Birders can relate to the Aesop’s fable where a hare is in a flap, convinced his upstanding ears would be mistaken for horns. The lord of all he surveys, the lion has given all the animals that sport ...

A small but brightly coloured bird with yellow and green plumage, the yellow wagtail is known for the wagging motion of its tail - as its name suggests. A summer visitor to the UK, the yellow wagtail ...

With the spring bird migration just beginning to kick into gear, it seems an appropriate time to talk about wagtails. We have two resident species, the pied and grey, and a third, a migratory species, ...

On a walk the other day, I spent several minutes watching a yellow wagtail darting, its tail bobbing continuously. I wondered about the purpose of this behaviour, then I came home and opened the ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...