Bill Oddie, famous for both his nature programmes and his comedy work, has died, aged 85.

Oddie was best known to comedy fans as a member of The Goodies alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. Before then he had been in the Cambridge Footlights and had worked with a number of comedians who went on to form Monty Python's Flying Circus.

His agent David Foster said: "It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of Bill Oddie, the country's best-loved birder.