Another Life: None flies straighter or with more urgency than the wren
Michael Viney: This little bird’s adaptability and pioneering spirit has created about 50 distinct races in different habitats worldwide
How can a blackbird be white? It’s actually not that uncommon
Blackbirds topped the list of a British ‘abnormal plumage’ survey, at over 40%
Lonely lapwings and the secret world of non-breeders
Another Life: Some floaters circle territories and sneak the odd ‘extra-pair copulation’
Michael Viney: Faithful robin’s subdued song an autumnal delight
The feeding of so many different species of birds has become ecologically important
Garden feeders have led to a goldfinch boom. Is this a good thing?
Are we sustaining goldfinches at an increasingly artificial level? And does it matter?
Another Life: Cuckoos v pipits – next round in the arms race
Irish pipits, as I’ve watched many times, don’t hesitate to mob the hawk-like cuckoo at its teetering perch on a telegraph wire
Another Life: Evolutionary trick that has other birds working for the cuckoo
Science calls it ‘brood parasitism’. The naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White, with more feeling, called it ‘a monstrous outrage on maternal affection’
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