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, ...

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 ...

Baby crows hatch pink and almost naked, grow fast, and leave the nest at about four to five weeks old, nearly adult size, which is why you rarely notice them. Fluffy young crows with short tails, blue ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Common ostrich is the largest, heaviest bird in the world. These colossal birds can reach a staggering 150kg and 2.8m in height. Ostriches can't fly - they are simply far too large and heavy. To ...

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 ...

Measuring 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall and weighing more than 45 kg (100 pounds), the emu is the third largest bird in the world, next to none other than the colossal ostrich and cassowary. Living solely ...

Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura), also known as turkey buzzards, or just buzzards, get a bad wrap because of their wrinkly, bald faces and proclivity toward eating carrion. These birds are not exactly ...

The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a magnificent bird, standing tall and elegant as it wades through marshes or saunters over the open plains. As natural foragers, these birds often move ...

The Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a widespread Australian bird of the Podargidae family. These nocturnal birds are the best known of three Australian Frogmouth species, and they are ...

Emus are large, flightless birds from the Casuariidae family, which also contain cassowaries. The emu ranks among the ostrich and cassowary as the world’s largest birds and is the 3rd tallest bird and ...