Archives for: Guide to Birds
The Swift
The swift is a medium-sized aerial bird, which is a superb flier. It evens sleeps on the wing! It is plain...
The Swallow
Swallows are small birds with dark glossy blue backs, red throats, pale under parts and long distinctive tail...
The Puffin
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale...
The Robin
The UK's favourite bird - with its bright red breast it is familiar throughout the year and especially at...
The Magpie
Magpies seem to be jacks of all trades - scavengers, predators and pest-destroyers, their challenging, almost...
The Canada Goose
A large goose, with a distinctive black head and neck and large white throat patch. An introduced species...
The Herring Gull
Herring gulls are large, noisy gulls found throughout the year around our coasts and inland around rubbish...
The Golden Eagle
A huge bird of prey, with only the white-tailed eagle larger in the UK. With its long broad wings and...
The Blackbird
The males live up to their name but, confusingly, females are brown often with spots and streaks on their...
The Barn Owl
With heart shaped face, buff back and wings and pure white under parts the barn owl is a distinctive and much...