Poco più grande di un pollo domestico, aveva un piumaggio rossastro, zampe di colore scuro e un lungo becco ricurvo. ###>They have four children together (Marcel, born 1998, Cecily, born 2001, Jasmine, born 2003 and Iris, born 2005) and live near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders.