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Here in wildlife enquiries we occasionally get sent some rather interesting finds including pictures of unsual garden visitors, feathers and occasionally dead birds. We are more than happy to take a look at feathers and pictures but we are not too keen on the dead birds, they don't travel well in...

Taken from the KF Hide

Starling at Old Moor showing off it's glossy feathers.

I took this picture at Harcourt Arboretum. The peacock just wandered out behind a bench and I just got snapping with my fujiflm finepix camera, straight in front of me, a little zoom in to get this amazing picture of his head! You can even see the white of the sky in his eye! He was very majestic as...

This shot was taken at my local bird care centre, Feathers in Salehurst, Sussex in the nature area. This perch is at the back of the area and backs on to a field which stretches for some way causing the lovely clean background. This bird has just nipped in and grabbed a sunflower heart

A starling, with the sunlight bringing out the colours in it's feathers.

A starling, with the sunlight bringing out the colours in it's feathers.

this picture was taken while on holiday in florida

Thank you for all of your comments and your suggestions. I think Osprey has got a clean sweep! 1. Great spotted woodpecker 2. Jay 3. Magpie 4. Starling 5. Guineafowl

You could be onto a winner there..or could you... i won't give too much away just yet! The last one might cause some confusion so i'll give you a little hint, its not from a native bird but the owner of the feather can turn up in the wild in the UK!

OK so here are a few more from the wildlife enquiries collection, some easy-ish some maybe a bit challenging! Look forward to hearing your opinions, will give you the answers next week! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

OK, i'll put you all out of your misery! There are 5 different feathers from four species of British bird (and a ruler but no points for identifying that!). 1 is from the wing of a tawny owl and is a secondary flight feather (180 mm) 2 is from a woodcock, this is a tough one as they are body...

Hi Woodpecker Thanks for having a go! I won't let on just yet whether you are right or wrong but good guess! Is anyone else brave enough to have a go i wonder?

Here in wildlife enquiries we often receive feathers in the mail from people wanting them identified. We thought it would be an interesting topic for a little quiz. So below you will find five pictures of feathers from four species of British bird, see if you can identify who they belong to. We'll...

A Coot with the wind blowing the feathers.

Disease spread throughout the country This week a press release went out highlighting the impact that Trichomonosis has had on greenfinch and chaffinch numbers. This received a lot of media interest and lead to a massive surge in disease reports. A new disease page is up and running and people can be...

Here is a Bird Topography chart for those who want to know what I'm wittering on about sometimes :)) S

It looks like it could be feather mites - they are most active during spring and early summer. However, i wouldn't advise any treatment added to feed - Unfortunately when wild birds are afflicted with this condition they cannot be treated as domestic birds can be. Dosages must be exact for individual...

Without wishing to put the, er, cat among the pigeons (sorry), I reckon the sparrowhawk's meal was something else. If you look at the fifth photo down, at the bottom towards the left hand corner, you can see there are some brownish feathers that don't suit a woodpigeon, collared dove or stock...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 After a long wait I was blessed with this Skylark bringing back food to its young.

Feathers are a marvellous thing. That's what struck me today when I was out walking at The Lodge , in search of our flock of Manx Loghtan sheep (they're the little ones with dead-bracken-coloured wool and up to six horns...). I was busy not seeing the sheep, who were doubtless hiding in amongst...

Cranes The Crane project has generated a few queries. It involves taking chicks from Germany and eventually releasing them in Somerset. There have been some concerns about resources being diverted to a bird which is already breeding in the UK but it is also a flagship species for wider wetland conservation...

A popular enquiry recently has been about 'odd' looking blackbirds ; either missing feathers through being in moult (when they can look very scruffy and give the false impression of disease), or having 'unusual' colouring - usually patches of white where the normal pigment would occur...

Here at the RSPB, we often get enquiries from puzzled 'garden watchers' who have seen an odd bird in their garden. 'It looks like a blackbird , but it's got a white head.' 'One of the starlings on my feeder is all white! Is it a different species?' Some people are a bit disappointed...

How come everyone else's birds are more colourful than ours? I was idly flipping through a book about North American birds the other day, and that's what struck me. Lucky Americans get all manner of exotically-coloured birds frolicking in their gardens and nature reserves - try searching for...

It's been rather a dismal week here at The Lodge , with soggy clouds overhead for too much of the time and precious little sunshine to be had. We're lucky enough to have a bird feeder outside our window here (check out the webcam during daylight hours). It gets a good range of visitors ...