Species expected to suit changing conditions believe outperformed other birds in the past 30...

hunger games

Langstone,Hampshire A pair of tiny goldcrests hover-glean, plucking spiders from the underside of...

when i am sixty four: worlds oldest tracked bird...

Wisdom,a Laysan albatross, was spotted at mating ground on Midway Atoll after a year’s absence and...

wacky and ornamental nest boxes dangerous for...

People unwittingly picking up non-wooden and brightly-coloured boxes that could fabricate (to make...

drone fighting eagles - a reminder of nature s...

Scotland Yard is looking at using eagles to take down unmanned flying objects – yet another...

scientists unable to explain starling mass...

Behaviour could be one cause of the strange drownings of the birds in large groups in England and...

counting crows: the british birdmen bent on...

Oxfordshire twitchers attain their own ecological surveys over concerns of collapsing bird...

wildflower planting on farms boosts birds, from...

recent research shows wildlife-friendly farming can quickly encourage bird populations bounce...

flying high: why peregrine falcons are kings of...

final century,the cliff-dwelling bird of prey almost became extinct in Britain. Now it has...

the bucolic noble savage - alive in my head?

Wenlock Edge,Shropshire The thrush’s gaze was defiant, proud – but I wondered whether I read...

anti bird tree spikes: we love cars so much, we...

It’s a somewhat trivial incident,but revealing of a wider shame – British society continues to...

long awaited plan to save englands hen harrier...

Conservation action method for England’s most threatened bird of prey has taken traditionally...

over the restless sea

South Uist I am awed to see a small flock of whooper swans heading for landfallCresting the rise at...

indian government takes major step to save...

Almost a decade after banning the veterinary drug diclofenac,the Indian government has banned large...

a kookaburra bird laughing in slow motion is your...

All it takes is a few minutes of scrolling through Twitter to make it nearly impossible to tumble...

the wonder of wigeon

Claxton,Norfolk Wigeon seem finely engineered, slender winged and pre-oiled so that all parts slide...

faa aims to save millions of birds by changing...

Federal Aviation Administration aims to stop millions of birds dying each year by changing static...

missing scottish osprey found 3,000 miles away in...

Tagged male bird from nature reserve near Forfar spotted on a beach in west Africa after 18 monthsAn...

nature s stormcock on mistletoe duty

Sandy Bedfordshire The mistle thrush is chasing invisible thieves,hurling out its rattling call of...

maltese falcon makes a comeback

Ornithologists say three pairs of the peregrine falcon are known to be breeding in the archipelago...

malta gives go ahead to shooting of 5,000...

Conservationists urge EU to capture action against Malta for continuing the spring hunt despite the...

adele like song leads scientists to identify bird...

Himalayan forest thrush’s distinctive,musical song sounds like ‘Adele’ compared to the...

skylarks chase casts shimmer on the soil

Sandy Bedfordshire Two skylarks took off,their feathers glinting against the tilled earth as whether...

south american bird rhea found in front garden in...

Police,fire crews and a specialist animal management team rescue the bird but are clueless as to how...

two osprey chicks brilliantly survive bald eagle...

The Audubon Society has a livestream of an osprey nest in Hog Island,Maine, where this spring...

new zealand conservationists celebrate rare parrot...

The kākāpō has had its most successful breeding season since conservation efforts rescued it from...

australian night parrot legend lives on but bird...

Conservationists are putting fragments of information together to memorize more about this enigmatic...

birds deliberately spread wildfires because birds...

Crazy news from the outback,folks. Certain birds of prey are picking up burning sticks from brush...

bird feeder test: the verdict

Jane Perrone build six bird feeders into her garden to find out which one scored bestBack in...

more than a quarter of uk birds are fighting for...

Popular puffin and curlew are among 15 species added to ‘red list of birds at risk of extinction...

should i feed the birds visiting my garden with...

Readers respond other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to...

pigeon fanciers take on rspb over killer hawks

Traditional sport is under threat say owners as they back raptor cullFeathers are flying in the bird...

murmuration.

Photo from here.I own ran into this video of a Murmuration of Starlings in a couple of places this...

malta should consider moratorium on turtle dove...

European commission investigating violations of the EU bird directive after Malta allows 5000 turtle...

the swift parrot - or how to get your frustrating...

Does it eat something very specific and live in a position that we’ve chopped down? Then you may...

penguin who swam 2,000km to australia gets his...

Mr Munro,the Fiordland crested penguin, stands patiently for his morning weigh-in, or after some...

albatross island: the remote outcrop where...

Off the coast of Tasmania,Australia, lies a small island on which 10000 scarce shy albatross live....

one million birds killed illegally every year at a...

Conservationists sound alarm over unprecedented slaughter of scarce and endangered species by...

puffins and turtle doves at risk of being wiped...

‘Global wave of extinction lapping at UK shores’ as latest list of endangered species classifies...

neon flashes from a little brown bird

Sandy,Bedfordshire So lustrous is the colour it’s beyond compare – but kingfisher blue is due to...

up to 90% of seabirds have plastic in their guts,...

Birds are eating ‘astronomical’ amount of marine debris they mistake for fish eggs,with the...

i cant believe theres not a single collision in...

Filmmaker Jan van Ijken’s documentary,The Art of Flying, captures the hypnotic movements of...

to feed or to perish in an iceless world

Evolution has designed polar bears to move,hunt and reproduce on a frozen and dynamic habitat that...

bird population on scilly isles recovers after...

Project to eradicate non-native brown rats that feed on eggs and chicks on St Agnes and Gugg is...

rare falcon egg seized from smuggler hatches and...

Four albino peregrine eggs were seized from a convicted wildlife trafficker at an airport in Brazil....

antarctic penguins forced up 100 foot ice walls,...

Warmer temperatures are forcing emperor penguins to invent gravity-defying journeys out of their...

creature comforts

BY NATE BERG FROM THE JUNE 2019 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE. A hawk glides overhead....

june lam: growing up

FOREGROUND Early Exposure (Education) An Ohio middle school teacher is holding a course in landscape...

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