For bird lovers

Two articles, one about British urban birds -- pigeons, herons, bluetits, blackbirds, starlings, magpies and robins -- the other is about ducks.
Plus, the whimsical Guy Browning on: how to... snack.

The world can be divided into those who snack on biscuits and those who snack on fruit, and never the twain shall meet - except in the shadowy area of the Jaffa Cake. Biscuits come in packets of about 24. Eating anything more than half a packet is technically a meal. Only on hotel tea trays do biscuits come in twos, and that's because the hotel management know you better than you know yourself.

All in The Guardian.