But when it comes to brains, the great British rook stands alone. In tests, four of the birds displayed the astonishing ability to devise tools to achieve a task. They were presented with a small ...

Video of the rook in action... Lead author, Christopher Bird, of Cambridge University, said: 'Corvids are remarkably intelligent and in many ways rival the great apes in their physical ...

A year ago, Helen Motteram from Cheltenham found an injured rook by the side of a road and took him home. Now he makes sure he is the centre of attention. For more stories like this see Faces of ...

A rook's voice is a typical kaw which can be repeated several times; they often fan their tail and stretch forward when calling. Tip of the week: Bird identification would be very easy if each ...

Shropshire Ornithological Society says the numbers of rooks have been in decline A bird group is asking for help in cataloguing rook nests across a county. The Shropshire Ornithological Society ...

I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city ... The outer sheaths of birds’ beaks grow continually throughout their lives, but when they are properly aligned, the tips wear ...

Rook may not be everyone's ideal main course, but it is legal to eat in some circumstances A pub has stopped selling wild bird on its menu - in the form of rook salad - on police advice.

Rooks are classified as a production threat as they feed on newly sown crops. Photo / Forest & Bird Waikato Regional Council is calling in the big guns in the fight against the pest bird species ...

A bird group is asking for help in cataloguing rook nests across a county. The Shropshire Ornithological Society said numbers of the birds have been in decline, and it wanted a record of rookeries ...