British Birds Calendar

British Birds Calendar Description

Bird watchers and art-lovers will delight in the wonderful paintings of our native birdlife by artist Jeremy Paul brought to you in the British Birds calendar. Our native birds are depicted in their natural environment throughout the changing seasons, along with insightful background information about behaviour and habitat as well as the Latin name.

One painting is of a colourful stonechat. This small, robin-like bird, found in bushes, hedges and thickets throughout Britain has a call that sounds like stones being tapped together. Stonechats are often seen flicking their wings when perched on low bushes. Another painting depicts two swallows swooping low over water with a background of autumn colours. Small, slender, with a dark blue back, long pointed wings and a forked tail, these summer visitors to the UK are fast and acrobatic in flight. They fly close to the ground, skimming meadows to catch insects.