The secret world of bird baths
WildlifeBird baths are more than just ornamental splash pools. They’re also a site where animals socialise and intense rivalries play out. And bird bath design, location and cleanliness can have a big impact.
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Locally extinct bird ‘rediscovered’ after 178 years
NewsIt’s estimated 99 per cent of all species that have ever existed on Earth are now extinct, but for some, the term is revoked after being rediscovered decades – or even centuries – later.
Stunning flocks of budgies in outback Australia
WildlifeUK-based photographer Paul Williams used Google Earth to find and photograph this “tornado” of budgies around a waterhole in outback Australia.
GALLERY: Stunning flocks of budgies in outback Australia
WildlifeUK-based photographer Paul Williams used Google Earth to find and photograph these flocks of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) near Alice Springs.
Rare shorebird found in Western Australia
NewsKeen birdwatchers are flocking to Western Australia to see a rare shorebird that appears to have strayed from its usual migration.
The birds we love to hate
WildlifeWhy we ‘hate’ certain birds – and why their behaviour might be our fault.
VIDEO: Bird portrait photographer
WildlifeLeila Jeffreys captures studio portraits of native birds that show these beauties like never before.
Snap it up: Sacred kingfisher
Reader PhotosSacred kingfishers forage mainly on the land, feeding on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, occasionally, fish.
Swamping about
Reader PhotosPatience and persistence were the key elements behind capturing this stunning shot.