NATURE GREENERY: JOURNEYS IN SPRINGTIME by Tim Dee (Jonathan Cape £18.99, 355pp) One of the most joyous sights of spring is the return of the swallows, swooping and diving in the air, their forked tails slicing through the sky. Few of us give much thought to the journey that brings them back to Britain each year. … Read more
Hungry birds are using their brains to beat climate change by adopting new ways of finding food, scientists say Birds have learnt new strategies for surviving by working around human activity Researchers noted 3,800 new feeding techniques, including opening sugar Some birds exhibit problem-solving abilities that rival those of a primate By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
Climate change is forcing birds to find new and ‘extraordinary’ ways to survive including using bread to bait fish and dropping mussels on rocks to break the shell. Researchers from McGill University, Montreal studied data on more than 8,600 bird species to look at changes in their feeding and hunting techniques over time. They found … Read more
Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years as climate change leads to milder winters and endangered ducks and waders become more reliant on protected wetland sites Volunteers survey British wetlands every month to assess population numbers The British Trust for Ornithology has been running the bird survey for 70 years Its results … Read more
Birds of Prey actress Jurnee Smollett and Josiah Bell split after almost 10 years of marriage By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 20:29 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 20:48 GMT, 27 March 2020 Jurnee Smollett and Josiah Bell have split after almost 10 years of marriage. The Birds of Prey actress, who is the sister of … Read more
To thrive in urban environments birds need to either develop large brains like seagulls or have more offspring like pigeons, a study finds. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg say big brains or lots of offspring are the two strategies that are key to survive in an unnatural environment. The team say a number of … Read more
To thrive in urban environments birds need to either develop large brains like seagulls or have more offspring like pigeons, a study finds. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg say big brains or lots of offspring are the two strategies that are key to survive in an unnatural environment. The team say a number of … Read more
NATURE TURNING THE BOAT FOR HOME By Richard Mabey (Chatto £18.99, 262pp) As a young man working in publishing, Richard Mabey would use his lunch hour to go for a walk, observing kestrels wheeling overhead, sand martins burrowing in a sandbank and the profusion of plants such as Canadian fleabane and Indian balsam. Far from … Read more
Bedhopping at the end of the garden: Quirky collection of philosophical essays on ze behaviour of ze birds Philippe J.Dubois and Elise Rousseau have written a collection of essays on birds A Short Philosophy Of Birds studies how ducks interact with the opposite sex Drakes are old fashioned misogynists while female waders demand male efforts … Read more