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Bird behaviour

How can you stop birds flying into your windows, or help mother duck take her ducklings to water? What's that bird singing at night and why are some birds aggressive? Find out the answer to these and many more questions here.

Birds and windows

Birds and windows do not mix successfully. The common problems are when birds collide with windows or start to attack them, or if they start to eat the putty. More...

Juvenile sparrowhawk knocked out by window impact

Nocturnal song

Have you ever wondered why that bird is singing at night - and what it is? More...

Robin singing in tree

Mobbing

Mobbing is a noisy, obvious form of behaviour that birds engage in to defend themselves or their offspring from predators. More...

Magpie

Birds swooping at people

Wild birds sometimes make apparently unprovoked swoops at people. There are two common reasons for this behaviour. More...

Herring gull standing on and surrounded by seaweed