Type your town or postcode, or use your location. You’ll get the birds most often recorded around you at this time of year, with the ones arriving now flagged. Birdwatchers record the birds they see, ...

What does a Blue Jay symbolize? The old records make the jaybird the devil's Friday errand-runner, with a few luck and rain omens; Native American stories make it a watcher and boaster; Thoreau and ...

Most Blue Jays stay put in winter, but some migrate, by day and in loose flocks, mostly to the south and southwest. Here is what banding shows about which jays go and where, the huge flights along the ...

Baby Mourning Doves hatch blind and thinly covered in down after 14 days of incubation, are fed crop milk and then seeds by both parents, and leave the nest at about two weeks old. The male keeps ...

It depends which version you learned. In the lines known from the 1970s, eight is for a wish, nine for a kiss and ten for a bird not to be missed. 14 In the 1850s North of England version, eight was ...

Magpies build a big domed nest of sticks high in a tree, starting as early as December. In Britain the first eggs are laid around 22 April: usually 5 or 6 pale blue-green eggs, incubated by the female ...

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 ...

In open country with trees. Red Kites live where woods or copses mix with farmland, pasture or heath: they nest and roost in the trees and forage over the open ground. In winter they spread into more ...

Most crows die young, but one that survives its first year can live for many more. In Britain a Carrion Crow that reaches breeding age typically lives about 4 years; the oldest ringed Carrion Crow ...

An agile songbird darting through India's urban gardens and scrublands, flicking its upright tail and showing off its rich black plumage with striking orange-red patches. The Indian Robin is a small, ...

Nearly all geese species are migratory, with impressive journeys such as the Bar-headed goose flying over 27,000 feet, even crossing the Himalayas. Migration patterns vary with climate change; some ...

Flamingos are capable of graceful and powerful flight, with their long necks extended forward and slender legs trailing behind, reaching speeds of up to 40 miles per hour. Flamingos possess wide ...