There can be few other British birds that are so steeped in mystery and folklore as the woodcock. Unusually, several of these rather suspect ‘country-tales’ are, astonishingly, true. There is no doubt ...

topping a 2015 poll to choose the UK's first national bird. Although they can be territorial and aggressive, folklore typically presents robins as kind and even holy. There are a number of myths ...

This paper presents data on folklore and names of birds collected among native speakers of Emberá in the moist tropical forests of Darién, Panamá. The naming data was collected by systematic ...

Although this bird can be territorial and highly aggressive, folk tradition typically presented it as kind and even holy. The robin’s red breast was imagined to be a bloodstain received when it ...

JOHN LYONS: Carnivalesque is the first major retrospective exhibition of the Caribbean British artist and poet John Lyons ...