The Dunnock is similar in size to the House Sparrow, though it is a sleeker bird with a fine bill. The plumage is rather drab ...

ALTHOUGH we have passed the significant date of February 1, Feast day of St Brigid, which for many in rural Ireland traditionally marks the first true day of spring, winter still bites. In ancient ...

Among the feathered habitués of back gardens across the land, none seems to occupy a lower place in the pecking order than the humble dunnock. Here's a bird around which no secret twitchers' cult has ...

While the Dunnock is a very common and widespread bird found in every county in Ireland it is one of our least well-known species. Often passed off as a dull-looking House Sparrow, on closer ...

Why robins on cards and cake tins at Christmas, why not some other bird? The reason is that the first British postmen wore red tunics, which earned them the nickname ‘robins’. Then someone published a ...