feathers

Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto in copper beech tree in spring time.

Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto in flight with outstretched wings.

Seated collared dove, cut to white, showing black collar.  Private commission

Breast feather of Cockerel, showing orange colour and area of green glittering iridescence.

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

Splendid Lyre bird displaying

Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).  Illustration shows an albatross above the wides with distinctive wide wing span and hooked book with tube nostrils.

Long tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus on hawthorn and bramble

Robin Erithacus rubecula perched on an old wooden post

Swift Apus apus compared to  passerine wing shape and bones diagram

Black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus head diagram to show markings

Peacock pavo pair with male tail on display, disintersted peahen passing by in front of him