Colorful Handcrafted Peacocks

The Australian artist Jill Ffrench expresses her passion and her fascination for birds and especially peacocks by creating little felt dolls full of details. The iconic feathers of these animals are indeed reproduced by hand and sewn with meticulousness.

The Remarkable Story of St Kilda’s Residents

Photo credit: Colin Campbell/Flickr 

The remote archipelago of St Kilda, off the west coast of the Scottish mainland, is truly an isolated place. Located some 64 km west of the Outer Hebrides, it is the most remote part of the British Isles.

The Superb Bird-of-Paradise’s Courtship Dance

Photo credit: www.birdsofparadiseproject.org 

The aptly named “superb bird-of-paradise” is fascinating to behold, especially when it’s performing its courtship dance. In fact, once the male bird opens its plumage, it doesn’t look like a bird at all.

Inca Tern: The Bird With A Magnificent Moustache

The Bougainville moustached kingfisher might be the one with word “moustache” in its name but it’s the dark grey plumaged Inca tern of the family Sternidae that sports the most magnificent whiskers.