Birds are the soundtrack to our mornings, they soar through our skies and swoop around our streets, but how well do we really know our feathered friends?

Currently on display at The Natural History Museum, Birds: Brilliant & Bizarre invites you to unravel their epic evolutionary story.

Today there’s more than 11,000 bird species. From pigeons to penguins, ostriches to ospreys, birds live on every single continent on Earth, so what’s the secret to their success? From sucking blood to bathing in acid, birds have found surprising, clever and downright freaky ways to survive. But the way we live our lives is beginning to affect how they live theirs. As the effects of a changing world come home to roost, can we find a way to take them under our wing and create a future where they can soar once more?

Swirl around with a murmuration, chirp along with the dawn chorus and see if you have the stomach to sniff a stinky seabird egg. From feeling their heartbeats to seeing through their eyes, get to know our beaked buddies better.

Find an extensive introduction to the exhibition below.

Birds: Brilliant & Bizarre is open at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, until 5th January 2025. Find more information and tickets here.