Why do penguins give stones to each other?

This enigmatic eastern vagrant has become a mega-rarity, writes David Lindo …

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They’re noisy, they pinch chips, and they make a mess, but these birds deserve our admiration, writes Ruth Miller

30-minute-birder Amanda Tuke meets Kent’s charismatic corvids…

A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green

Suited to dazzle and trilling a joyous song, the goldfinch weaves its magic in both the countryside and garden