A History of British Birds is a natural history book by Thomas Bewick, published in two volumes. Volume 1, Land Birds, appeared in 1797. Volume 2, Water...

William Yarrell's A History of British Birds was first published as a whole in three volumes in 1843, having been serialised, three sheets (=48 pages)...

important of which were A History of British Fishes and the 1843 A History of British Birds. A History of British Fishes followed the example of Thomas Bewick's...

A History of the Birds of Europe, Including all the Species Inhabiting the Western Palearctic Region is a nine-volume ornithological book published in...

British Birds is a monthly ornithology magazine that was established in 1907. It is now published by BB 2000 Ltd, which is wholly owned by The British...

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the...

"Birds of a Feather" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. It impacted US contemporary hit radio on July 2, 2024, as the second single...

known as painters and engravers. Bewick is best known for his A History of British Birds, which is admired today mainly for its wood engravings, especially...

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically from north to south or...

Street, London in 1802. It was one of the texts, along with Thomas Bewick's contemporaneous A History of British Birds (2 volumes, 1797 and 1804) that made...

the birds and their features is recognized as a universal. The History of Animals contains many accurate eye-witness observations, in particular of the...

humans; bird conservation groups work to protect birds and to influence governments to do so. Birds have appeared in the mythologies and religions of many...

characteristics of feet 2nd century AD – Aelian mentions a number of birds in his work on animals. Birds are listed alphabetically 1037 – Death of Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn...

Yarrell is best known as the author of A History of British Fishes (2 vols., 1836) and A History of British Birds featuring 564 original engravings (in...

with English abridged version] doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80053-0 A History of British Birds "Swan" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905. "Swan" . The New...

R. A. (2005). "Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis". British Trust for Ornithology. Retrieved 13 June 2014. Bewick, Thomas (1847). A History of British Birds, volume...

Yarrell, William (1845). A History of British Birds. Vol. 2. London: J. Van Voorst. p. 496. Pennant, Thomas (1776). British Zoology v.2. London: Benjamin...

Birds of a Feather is a British television sitcom, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and stars Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph...

The Observer's Book of Birds' Eggs. London: Warne. p. 78. ISBN 0-7232-0060-2. Holden, Peter (2012). RSPB Handbook Of British Birds. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4081-2735-3...

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals...

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014...

elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including...

The coexistence of avian dinosaurs (birds) and humans is well established historically and in modern times. The coexistence of non-avian dinosaurs and...

Ltd. London 1978 pp. 134–5. Bewick, Thomas (1847). A History of British Birds, volume I, Land Birds (revised ed.). pp. 234–235.. Roger Twysden's Latin...

Retrieved 29 April 2010. Bewick, Thomas (1847) [1804]. A History of British Birds. Vol. 2: Water Birds. Newcastle: R.E. Bewick. pp. 405–406. Linnaeus, C....

of the ring-necked parakeet population in the UK was planned. British avifauna Feral parrot List of birds of Great Britain List of non-native birds of...

Birds In Britain was a BBC Radio series, broadcast from 1951 to 1963 on the Home Service, about wild birds. Its lead presenter was James Fisher. It was...

The British farthing (derived from the Old English feorthing, a fourth part) was a British coin worth a quarter of an old penny (1⁄960 of a pound sterling)...

Elephant birds are extinct flightless birds belonging to the order Aepyornithiformes that were native to the island of Madagascar. They are thought to...

with a pair of letters to The Times in 1913, when he wrote on 6 February that he had heard a cuckoo, contrary to Yarrell's History of British Birds which...