"The Windhover ""The Windhover"" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). It was written on May 30, 1877, but not published until 1918, when it was included as part of the collection ""Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins"". Hopkins dedicated the poem ""to Christ our Lord"". ""Windhover"" is another name for the common kestrel (""Falco tinnunculus""). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air, suggesting that it controls the wind as a man may control a horse. The bird then"
"became commonly known as coachwhip bird or stockwhip bird. John Gould recorded the aboriginal term ""Djou"" from the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Its specific name is derived from its olive colouration, though was soon placed in the new genus ""Psophodes"" by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield, derived from the Greek ""psophōdes""/ψοφωδης meaning 'noisy'. The family placement has changed, some now placing it in a large broadly defined inclusive Corvidae, while others split it and several other genera into the quail-thrush family Cinclosomatidae. Other research proposes that the quail-thrushes are themselves distinctive, leaving the whipbirds and wedgebills in"
"also be distracted and forced to make twists and turns by the dives of a kestrel. The name ""kestrel"" is derived from the French crécerelle which is diminutive for crécelle, which also referred to a bell used by lepers. The word first appears in 1678 in the work of Francis Willughby. The kestrel was once used to drive and keep away pigeons. Archaic names for the kestrel include ""windhover"" and ""windfucker,"" due to its habit of beating the wind (hovering in air). The Late Latin ""falco"" derives from ""falx"", ""falcis"", a sickle, referencing the claws of the bird. The species"
"golden plover and short-eared owl) are listed in Annex 1 of the European Commission's Birds Directive as requiring special protection and others (including lapwing and dunlin) are listed in the United Kingdom's Red Data Book (Birds). The invertebrate fauna is best known from studies conducted over many years at the Moor House NNR. The area shares many characteristics with the Cairngorms region of Scotland but there are some notable rarities, including a rove beetle, ""Olophrum assimile"", which is known from only one other locality in Britain, a carabid beetle, ""Nebria nivalis"", which has not been found anywhere else in the"
"(""Falco subbuteo""), European stonechat (""Saxicola rubecola""), common redstart (""Phoenicurus phoenicurus"") and tree pipit (""Anthus sylvestris""). As in much of Britain common snipe (""Gallinago gallinago"") and meadow pipit (""Anthus trivialis"") are common as wintering birds, but in the Forest they still also breed in many of the bogs and heaths respectively. Woodland birds include wood warbler (""Phylloscopus sibilatrix""), stock dove (""Columba oenas""), European honey buzzard (""Pernis apivorus"") and northern goshawk (""Accipiter gentilis""). Common buzzard (""Buteo buteo"") is very common and common raven (""Corvus corax"") is spreading. Birds seen more rarely include red kite (""Milvus milvus""), wintering great grey shrike (""Lanius exubitor"")"
"nidus-avis""), violet helleborine (""Epipactis purpurata""), the extreme rarity ""E."" x ""schulzei"" (first British record here, 1931), and green-flowered helleborine (""E. phyllanthes""). Various rare molluscs and insects have been recorded. Butterflies on the Common include the Duke of Burgundy (""Hamearis lucina""), silver-washed fritillary (""Argynnis paphia"") and purple emperor (""Apatura iris""). The avifauna includes most of the species typical of broad-leaved woodland in southern England, such as sparrowhawk (""Accipter nisus""), stock dove (""Columba oenas""), tawny owl (""Strix aluco""), European green woodpecker (""Picus viridis""), great spotted woodpecker (""Dendrocopos major""), garden warbler (""Sylvia borin""), blackcap (""S. atricapilla""), chiffchaff (""Phylloscopus collybita""), spotted flycatcher (""Muscicapa striata""),"
"the UK, has been recorded at the site. The open heath and grassland no longer forms a breeding site for the small heath butterfly (""Coenonympha pamphilus""), whose numbers are declining in the UK. Sixty species of spider have been recorded at the site. Sound Heath forms an important breeding site for a wide range of birds. Locally rare species include the Eurasian sparrowhawk (""Accipiter nisus"") and the willow tit (""Parus montanus""). Among the other species that have been observed here are the moorhen, reed bunting, turtle dove and willow warbler, the tawny, little and barn owls, and the greater spotted,"
"by Alexander Milligan was published in ""Emu"" in 1904, that author's name appearing in the arrangement to a subspecies, ""Cerchneis cenchroides milligani"", published by Gregory Mathews in 1912. The common names Mosquito Hawk, Kestrel, Windhover, Hoverer are cited at the Australian Faunal Directory. This bird is thought to be a very close relative of the Eurasian kestrel (""Falco tinnunculus""), and probably also the Moluccan kestrel (""Falco moluccensis""). It seems to have evolved from ancestral common kestrels dispersing to the Australian region in the Middle Pleistocene—less than years ago—and adapting to local conditions. A very common and easily seen raptor, the"
"Red grouse The red grouse, ""Lagopus lagopus scotica"", is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the willow ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species, ""Lagopus scotica"". It is also known as the moorcock, moorfowl or moorbird. ""Lagopus"" is derived from Ancient Greek (), meaning ""hare"", + (), ""foot"", in reference to the feathered feet and toes typical of this cold-adapted genus, and ""scoticus"" is ""of Scotland"". The red grouse is widely known as the logo of The"
"Vieillot described a slightly different bird that he called subspecies ""collaris"" in 1819. Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1831 distinguished subspecies ""spilonotus"". The first English name, ""Weever Oriole"" was given by John Latham, an early British ornithologist, whose work was often cited by Linnaeus. ""Village weaver"" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). Other English names are ""black-headed weaver"", ""Layard's black-headed weaver"", ""black-hooded weaver"", ""mottled-backed weaver"", ""mottled weaver"", ""spotted-backed weaver"", ""spot-backed weaver"", and ""V-marked weaver"". Statius Muller gave it the German name ""Rappendrossel"", and Brisson named the bird ""Le Pincon du Senegal"", in French, and ""Fringilla"
"the war poet Julian Grenfell invokes the superhuman characteristics of the kestrel among several birds, when hoping for prowess in battle: ""The kestrel hovering by day, And the little owl that call at night, Bid him be swift and keen as they, As keen of ear, as swift of sight."" Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) writes on the kestrel in his poem ""The Windhover"", exalting in their mastery of flight and their majesty in the sky. ""I caught this morning morning's minion, king-<br> dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding"" A kestrel is also one of the main characters"
"birds depicted in the Bird Room of the Royal Palace in Oslo. Jethro Tull mentions the hooded crow on the song ""Jack Frost and the hooded crow"" as a bonus track on the digitally remastered version of ""Broadsword and the Beast"" and on their ""The Christmas Album"". Hooded crow The hooded crow (""Corvus cornix"") (also called hoodie) is a Eurasian bird species in the ""Corvus"" genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch crow and Danish crow. In Ireland, it is called ""caróg liath"" or grey crow, just as in the Slavic languages and in Danish. In German,"
"""skopos"", ""seeker"" (from ""skopeo"", ""to watch""), and the specific ""trochilus"" is from ""trokhilos"", ""wren"". Before the English name was standardised to willow warbler by William Yarrell in 1843, it was sometimes called ""willow wren"". Willow warbler The willow warbler (""Phylloscopus trochilus"") is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia, from Ireland east to the Anadyr River basin in eastern Siberia. It is strongly migratory, with almost all of the population wintering in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a bird of open woodlands with trees and ground cover for nesting, including most importantly"
"and Turkey. It is not found in Britain. Boloria dia Boloria dia, the Weaver's fritillary or violet fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The name Weaver's fritillary is in honor of Richard Weaver, an English insect dealer who captured this species in the 19th century at Sutton Park, Tamworth. However, ""B. dia"" is uncommon in England and the few specimens known from there are thought to be from possibly accidental introductions. The adult is a small fritillary with typically chequered orange-brown upperside and a submarginal row of triangles and dots. The forewing is 16–17 mm long. The underside"
"are thought to be responsible for reduced breeding densities. The introduced population in New Zealand has been very successful, with breeding densities much higher than in the UK. The yellowhammer is a conspicuous, vocal and formerly common country bird, and has attracted human interest. Yellowham Wood and Yellowham Hill, near Dorchester, both derive their names from the bird. Robbie Burns' poem ""The Yellow, Yellow Yorlin'"" gets its title from a Scottish name for the yellowhammer, which is given an obvious sexual connotation: ""I met a pretty maid, an' unto her I said,/ ""I wad fain fin' your yellow, yellow yorlin'."""""
"Lord Howe golden whistler The Lord Howe golden whistler (""Pachycephala pectoralis contempta""), also known as the Lord Howe whistler or Lord Howe Island golden whistler, and locally as the “robin” or “yellow robin”, is a small bird in the whistler family, Pachycephalidae. It is a subspecies of the Australian golden whistler that is endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Howe golden whistler was originally described as a separate species. Males are similar to those of the nominate subspecies, though with a broader yellow collar. Females differ slightly in having"
"the observatory was Kenneth Williamson. It is unusual amongst bird observatories in providing catered, rather than hostel-style, accommodation. Many rare species of bird have been found on the island, and it is probably the best place in western Europe to see skulking Siberian passerines such as Pechora pipit, lanceolated warbler and Pallas's grasshopper warbler. In spring 2008 a calandra lark was identified in April, and in May a Caspian plover was observed, only the fourth such record for the UK. On 6 June a citril finch was found and identified by islander Tommy Hyndman, a first record for Britain. September"
"a subspecies of the willow grouse, but is sometimes considered to be a separate species ""Lagopus scoticus"". It is also known as the moorfowl or moorbird. The grouse can fly at up to . Heather moorland is rarer than tropical rainforest, and 75% of it is found in the UK as a result of grouse management, which provides an incentive to conserve heather moorland despite economic pressures of subsidies to intensify forestry and farming operations. 60% of all England's upland Sites of Special Scientific Interest are managed for grouse shooting. To support a large population of grouse, gamekeepers employ heather"
"which monitors the birds in the valley. Breeding birds include common chiffchaff (""Phylloscopus collybita""), common whitethroat (""Sylvia communis""), dunnock (""Prunella modularis""), Eurasian blackcap (""Sylvia atricapilla""), Eurasian wren (""Troglodytes troglodytes"") and sedge warbler (""Acrocephalus schoenobaenus""). Other birds found include brambling (""Fringilla montifringilla""), cirl bunting (""Emberiza cirlus""), common grasshopper warbler (""Locustella naevia""), Eurasian siskin (""Spinus spinus""), lesser redpoll (""Acanthis cabaret"") and subalpine warbler (""Sylvia cantillans""). Rareties ringed in the autumn of 2014 were aquatic warbler (""Acrocephalus paludicola""), barred warbler (""Sylvia nisoria"") and paddyfield warbler (""Acrocephalus agricola""). A first for Britain occurred on 8 October 2008 with the trapping, and the measuring of"
"in the wild and cooperative breeding is found in the weebill and with a lesser degree of development in all whitefaces and most species of ""Sericornis"" and ""Acanthiza"". Most taxa are considered as least concern. One species – the Lord Howe gerygone (""Gerygone insularis"") – became extinct by rat predation in the early 1930s. The Norfolk Island gerygone (""Gerygone modesta"") is vulnerable, and the chestnut-breasted whiteface (""Aphelocephala pectoralis"") is regarded as near threatened. Acanthizidae The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include gerygones, thornbills, and scrubwrens. The Acanthizidae consists of small to"
"the Cornish chough was the emblem of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS ""Hood"". Red-billed chough The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough ( ; ""Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax""), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus ""Pyrrhocorax"". Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern Europe and North Africa to Central Asia, India and China. This bird has glossy black plumage, a long curved red bill, red legs, and a loud, ringing call. It has a buoyant acrobatic flight with widely spread"
"as ringed plover and dunlin, both breed and winter in Britain, whereas these areas are separate for most other populations of those birds. The black-tailed godwit is an interesting case. Although it is present all year, the breeding population actually migrates south, and is replaced by wintering birds of the Icelandic race. About 60 species are mainly summer visitors which breed in Britain but winter further south, mainly in Africa. A large number of these are insectivores such as warblers, flycatchers and common cuckoo, as would be expected from the scarcity of insects in British winters. Several seabirds move out"
"Lord Howe gerygone The Lord Howe gerygone (""Gerygone insularis)"" was a small bird in the family Acanthizidae, brown and greyish in color. Its head was brown apart from a pale grey eye-ring and a grey throat and chin, many parts of the animal varied to the colour of yellow, this being apparent in its bright yellow belly. It made its home in the canopies of the island's forest until the early 20th century. The bird has had a variety of monikers: locally, it was known as the ""rain-bird"" due to its activity after the rains, or the ""pop-goes-the-weasel"", due to"
"New Britain sparrowhawk The New Britain sparrowhawk (""Accipiter brachyurus"") is a threatened species of bird of prey. It is endemic to two Papua New Guinea islands, New Britain and New Ireland. Even in 1934 Ernst Mayr, in his survey of mountain bird life during the Whitney South Sea Expedition, found the New Britain sparrowhawk to be very rare. These sparrowhawks are grey with a white underbelly and orange accents on the neck. They are often characterized by their large feet. They are the only hawk in New Britain or the Solomon Islands that has a middle toe that is longer"
"Black-throated whipbird The black-throated whipbird (""Psophodes nigrogularis"") is a passerine bird found in several scattered populations in Southwest Australia. It is predominantly olive green in colour. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-bellied whipbird (""Psophodes leucogaster""), so shares the common name ""western whipbird"". The black-throated whipbird was described by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1844 and given its current binomial name Psophodes nigrogularis. Two subspecies are recognised. Both are under threat to some degree. The white-bellied whipbird (""Psophodes leucogaster"") was formerly treated as conspecific with the black-throated whipbird. It was promoted to species status based on"
"County Wexford, Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover, he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the golden plover or the red grouse (it is the plover). That evening at Castlebridge House, he realized that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland and abroad, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. He realised then that"
"common frog, common toad and common lizard are widespread in appropriate habitats. The green hairstreak, purple hairstreak, comma, hummingbird hawk-moth, broad-bordered bee hawk-moth and ghost moth are sometimes seen in the woods with the common butterfly and moth species, and a clouded yellow or Camberwell beauty may also occur in some years. Grayling, small heath and common blue butterflies can be found in the dunes, where there is also a large antlion colony, making Holkham one of only two locations for this predatory insect in the UK. Dragonflies include the migrant hawker, southern hawker and ruddy darter. On exposed parts"
"Hairy dragonfly Brachytron is a monotypic genus of European dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae containing the hairy dragonfly (""Brachytron pratense""), also known as the hairy hawker or spring hawker. The hairy dragonfly is named for its hairy thorax, distinguishing it from other hawkers. It has a long, narrow pterostigma (the coloured, sclerotized patch on the outer region of each wing). The antehumeral stripes are usually thin and green. The hairy dragonfly has coupled, oval-shaped markings on its abdomen, blue on males and yellow on females. It is smaller than other species in the genus Aeshna. It is the United Kingdom's"
"the Lord Howe golden whistler has been estimated at about 2,000 breeding birds and stable. It has been listed as vulnerable by the Australian Government because of its small distribution. It is not listed anymore. Lord Howe golden whistler The Lord Howe golden whistler (""Pachycephala pectoralis contempta""), also known as the Lord Howe whistler or Lord Howe Island golden whistler, and locally as the “robin” or “yellow robin”, is a small bird in the whistler family, Pachycephalidae. It is a subspecies of the Australian golden whistler that is endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New"
"reciting ""The Windhover"". The poem appears in the ""Diggs"" episode of ""The Simpsons"" (Season 25 Episode 12) as the guest character Diggs (voiced by Daniel Radcliffe) is a falconer and shows Bart how cool falconing is. The poem also appears in ""The Waltons"" (season 2, episode 13: ""The Air Mail Man""). John-Boy reads part of The Windhover to his Mother, Olivia, as a birthday present. Olivia said she did not understand it but was moved by the phrase ""my heart in hiding stirred"". The Windhover ""The Windhover"" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). It was written on May"
"Eastern whipbird The eastern whipbird (""Psophodes olivaceus"") is an insectivorous passerine bird native to the east coast of Australia, its whip-crack call a familiar sound in forests of eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognised. Heard much more often than seen, it is a dark olive-green and black in colour with a distinctive white cheek patch and crest. The male and female are similar in plumage. The eastern whipbird was mistakenly described by John Latham as two separate species in 1801 from early colonial illustrations, first as the white-cheeked crow (""Corvus olivaceus"") and as the coachwhip flycatcher (""Muscicapa crepitans""). The bird"
"Yellowhammer The yellowhammer (""Emberiza citrinella"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Most European birds remain in the breeding range year-round, but the eastern subspecies is partially migratory, with much of the population wintering further south. The male yellowhammer has a bright yellow head, streaked brown back, chestnut rump and yellow underparts. Other plumages are duller versions of the same pattern. The yellowhammer is common in open areas with some shrubs or trees, and forms small flocks in winter. Its song has a rhythm like"
"professional football clubs Bristol City, Crewe Alexandra, Swindon Town, Cheltenham Town (whose home colours are red) and, traditionally, Wrexham FC, as well as the English rugby league team Hull Kingston Rovers (whose home colours are white with a red band). A small bird is an unusual choice, although it is thought to symbolise agility in darting around the field. European robin The European robin (""Erithacus rubecula""), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae) but"