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  • Pied Wagtail
    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!
    Barley Cove, Ireland
  • 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
  • Meadow Pipit
    A small, brown, streaky bird, it is the commonest songbird in upland areas and its high, piping call is a familiar sound. In flight it shows white outer tail feathers and in the breeding season it has a fluttering parachute display flight. In winter they are quite gregarious and gather in small flocks, often invisible among the vegetation, suddenly flying up with typical jerky flight. Meadow pipit numbers in the UK have been declining since the mid 1970s, resulting in this species being included on the amber list of conservation concern.
    Pagham Harbor
  • Baers Pochard
    Description to come soon!
    WWT Arundel
  • Rock Pipit
    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.
    Ireland
  • Bronze-winged Duck
    The Bronze-winged Duck, sometimes known as the Spectacled Duck, is often misplaced in the anas genus with other dabbling ducks, but it's actually a sole member of the speculanas. It's closest relatives are thought to be the crested or brazilian ducks. They live among the fast-flowing streams of the Andes, also found in Chile and Argentina.
    WWT Slimbridge
  • Goldcrest
    The Goldcrest has the pride of place as Europes smallest bird, weighing as little as 5 grams. This member of the kinglet family is very similar to the Firecrest, but with its plainer face makes it pretty easy to distinguish between the two. </br></br> This bird is partially migratory, but this bird does stay year-round here in the UK. You can typically find this bird with flocks of tits in the winter months.
    Loch Garten, Abernathy Woods
  • Common Sandpipers
    Description to come soon!
    Loch Garten, Abernathy Woods
  • Meadow Pipit
    A small, brown, streaky bird, it is the commonest songbird in upland areas and its high, piping call is a familiar sound. In flight it shows white outer tail feathers and in the breeding season it has a fluttering parachute display flight. In winter they are quite gregarious and gather in small flocks, often invisible among the vegetation, suddenly flying up with typical jerky flight. Meadow pipit numbers in the UK have been declining since the mid 1970s, resulting in this species being included on the amber list of conservation concern.
    Skomer Island
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
    Description to come soon!
    Minnesota, USA
  • Great Tit
    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.
    Schull, Ireland
  • European Kestrel
    Description to come soon!
    Manmoel
  • Mute Swan - Juvenile
    Description to come soon!
    Cosmeston Lakes
  • Redwing
    Description to come soon!
    Forest Farm NR
  • Baltimore Oriole
    Description to come soon!
    Minnesota, USA
  • Pied Wagtail
    Description to come soon!
    Blackwood
  • Dunlin
    The commonest small wader found along the coast. It has a slightly down-curved bill and a distinctive black belly patch in breeding plumage. It feeds in flocks in winter, sometimes numbering thousands, roosting on nearby fields, saltmarshes and shore when the tide is high.
    Talacre
  • Northern Pintail
    Description to come soon!
    WWT Swansea
  • European Robin
    Description to come soon!
    WWT Swansea
  • Wild Turkey Family
    Taken by Jens grandfather, Rick Vanzwol
    Minnesota, USA
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10-Oct-2015 New sort option "Date Added" now available to show latest additions. E.g. Birds
13-Jun-2015 Wildlife photos from our first visit to the Republic of Ireland added
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01-Jan-2014 Visit to Forest Farm pics added
01-Jan-2014 Norfolk pics Added
01-Jan-2014 Minnesota 2013 pics Added
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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