Bird

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone

Jackdaw Corvus monedula on post with licehn and barbed wire

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in flight showing pinkish chest and blue grey head.

House sparrow Passer domesticus male perching on a branch with rosehips.

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica in flight, seen from below, with a small insect in its beak

Male bullfinch in breeding plumage on flowering cherry

Robin Erithacus rubecula staring at the viewer with slightly ruffled feathers and a large eye, perched on an ash twig

Ruby throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris in flight, feedin with tis long beak from a pink convolvulus like flower and showing its bright green featehrs and scarlet thoat patch

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus perched on top of a post with moss at its feet

Stonechat Saxicola rubicola male singing with open beak and perched in some flowering gorse Ulex

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus in amongst typical coastal plants of the Pembrokeshire coast including squill, thrift, kidney vetch, daisies, and lichen with a second bird flying behind

Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus cut to white

Pheasant Phasianus colchicus cock striding on the ground with small fern and grass at his feet

Puffin Fratercula arctica standing on tufts of grass facing left

Raven Corvus corax cut to white

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus perched on a tree stump looking out at the viewer

Dipper eating aquatic invertebrate

Goldcrest Regulus regulus upside down on some dried twigs showing the yellow head crest clearly

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis pair perched on teasels

Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus standing on one leg cut to white

Green woodpecker Picus viridis perched on a tree trunk

Grey partridge Perdix perdix cut to white with one foot raised

Corncrake Crex crex standing on a large stone looking alert with grass at its feet