# @rspb on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DFaJqLVCwha
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34012968-rspb-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5c59ebdd0b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-01-29T12:51:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** RSPB (@rspb) — https://gondola.cc/rspb

## Caption

Imagine taking a melancholic wander through a woodland and spying a Woodcock spying you.

Did you know the Woodcock has the brightest feathers ever measured? Their white tail feather tips reflect 30% more light than the second brightest feather (that of the Caspian Tern).¹

Incredible to think they have that as well as superb camouflaging plumage!

¹Dunning, J, Patil, A, & 6 others. 2022. How woodcocks produce the most brilliant white plumage patches among the birds. bioRxiv.

#birds #birdsofinstagram #woodcock #nature

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## Tags

birds, birdsofinstagram, woodcock, nature

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