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This section is completely dedicated to birds, both in the UK and in the USA.
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Great Cormorant |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
20/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Cormorant |
Size: |
90cm |
| ISO: |
640 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
145cm |
| Description: |
A large and conspicuous waterbird, the cormorant has an almost primitive appearance with its long neck making it appear almost reptilian. It is often seen standing with its wings held out to dry. Regarded by some as black, sinister and greedy, cormorants are supreme fishers which can bring them into conflict with anglers and they have been persecuted in the past. The UK holds internationally important wintering numbers.
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House Sparrow |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
19/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Passer domesticus |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Sparrow |
Size: |
14cm |
| ISO: |
500 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
21cm |
| Description: |
Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man's rubbish and wastefulness, have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations. Whilst the decline in England continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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European Kestrel |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
19/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Falco tinnunculus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Bird of Prey |
Size: |
24cm |
| ISO: |
640 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
76cm |
| Description: |
A familiar sight with its pointed wings and long tail, hovering beside a roadside verge. Numbers of kestrels declined in the 1970s, probably as a result of changes in farming and so it is included on the Amber List. They have adapted readily to man-made environments and can survive right in the centre of cities.
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Common Sandpiper |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
18/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Wader |
Size: |
20cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
40cm |
| Description: |
A smallish wader with contrasting brown upperparts and white underparts. It habitually bobs up and down, known as 'teetering', and has a distinctive flight with stiff, bowed wings. Its presence is often betayed by its three-note call which it gives as it flies off.
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Greenshank |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
18/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Tringa nebularia |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Wader |
Size: |
32cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
69cm |
| Description: |
A medium-sized slim wader with a dark grey back and white underparts. Its long green legs and slightly up-turned bill help to distinguish it from other waders. It calls regularly and is seen singly and in small groups.
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Reed Bunting |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
18/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Emberiza schoeniclus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Bunting |
Size: |
16cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
24cm |
| Description: |
Sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail, the male has a black head, white collar and a drooping moustache. Females and winter males have a streaked head. In flight the tail looks black with broad, white edges.
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Spotted Redshank |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour NR |
Date: |
18/09/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Tringa erythropus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Wader |
Size: |
30cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
64cm |
| Description: |
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.
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Chough |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Crow |
Size: |
40cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
82cm |
| Description: |
While its black plumage identifies it as a crow, the chough (pronounced 'chuff') has a red bill and legs unlike any other member of the crow family. It has a restricted westerly distribution in the British Isles and because of its small population size and historically declining populations it is an Amber List species. It readily displays its mastery of flight with wonderful aerial displays of diving and swooping. Found in flocks in autumn and winter.
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Chough |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Crow |
Size: |
40cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
82cm |
| Description: |
While its black plumage identifies it as a crow, the chough (pronounced 'chuff') has a red bill and legs unlike any other member of the crow family. It has a restricted westerly distribution in the British Isles and because of its small population size and historically declining populations it is an Amber List species. It readily displays its mastery of flight with wonderful aerial displays of diving and swooping. Found in flocks in autumn and winter.
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Gannet |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Morus bassanus |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Gannet |
Size: |
96cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
173cm |
| Description: |
Adults are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea. It breeds in significant numbers at only a few localities and so is an Amber List species. Biggest mainland breeding colony at RSPB's Bempton Cliffs. Two mainland colonies - at Bempton and Troup Head, Scotland. Big island colonies on St Kilda, the Northern Isles and Bass Rock in Scotland and Grassholm in Wales.
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Herring Gull |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus argentatus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gulls |
Size: |
64cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
140cm |
| Description: |
Herring gulls are large, noisy gulls found throughout the year around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter.They have suffered moderate declines over the past 25 years and over half of their UK breeding population is confined to fewer than ten sites.
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Pied Wagtail |
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| Location: |
Barley Cove, Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Motacilla alba |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Wagtail |
Size: |
18cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
M |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
28cm |
| Description: |
A common and familiar bird, the pied wagtail is often seen in towns and cities, dashing across lawns, roads and car parks while wagging its long tail up and down. Pied wagtails eat insects but will feed on seeds and even rubbish in winter. They flock together at warm roost sites like reedbeds and sewage works or trees and bushes in city centres. In summer they defend breeding territories and will nest in ivy, under roofs, in walls, between stones; in all kinds of places!
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Rock Pipit |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Anthus petrosus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Pipit |
Size: |
16cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
25cm |
| Description: |
The rock pipit is a large stocky pipit, larger than a meadow pipit and smaller than a starling. It is streaky olive-brown above and dirty white underneath with dark streaking. It breeds around the coast where there are rocky beaches, and most of the birds that breed in the UK are residents.
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Great Tit |
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| Location: |
Schull, Ireland |
Date: |
29/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Parus major |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Tits |
Size: |
13cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
24cm |
| Description: |
The largest UK tit - green and yellow with a striking glossy black head with white cheeks and a distinctive two-syllable song. It is a woodland bird which has readily adapted to man-made habitats to become a familiar garden visitor. It can be quite aggressive at a birdtable, fighting off smaller tits. In winter it joins with blue tits and others to form roaming flocks which scour gardens and countryside for food.
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Hooded Crow |
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| Location: |
Schull, Ireland |
Date: |
29/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Corvus cornix |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Crow |
Size: |
50cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
98cm |
| Description: |
The hooded crow is closely related to the carrion crow, which until recently was regarded as the same species. In areas where the two species overlap there may be some interbreeding with hybrids showing a mixed grey and black body plumage. Like carrion crows, hoodies also feed on dead animals. Unlike crows they can be more sociable in the feeding habits and groups of them may be seen together in fields. Found in N and W Scotland, N Ireland, Ireland, and on the Isle of Man, where it replaces the carrion crow.
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Hooded Crow |
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| Location: |
Schull, Ireland |
Date: |
29/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Corvus cornix |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Crow |
Size: |
50cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
98cm |
| Description: |
The hooded crow is closely related to the carrion crow, which until recently was regarded as the same species. In areas where the two species overlap there may be some interbreeding with hybrids showing a mixed grey and black body plumage. Like carrion crows, hoodies also feed on dead animals. Unlike crows they can be more sociable in the feeding habits and groups of them may be seen together in fields. Found in N and W Scotland, N Ireland, Ireland, and on the Isle of Man, where it replaces the carrion crow.
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Song Thrush |
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| Location: |
Schull, Ireland |
Date: |
29/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Turdus philomelos |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Thrush |
Size: |
22cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
33cm |
| Description: |
A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers are declining seriously, especially on farmland making it a Red List species. Smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. Its habit of repeating song phrases distinguish it from singing blackbirds. It likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head.
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Song Thrush |
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| Location: |
Muck Ross House, Ireland |
Date: |
26/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Turdus philomelos |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Thrush |
Size: |
22cm |
| ISO: |
500 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
33cm |
| Description: |
A familiar and popular garden songbird whose numbers are declining seriously, especially on farmland making it a Red List species. Smaller and browner than a mistle thrush with smaller spotting. Its habit of repeating song phrases distinguish it from singing blackbirds. It likes to eat snails which it breaks into by smashing them against a stone with a flick of the head.
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Garden Warbler |
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| Location: |
Wyllie |
Date: |
10/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Sylvia borin |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Warbler |
Size: |
13cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
22cm |
| Description: |
A very plain warbler with no distinguishing features (a feature in itself!). It spends a lot of its time in the cover of trees and bushes and can be more difficult to see than its relative, the blackcap. Despite its name it is not really a garden bird, except in mature gardens next to woods. Its song is similar to that of a blackcap, but has longer mellow phrases.
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Wood Warbler |
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| Location: |
Wyllie |
Date: |
10/05/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Warbler |
Size: |
13cm |
| ISO: |
1250 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
22cm |
| Description: |
The attractive but unobtrusive wood warbler is the largest Phylloscopus warbler in Europe. It has bright yellow upper parts, throat and upper chest and white under parts. The species is widespread and numerous in deciduous forest in Europe and reaches its highest densities in the UK in the western oak woods of Wales.
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Eurasian Jay |
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| Location: |
Forest Farm NR |
Date: |
09/04/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Garrulus glandarius |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Jay |
Size: |
34cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
55cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Little Bunting |
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| Location: |
Forest Farm NR |
Date: |
05/04/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Emberiza pusilla |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Bunting |
Size: |
12cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
21cm |
| Description: |
Smallest bunting of west Palearctic, with delicate but compact form and terrestrial behaviour recalling Linnet and Dunnock. Distinctly less bulky than Reed Bunting, with sharply pointed bill, flat sloping forehead, little or no neck, shorter, straight-edged tail, and shorter legs.
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Blackbird |
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| Location: |
Forest Farm NR |
Date: |
05/04/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Turdus merula |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Thrush |
Size: |
24cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
M |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
36cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Bullfinch |
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| Location: |
Forest Farm NR |
Date: |
05/04/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Finch |
Size: |
16cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
F |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
26cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Bullfinch |
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| Location: |
Forest Farm NR |
Date: |
05/04/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Finch |
Size: |
16cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
M |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
26cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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