"Like the ostrich, head under wing When the roaring storm breaks, So many people take refuge Under the soft pillow Of …"

"The ostrich [with] her eggs on the hillside. She receives those eggs as something to carry: the bird knows how to kee…"

"Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen."

"All furnish'd, all in arms; All plum'd, like estridges that with the wind Baited, like eagles having lately bath'd."

"The first scientific studies of Puffins were by on between 1927 and 1939, rather as a sideline to his pioneering work…"

"All birds have upper and and lower eyelids. They protect the eyes and are closed when the bird sleeps. Birds also hav…"

"Most s winter well offshore in the central North Pacific. There are about one million individuals, with 86% in North …"

"The breeds from France and the in the south to as far north as there is ice-free land and has been studied throughout…"

"For a seabird, the is diminutive. It stands just 18–20cm (7–8in), which is about as tall as a paperback novel, and it…"

"Iceland is the stronghold of the with the majority of the world's population. Thus, it is not surprising that the spe…"