Do Partridges Really Live in Pear Trees?
Published 24 Dec 2017, 17:42 GMT, Updated 24 Dec 2017, 19:24 GMT
Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) in autumn colour at the Riverside Zoo. Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States of America.
A pair of European turtle doves rest in Hungary. The birds make a call that sounds like "turr, turr."
Canada geese fly over a misty lake in London.
The fluffy Favorelles chicken (pictured, an animal in Washington State) may be the inspiration for the French hen in the song.
Photograph by Janet Horton, Alamy
Two mute swans float on a lake at sunrise in London.
A Eurasian blackbird in the snow in Neuhas im Solling, Germany. European blackbirds are actually more closely related to robins.