Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months

The adélie penguin is named after a slice of Antarctica called Adélie Land. This is itself a reference to the wife – Adèle – of the French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville, who discovered the species t

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This striking snowy-feathered bird is a winter visitor to Britain, particularly near the coasts of northern England and Scotland

What the scientists are saying… Falling puffin numbers ...

Jolly frock-coated robins, majestic geese and arboreal partridges make for both literal and symbolic centrepieces at Christmas, says Matthew Dennison, as he revels in the cultural history of the season’s feathered fowl and game