Francis Willughby FRS was an English ornithologist, ichthyologist and mathematician, and an early student of linguistics and games.
The Willughby family home at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire
Lady Cassandra Ridgeway, Willughby's mother
In South Wales, Willughby and Ray saw a rare black-winged stilt shown here in the Ornithologiae Libri Tres as "Himantopus".
Approximate reconstruction of the journeys through Europe Willughby, Ray, Bacon and Skippon Ray and Skippon to Sicily and Malta Willughby and Bacon head north Willughby alone
The European honey buzzard, also known as the pern or common pern, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Scale-like feathers around the eyes and forehead provide armour against the stings of its prey species.
The relatively straight claws facilitate digging and walking.
Immature birds have a dull iris and yellow cere.