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.

  Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto pair on Copper beech

Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus on branch showing green grey back and yellowish chest.

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba cut to white showing monochrome colours

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs male showing slate blue head and pink chest

Yellow headed amazon parrot Amazona oratrix on perch with red epaulettes

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns diagram, viewed in profile

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns view from above diagram

Long tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus on hawthorn and bramble

Robin Erithacus rubecula perched on an old wooden post

Tree sparrow Passer montanus Male diagram in pen and ink with colour wash

Gull Larus wing anatomy to show the feathers and markings

Gull Larus head anatomy simplified diagram to help show structures of note

Gull Larus in flight anatomy simplified to show structures of note in this family of seabirds

Gull Larus body anatomy showing features to look out for when the bird is at rest

Swift Apus apus compared to  passerine wing shape and bones diagram

House sparrow Passes domesticus Female pen and ink diagram with watercolour top wash

Coal Tit Periparus ater perched on a branch with several lichen species

Black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus head diagram to show markings

Diagram showing homologous bones in the arm and wing; with bat, bird and human illustrated

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica viewed from above with small insect in its beak

Male bullfinch in breeding plumage on flowering cherry

Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri with one foot raised sjowing amazing colourful plumage