earning them nicknames like "sea parrots" and "clowns of the sea." The confusion between puffins and penguins is understandable. Both birds are black and white, have a similar body shape, and are ...

Tommy Daynjer/Shutterstock.com The Florida scrub jay is in the same family as the blue jay, so it makes sense that they look rather similar. As with the California scrub, this bird is again a ... they ...

The short answer is no, but the reasons why are as intriguing as these birds themselves ... feet set them apart. Puffins are known for their distinctive, almost clown-like appearance, earning ...

During the avian flu outbreak in 2022 and 2023, about 10,000 birds on the Farne Islands perished. More than 900 puffin ...

These round songbirds have inspired not only some of our best poets, but have also sewn the seeds of the countryside around ...

Puffins were one of five types of bird already on the list ... but there is some hope. "To us, it looks like they may have had a productive breeding season," he said. "So with any luck, next ...

The first survey of the colourful birds in five years has found that puffin numbers are up 15 per cent to an estimated 50,000 pairs last year on the Farne Islands, compared to 44,000 in 2019.

Ranger Tom Hendry said while puffin numbers are holding up, some cliff nesting birds appear to be struggling. Initial figures suggest the shag population is down by 75% on the inner islands, but there ...

The puffin population on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast has been declared “stable” after a devastating bird flu outbreak, the National Trust said. The charity’s team of rangers this ...