Your pictures: BirdsPublished8 December 2011Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, OtherImage caption, Each week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week, the theme is birds and we start with an image from Jose Ramirez Anton of a sandhill crane.Image source, OtherImage caption, Michaela Gunter: "Feeding birds on Brighton seafront on a cold winter day."Image source, OtherImage caption, Chris Barrow: "This gorgeous little goose chick was exploring Thornes Park, Wakefield, England."Image source, OtherImage caption, Ryan Davies: "A murmuration of starlings about to settle for the night in front of a beautiful sunset at Aberystwyth, Wales."Image source, OtherImage caption, Jennifer Duncan: "A picture I captured of some puffins on the Farne Islands in spring 2010."Image source, OtherImage caption, Jaime Jones: "A nesting mockingbird helped herself to our blue plastic to add a bit of colour to her nest in Roanoke, Virginia."Image source, OtherImage caption, Graham Taylor: "Pigeons on ice in the Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, England."Image source, OtherImage caption, Sarah Wilkinson: "Three young chicks wait to be fed in an old adobe house near Santa Fe, New Mexico."Image source, OtherImage caption, Dimitra Nassimpian: "Having a little rest after a long tour of the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, I noticed a lonely crow resting on the imposing golden eagle gazing over the crowds at the palace's gate."Image source, OtherImage caption, And finally a picture from Nicola Barby of peregrine falcon taken in in Churchdown, Gloucestershire. Next week the theme is "chilly", and the deadline for your entries is 13 December. If you would like to enter, send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Further details and terms can be found by following the link below this gallery.More on this storyWe set the theme, you take the picturesPublished17 January 2023