Bird 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.
It’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.
UK-based photographer Paul Williams used Google Earth to find and photograph this “tornado” of budgies around a waterhole in outback Australia.
UK-based photographer Paul Williams used Google Earth to find and photograph these flocks of budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) near Alice Springs.
Keen birdwatchers are flocking to Western Australia to see a rare shorebird that appears to have strayed from its usual migration.
Why we ‘hate’ certain birds – and why their behaviour might be our fault.
Leila Jeffreys captures studio portraits of native birds that show these beauties like never before.
Sacred kingfishers forage mainly on the land, feeding on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, occasionally, fish.
Patience and persistence were the key elements behind capturing this stunning shot.