What do White-tailed Eagles look like? The White-tailed Eagle is a massive bird of prey with a very large yellow bill and pale yellow feet and eyes. As their name suggests, these birds have a short ...

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Well-known for its stirring call and elegant look, the Common Loon is a widespread breeding visitor to lakes in the northern half of North America. They depart their nesting grounds each year to ...

Each year, billions of migratory birds switch between spring/summer breeding grounds and overwintering grounds, although their movements vary greatly between species and populations. Their journey may ...

What do Long-tailed Ducks look like? Long-tailed ducks are a relatively small species of diving duck, with a steep forehead and a short, stubby bill. As the species name might suggest, extended tail ...

The Greylag goose is the largest grey goose from the Anser genus of the Anatidae family of waterbirds. A stout, robust and heavyweight bird, the Greylag goose is the closest wild relative and ancestor ...

Introduced to the United Kingdom in the 1600s, the Red-legged Partridge is an ornate little gamebird that forages in arable farmland. Millions of birds are released each year for hunting, but these ...

What do Great Spotted Woodpeckers look like? The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a striking bird that is mostly black above and white below. Each wing has a prominent white bar and several white spots.

The European bee-eater is one of the more colourful of the twenty seven different species of bee-eaters found worldwide. Roughly the same size as a starling, the adult male European bee-eater’s ...

Eleonora’s falcons are polymorphic. That is to say they have two different plumage patterns and colours which are apparent within the single species. They are also monotypic indicating that there are ...

Native to Scotland’s ancient Caledonian forests, the crested tit is the only small British bird with a punk-style crest, and is therefore quite simple to distinguish from other similar-sized species.

Like ourselves, birds need to sleep to rest, recover from their activities, and remove waste built up in the brain. The way they sleep is actually pretty similar to ourselves, although these ...