On the 8th day of Christmas my true love sent to me... Eight Maids-a-Milking The nightjar, one of our strangest and most elusive birds was once known as the ‘goatsucker’, because people mistakenly thought it drank milk from goats at night! In fact, this nocturnal bird hangs around farm animals because it feasts on the tasty insects, like moths, that they attract. #12BirdsofChristmas #12DaysofChristmas #ChristmasCarols #BirdsofInstagram #birds