Sunbathing Magpies

Learn why Magpies sunbathe on our website - Seeing any bird sprawled flat as a pancake without any movement, can initially cause a lot of concern. Especially for those who had never seen a bird ‘sunbathing’ before. “Oh my god! I almost had a heart attack, I thought it was dead, or it’d been poisoned” I often hear a lot of people say. Rest assured, the bird is likely just sunbathing. It appears they go into a trance-like state (and can look quite amusing while doing so!) The lights are on, but nobody seems to be home!