Bird

Scarlet macaw Ara macao pen and ink illustration with colour top wash.  Illustration from “The Hidden Universe” by Alex Antonelli.

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.

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

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

Puffin Fratercula arctica standing on tufts of grass facing left

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

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

Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Dabchick or Little grebe pair Tachybaptus ruficollis

Stylized diagram of the skeelton of a duck

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus perched on a twig of rowan with orange berries

Coal tit Periparus ater perched on a twig covered with lichen including Usnea species

Bittern Botaurus stellaris cut to white showing cryptic colouring and large beak and legs

Swift Apus apus parent visiting its nest in the eaves of a brick barn