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  • Atlantic Puffin
    An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Amber List species.
    Skomer Island
  • Coal Tit
    The Coal tit is a non-migratory bird which is part of the tit family. It's a common, widespread resident and breeder across Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Coal Tits form winter flocks with other tits, resembling other tits of the family with their acrobatic skills.
    Wyllie
  • Reed Bunting
    The Reed Bunting is a year-round resident here in the UK, also a breeding bird in europe and much of asia. It does migrate in the winter, but here in the UK it stays year round. It's part of the red-list catagory according to the RSPB due to a massive decline in numbers.</br> This bird is most commonly seen in reedbeds.
    Goldcliff Lagoons, Newport
  • Eurasian Kingfisher
    Description to come soon!
    Forest Farm NR
  • Little Egret
    Until the 1950s, the little egret was restricted to southern europe. Gradually it has started to move north, and finally started breeding in the UK in the late 20th century. This is an all-white bird with a dark bill, dark legs and yellow feet. In the breeding season you will see the skin on the face become red or blue. Juveniles are similar but have duller legs and feet than the non-breeding adults.
    Pagham Harbor
  • Radjah Shelduck
    Description to come soon!
    WWT Swansea
  • Green Woodpecker
    The Green Woodpecker is a resident woodpecker in the UK, also resident in all of its range, from most parts of europe to western asia. Its a ground-feeding bird, mostly hunting for ants. It does not frequently drum on trees, but occasionally will give a short rapid drum. Mostly its located by its loud yaffle. Distinguishing between the male and the female is the colors of the moustache, where its solid black on the female, but the males have a red stripe in the centre of the black.
    Pagham Harbor
  • Lesser Redpoll
    Description to come soon!
    Penallta Park
  • Wheatear
    Description to come soon!
    Pagham Harbor
  • Bar-headed Goose
    Description to come soon!
    WWT Swansea
  • Green Woodpecker - Juvenile
    Description to come soon!
    WWT Arundel
  • Spotted Redshank
    The spotted redshank is a medium sized elegant wading bird, slightly larger than a redshank. In summer plumage the adults are almost entirely black, save for some white `spotting' on the wings, a white `wedge' on the back showing clearly in flight, and a barred tail. In winter they have a grey back, and paler under parts, with a more prominent eye stripe than a redshank and lacking a redshank's white wing bars. They migrate from northern European across and northern Siberian breeding areas, to winter in Europe, Africa, China and South-east Asia. They are a relatively scarce wintering species in the UK, with over half the population found at fewer than ten sites, making them an Amber List species.
    Pagham Harbour NR
  • Red-tailed Hawk
    Description to come soon!
    Isle of Wight
  • Mistle Thrush
    This is a pale, black-spotted thrush - large, aggressive and powerful. It stands boldly upright and bounds across the ground while in flight, it has long wings and its tail has whitish edges. It is most likely to be noticed perched high at the top of a tree, singing its fluty song or giving its rattling call in flight.
    Scotland
  • Whimbrel
    Description to come soon!
    Pagham Harbor
  • Wheatear
    The wheatear is a small mainly ground-dwelling bird. It hops or runs on the ground. It is blue-grey above with black wings and white below with an orange flush to the breast. It has a black cheek. In flight it shows a white rump and a black 'T' shape on its tail. It is a summer visitor and passage migrant. Birds breed mainly in western and northern Britain and western Ireland, although smaller numbers do breed in southern and eastern England. It winters in central Africa.
    Skomer Island
  • Crested Tit
    Description to come soon!
    Loch Garten, Abernathy Woods
  • Crested Tit
    Description to come soon!
    Loch Garten RSPB
  • Belted Kingfisher
    Description to come soon!
    Crex Meadows NR, USA
  • Common Redstart
    Redstarts are immediately identifiable by their bright orange-red tails, which they often quiver. Breeding males look smart, with slate grey upper parts, black faces and wings, and an orange rump and chest. Females and young are duller. Redstarts 'bob' in a very robin-like manner, but spend little time at ground level. It is included on the Amber List as species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe where it is declining.
    Goldcliff NR
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01-Jan-2014 Norfolk pics Added
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20-June-2013 Animals from Berwick upon Tweed & Scotland 2013 Trip Added
20-June-2013 Birds from Berwick upon Tweed & Scotland Trip Added
02-Apr-2013 Pagham Harbor 2013 Trip Added


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