egg-laying

Willow tit Poecile montanus perched on a lichen covered branch

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes by its round nest in a woodland scene with ivy leaves and a suggestion of greenery behind

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes perched on a branch cut to whtie

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella perched on a twig

Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri with one foot raised sjowing amazing colourful plumage

Tawny Owlets Strix aluco sitting clustered together on a branch covered in grey down feathers

Teal Anas crecca showing elaborate beautiful plumage

Thrush Turdus philomelos nesting in a garden shed amongst gardeing gloves, string, and flower pots

Sanderling Calidris alba

Stylized diagram of the duck egg showing chalaza, yolk, white, germination, membranes, and air pocket

Short eared owl Asio falmmeus in amongst vegetation icnluding grasses and ferns

Skylark Alauda arvensis ascending in flight small vignette scene with fields and heather behind

Skylark Alauda arvensis

Smew Mergellus albellus pen and ink illustration of the bird swimming on water

Snipe Gallinago gallinago perched on a slab of limestone looking forwards

Snipe Gallinago gallinago looking over its shoulder

Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus perched on a branch looking surly

Snipe Gallinago gallinago on the ground, cut to white

Robin Erithacus rubecula with a worm in its beak returning to an open fronted nest box attached to the trunk of a tree with a blue sky behind

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

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

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

Robin Erithacus rubecula splahsing in a white neoclassical style pedestal bird bath with water droplets spraying around, plumage fluffed out, and a grassy lawn behind

Swift Apus apus sketch in flight