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  • Two-barred Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera - adult male drinking
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  • Two-barred Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera - adult male drinking
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  • Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia - male
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  • Asiatic Honey Bee - Apis cerana
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  • Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii - Chicks
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  • Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus L 27cm. Appreciably larger than Song Thrush. Unobtrusive but has distinctive call and song. Sexes are similar. Adult has grey-brown upperparts with hint of white wingbar. Underparts are pale with large dark spots and flanks are washed orange-buff. In flight, note white underwings and white tips to outer tail feathers. Juvenile is similar but back has white, teardrop-shaped spots. Voice Utters a loud, rattling alarm call. Song contains brief phrases and long pauses; often sung in dull weather. Status Fairly common resident of open woodland, parks and mature gardens. Observation tips Listen for distinctive song in breeding season; often sings on rainy days. Individuals defend berry-laden Holly bushes in winter.
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  • Fox Vulpes vulpes Length 95-130cm Adaptable dog-like carnivore but with a catholic diet including fruits and berries. Mainly nocturnal; daytime shelter is called an earth. Adult has thick, mainly orange-brown coat with whitish jaws and underparts are white and white tip to tail. Feet and backs of ears are blackish. Yelping scream is uttered mainly by females for brief period in winter, to mark breeding season. Common, widespread and adaptable, found in towns and cities as well as countryside.
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  • Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur L 27cm. Small, well-marked dove. Flight is fast and direct with flicking wingbeats. Song is distinctive. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, neck and underparts with pinkish buff flush on breast, and white barring on neck. Back and wing coverts are chestnut: dark feather centres and pale margins create scaly appearance. Long, mainly black tail looks wedge-shaped in flight due to white corners. Juvenile is similar but duller and lacks neck markings. Voice Song is diagnostic, purring coo. Status Local summer visitor. Declining due to modern agricultural practises. Found on lowland arable farmland, scrub and downland; E England is its stronghold.
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  • Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia - male
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  • Spotted Deer or Chital, Axis axis
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  • Spotted Deer or Chital, Axis axis
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  • Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii - Chicks
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  • Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii - Chicks
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  • Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus L 27cm. Appreciably larger than Song Thrush. Unobtrusive but has distinctive call and song. Sexes are similar. Adult has grey-brown upperparts with hint of white wingbar. Underparts are pale with large dark spots and flanks are washed orange-buff. In flight, note white underwings and white tips to outer tail feathers. Juvenile is similar but back has white, teardrop-shaped spots. Voice Utters a loud, rattling alarm call. Song contains brief phrases and long pauses; often sung in dull weather. Status Fairly common resident of open woodland, parks and mature gardens. Observation tips Listen for distinctive song in breeding season; often sings on rainy days. Individuals defend berry-laden Holly bushes in winter.
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  • Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus L 27cm. Appreciably larger than Song Thrush. Unobtrusive but has distinctive call and song. Sexes are similar. Adult has grey-brown upperparts with hint of white wingbar. Underparts are pale with large dark spots and flanks are washed orange-buff. In flight, note white underwings and white tips to outer tail feathers. Juvenile is similar but back has white, teardrop-shaped spots. Voice Utters a loud, rattling alarm call. Song contains brief phrases and long pauses; often sung in dull weather. Status Fairly common resident of open woodland, parks and mature gardens. Observation tips Listen for distinctive song in breeding season; often sings on rainy days. Individuals defend berry-laden Holly bushes in winter.
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  • Canoes on the River Thames in front of The Head of the River Pub in Oxford, Uk
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  • Blue-throated Hummingbird - Lampornis clemenciae - Adult male
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  • Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra - Female. L 15-17cm. Extraordinary finch with crossed-tipped mandibles - used to extract seeds from conifer cones. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male is mainly red but with brownish wings. Adult female is mainly greenish but with brownish wings. Immature birds are similar to adults of respective sexes but with duller colours. Juvenile is grey-brown and heavily streaked. Voice Utters a sharp kip-kip-kip flight call. Status Associated with mature conifer woodland (mainly Larch and spruces). Nomadic outside breeding season (in search of cone-bearing trees).
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  • Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra - Male. L 15-17cm. Extraordinary finch with crossed-tipped mandibles - used to extract seeds from conifer cones. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male is mainly red but with brownish wings. Adult female is mainly greenish but with brownish wings. Immature birds are similar to adults of respective sexes but with duller colours. Juvenile is grey-brown and heavily streaked. Voice Utters a sharp kip-kip-kip flight call. Status Associated with mature conifer woodland (mainly Larch and spruces). Nomadic outside breeding season (in search of cone-bearing trees).
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  • Shelduck Tadorna tadorna - Juvenile. L 55-65cm. Goose-sized duck with bold markings. In poor light, looks black and white. In flight, note contrast between white wing coverts and black flight feathers. Sifts mud for small invertebrates. Nests in burrows. Sexes are separable with care. Adult male is mainly white but with dark green head and upper neck (looks black in poor light), chestnut breast band, black belly stripe and flush of orange-buff under tail. Legs are pink and bill is bright red with knob at base. Adult female is similar but bill’s basal knob is much smaller. Juvenile has mainly buffish grey upperparts and white underparts. Voice Courting male whistles while female’s call is a cackling gagaga… Status Common on most estuaries and mudflats; local at inland freshwater sites. Migrates to favoured sites like Bridgwater Bay in Somerset for summer moult.
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  • Oriental Turtle Dove - Streptopelia orientalis - 1st winter
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  • Fox Vulpes vulpes Length 95-130cm Adaptable dog-like carnivore but with a catholic diet including fruits and berries. Mainly nocturnal; daytime shelter is called an earth. Adult has thick, mainly orange-brown coat with whitish jaws and underparts are white and white tip to tail. Feet and backs of ears are blackish. Yelping scream is uttered mainly by females for brief period in winter, to mark breeding season. Common, widespread and adaptable, found in towns and cities as well as countryside.
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  • Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur L 27cm. Small, well-marked dove. Flight is fast and direct with flicking wingbeats. Song is distinctive. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, neck and underparts with pinkish buff flush on breast, and white barring on neck. Back and wing coverts are chestnut: dark feather centres and pale margins create scaly appearance. Long, mainly black tail looks wedge-shaped in flight due to white corners. Juvenile is similar but duller and lacks neck markings. Voice Song is diagnostic, purring coo. Status Local summer visitor. Declining due to modern agricultural practises. Found on lowland arable farmland, scrub and downland; E England is its stronghold.
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  • Lesser Spotted Eagle - Aquila pomarina
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  • Namaqua Dove - Oena capensis
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  • HONEY-BUZZARD Pernis apivorus Wingspan 135-150cm. Feeds exclusively on larvae and adults of bees and wasps. In flight, recalls Buzzard but has proportionately longer tail, with wings held slightly downcurved when soaring. Adult plumage is variable but typically has brownish upperparts, pale underparts, a grey head and evenly barred grey tail. At close range, note yellow eye and longish, narrow bill. In flight from below, note evenly barred tail, dark carpal patch and conspicuous barring on underwing. Juvenile is similar to adult but usually browner overall and with less distinct barring on underwing coverts. Voice – mainly silent. Status and habitat – Summer visitor to Britain, present May-September. Favours mature, open woodland and New Forest is a stronghold.
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  • Shelduck Tadorna tadorna L 55-65cm. Goose-sized duck with bold markings. In poor light, looks black and white. In flight, note contrast between white wing coverts and black flight feathers. Sifts mud for small invertebrates. Nests in burrows. Sexes are separable with care. Adult male is mainly white but with dark green head and upper neck (looks black in poor light), chestnut breast band, black belly stripe and flush of orange-buff under tail. Legs are pink and bill is bright red with knob at base. Adult female is similar but bill’s basal knob is much smaller. Juvenile has mainly buffish grey upperparts and white underparts. Voice Courting male whistles while female’s call is a cackling gagaga… Status Common on most estuaries and mudflats; local at inland freshwater sites. Migrates to favoured sites like Bridgwater Bay in Somerset for summer moult.
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  • Demoiselle Crane - Anthropoides virgo
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  • Demoiselle Crane - Anthropoides virgo
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  • Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur L 27cm. Small, well-marked dove. Flight is fast and direct with flicking wingbeats. Song is distinctive. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, neck and underparts with pinkish buff flush on breast, and white barring on neck. Back and wing coverts are chestnut: dark feather centres and pale margins create scaly appearance. Long, mainly black tail looks wedge-shaped in flight due to white corners. Juvenile is similar but duller and lacks neck markings. Voice Song is diagnostic, purring coo. Status Local summer visitor. Declining due to modern agricultural practises. Found on lowland arable farmland, scrub and downland; E England is its stronghold.
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  • Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus L 150-160cm. Similar to Mute Swan but separable using bill shape and colour. Typically holds neck straight, not curved. Seen in medium-sized flocks comprising several family groups. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly pure white plumage although head and upper neck is sometimes stained orange. Bill is triangular and rather long, with yellow patch that extends beyond nostril. Juvenile has grubby buffish grey plumage and dark-tipped pale pink bill. Voice Utters loud, bugling calls. Status Handful of pairs breed here each year, but best known as a winter visitor; several thousand present Oct-Mar.
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  • Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus L 150-160cm. Similar to Mute Swan but separable using bill shape and colour. Typically holds neck straight, not curved. Seen in medium-sized flocks comprising several family groups. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly pure white plumage although head and upper neck is sometimes stained orange. Bill is triangular and rather long, with yellow patch that extends beyond nostril. Juvenile has grubby buffish grey plumage and dark-tipped pale pink bill. Voice Utters loud, bugling calls. Status Handful of pairs breed here each year, but best known as a winter visitor; several thousand present Oct-Mar.
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  • Azure-winged Magpie - Cyanopica cyanus
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  • Azure-winged Magpie - Cyanopica cyanus
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  • Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Length 45-55cm Abundant rodent. Introduced to Britain, now the most familiar squirrel. Diet is omnivorous and renowned for its cunning in exploiting food sources. Adult has plump but elongated body and long bushy tail. Rounded ears lack ear tufts. Coat is mainly grizzled grey with whitish chest and belly. Some individuals are variably tinged with brown in summer. Utters teeth-smacking ‘tchack’ when alarmed. Native to North America, introduced here in 1876. Now widespread and common, its adaptability allowing it to thrive in woods, parks and gardens.
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
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  • Rock Dove - Columba livia
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  • Chukar - Alectoris chukar
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  • Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla - female
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  • Rock Dove - Columba livia
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Chukar - Alectoris chukar
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Chukar - Alectoris chukar
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  • Chukar - Alectoris chukar
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Ortolan Bunting - Emberiza hortulana - female
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  • Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla - female
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Rock Dove - Columba livia
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  • Rock Dove - Columba livia
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  • Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
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  • Rock Dove - Columba livia
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Wigeon - Mareca penelope - female
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  • Wigeon - Mareca penelope - female
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  • Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos
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  • Wigeon - Mareca penelope - male
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus
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  • Corn Bunting - Miliaria calandra
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  • Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
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  • Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius - juvenile
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  • Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
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  • Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus<br />
male
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  • Azure-winged Magpie - Cyanopica cyana
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  • Linnet Linaria cannabina L 13-14cm. Breeding male is colourful but otherwise rather non-descript. Forms flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male in summer has grey head, rosy forecrown, and chestnut back. Pale underparts are flushed rosy-pink on breast. Note whitish patch on wings, pale sides to tail, and streaked throat. In winter rosy elements of plumage are dull or absent. Adult female has brown back, grey-brown head and streaked pale underparts. Note whitish patch on wings. Juvenile is similar to adult female but more streaked. Voice Utters tetter-tett call. Male’s has a twittering, warbling song. Status Common and widespread. Favours heaths and scrub in summer, waysides and farmland in winter.
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  • Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra
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  • Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
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  • Crowned Sandgrouse - Pterocles coronatus
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  • Stone-curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus
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  • Eastern Bonelli's Warbler - Phylloscopus orientalis
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  • Pin-tailed Sandgrouse - Pterocles alchata
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  • Black-bellied Sandgrouse - Pterocles orientalis
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  • Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
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  • Black Kite - Milvus migrans
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