They were signed to Decca Records following a television appearance resulting in their first single release in November 1964.

Despite recording three excellent singles for Decca, one of which, "Leaving Here", scraped into the lower reaches of the charts, the bands' main claims to fame during their career were a legal battle with American group The Byrds over the use of the name and their appearance in the horror film "The Killer Bees".

The Birds left Decca late in '65 and signed with Reaction under the name Bird's Birds.

Kim Gardner joined Creation and then achieved a degree of success with early '70s band Ashton, Gardner & Dyke. Wood also became a member of Creation before going on to better things with The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and The Rolling Stones.

The Birds were one of the better bands of their era, as evidenced by the large following they built up from their live performances, playing their hard, loud brand of R'n'B. They were similar to the Small Faces or the Who in sound, but Decca already had the Small Faces and the Rolling Stones under contract at that time and the band may have had more success had they been with another record company.