Birds that break the rules

1 To start, draw the beak and eyes following the same techniques and using the same colours described in the Parrot’s Eye and Parrot’s Beak projects but on a slightly smaller scale. Use the same techn

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From a heroic long-distance swimmer to a producer of spectacularly eerie sound effects, the seabirds seen swooping and diving over British waters have all manner of singular skills, says John Lewis-Stempel

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

In the British countryside, it’s common to hear gruff caw-caw-cawing and see large black birds flapping overhead. That’ll be a corvid – but which have you spotted, asks Clare Hunt

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