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>For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). Many - see section below. Birds are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized primarily by feathers, forelimbs modified as wings, and hollow bones. Birds range in size from the tiny hummingbirds to the huge Ostrich and Emu. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are about 8,800–10,200 living bird species (plus about 120–130 that have become extinct in the span of human history) in the world, making them the most diverse class of terrestrial vertebrates. See more at Wikipedia.org...

land">English village situated in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Read lies on the A671 which was originally built as a turnpike road from Portfield to Padiham in the 1840's.The 16th Century saw the gradual development of what is now the old village of Read, along the main medieval road between [Whalley] and Padiham. Read Hall was the seat of the Nowell family from the 1300's and Roger Nowell played a central role in the trials of the Pendle Witches of 1612. The Battle of Read Old Bridge was fought in 1643 between a Royalist force and Parliamentarians, resulting in the downfall of the Lancashire Royalist cause. See more at Wikipedia.org...