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  • Redwing Turdus iliacus Length 20-22cm. Small, well-marked thrush. Forms flocks in winter and mixes with Fieldfare. Sexes are similar. Adult has grey-brown upperparts; pale underparts are dark-spotted and flushed with orange-red on flanks and underwings. Has white stripes above eye and below cheeks. Juvenile is similar but has pale spots on upperparts and subdued colours on flanks. Voice Utters a thin, high-pitched tseerp in flight; often heard on autumn nights from migrating flocks. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of whistling and fluty phrases. Status Common winter visitor to farmland and open, lightly wooded countryside. A few pairs breed here each year, mainly in NW.
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  • White Stork - Ciconia ciconia<br />
migrating flock<br />
Bet She'an Valley Israel
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  • White Stork - Ciconia ciconia<br />
migrating flock
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  • White Stork - Ciconia ciconia<br />
migrating flock<br />
Bet She'an valley Israel
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  • White Stork - Ciconia ciconia<br />
migrating flock<br />
Bet She'an Valley, Israel
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris L 24-26cm. A large and plump thrush. Associates with Redwing in winter flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult has blue-grey head, chestnut back and pale supercilium. Breast and flanks are flushed orange-yellow and heavily spotted; underparts are otherwise whitish. In flight, note pale grey rump and white underwings. Juvenile is similar but note pale spots on wing coverts. Voice Utters a harsh chack-chack-chack call; night-migrating flocks sometimes be detected by these calls. Song (seldom heard here) comprises short bursts of fluty phrases. Status Common winter to farmland and open country. A few pairs breed each year, mainly in N.
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  • The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Western Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans. Length 12-13cm. A secretive bird, reminiscent of a Dartford Warbler in size, shape and habits. Adult Male has blue-grey upperparts, except for the brownish wings. The throat and breast are reddish, but note the striking white 'moustache'; the belly is white and note also the red orbital ring. Adult Female and Juvenile have much duller colours than the male, although a hint odf a pale 'moustache' can usually be discerned. Utters a sharp 'tchett' alarm call. The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds in southern Europe and winters in Africa; vagrants (a dozen or so in a good year) occur mainly at migration times, typically in coastal scrub.
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  • Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator - Juvenile. L 17-19cm. A bulky and well-marked bird. The Woodchat Shrike often perches on barbed-wire fences as well as low bushes, using these as lookouts. The sexes are separable with care. Adult Male has a chestnut cap and nape, a broad black mask running from the forecrown through the eye, and white underparts that are flushed faintly with peachy-buff on the flanks and breast. Note also the striking white patch on the scapulars, the white patch at the base of the primaries and the buffish white patch at the base of the bill. In flight, the pale rump and white-margined black tail are obvious. Adult Female is similar, but the black and chestnut elements of the plumage are less intense, the white patch at the base of the bill is more extensive and there is faint barring on the underparts. Juvenile has scaly grey-brown upperparts and paler underparts with faint vermiculations; note also the pale patch on the scapulars. Voice - utters a harsh, trilling call when agitated. Habitat and Status - the Woodchat Shrike is a scarce visitor to the region, with most records at migration times; 15 or 20 are recorded in a good year. In spring, adult birds appear here, while in late summer and autumn, dispersing juvenile birds sometimes turn up in coastal areas. Visiting Woodchat Shrikes favour areas of coastal scrub.
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  • House Martin Delichon rubica L 12-13cm. Recognised by overall black-and-white appearance and striking white rump. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blue-black upperparts with white rump; underparts are white. Juvenile is similar but underparts are grubby and upperparts are duller. Voice Utters distinctive prrrt call in flight. Twittering song often delivered from overhead wires near nest. Status Locally common summer visitor. Typically constructs hemi-spherical mud nest under house eaves and overhangs, in loose colonies. On migration, often feeds on insects and congregates over freshwater.
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  • Western Sublapine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans cantillans - female. Length 12-13cm. A secretive bird, reminiscent of a Dartford Warbler in size, shape and habits. Adult Male has blue-grey upperparts, except for the brownish wings. The throat and breast are reddish, but note the striking white 'moustache'; the belly is white and note also the red orbital ring. Adult Female and Juvenile have much duller colours than the male, although a hint odf a pale 'moustache' can usually be discerned. Utters a sharp 'tchett' alarm call. The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds in southern Europe and winters in Africa; vagrants (a dozen or so in a good year) occur mainly at migration times, typically in coastal scrub.
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  • Western Sublapine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans cantillans - immature. Length 12-13cm. A secretive bird, reminiscent of a Dartford Warbler in size, shape and habits. Adult Male has blue-grey upperparts, except for the brownish wings. The throat and breast are reddish, but note the striking white 'moustache'; the belly is white and note also the red orbital ring. Adult Female and Juvenile have much duller colours than the male, although a hint odf a pale 'moustache' can usually be discerned. Utters a sharp 'tchett' alarm call. The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds in southern Europe and winters in Africa; vagrants (a dozen or so in a good year) occur mainly at migration times, typically in coastal scrub.
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  • Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita L 11cm. Tiny warbler, best known for its onomatopoeic song. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have grey-brown upperparts and pale, greyish underparts suffused with yellow-buff on throat and breast. Bill is needle-like and legs are black; latter feature helps separate silent individuals from similar Willow Warbler. Voice Call is a soft hueet. Song is continually repeated chiff-chaff or tsip-tsap. Status Common summer visitor to mature deciduous woodland with a dense understorey of shrubs. Most migrate south to Mediterranean region in autumn but several hundred overwinter in S Britain.
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  • The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Western Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans. Length 12-13cm. A secretive bird, reminiscent of a Dartford Warbler in size, shape and habits. Adult Male has blue-grey upperparts, except for the brownish wings. The throat and breast are reddish, but note the striking white 'moustache'; the belly is white and note also the red orbital ring. Adult Female and Juvenile have much duller colours than the male, although a hint odf a pale 'moustache' can usually be discerned. Utters a sharp 'tchett' alarm call. The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds in southern Europe and winters in Africa; vagrants (a dozen or so in a good year) occur mainly at migration times, typically in coastal scrub.
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  • House Martin Delichon rubica L 12-13cm. Recognised by overall black-and-white appearance and striking white rump. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blue-black upperparts with white rump; underparts are white. Juvenile is similar but underparts are grubby and upperparts are duller. Voice Utters distinctive prrrt call in flight. Twittering song often delivered from overhead wires near nest. Status Locally common summer visitor. Typically constructs hemi-spherical mud nest under house eaves and overhangs, in loose colonies. On migration, often feeds on insects and congregates over freshwater.
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  • Osprey Pandion halieaetus W 145-160cm. The classic fish-eating raptor. Can look gull-like in flight but fishing technique is unmistakable: hovers, then plunges talons first into water. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly brown upperparts, except for pale crown; underparts are mainly whitish with darker chest band. In flight from below, looks pale overall with dark carpal patches, dark band along base of flight feathers and dark terminal band on barred tail. Juvenile is similar to adult but darker markings are less distinct. Voice Utters various whistling calls. Status Migrant visitor, seldom seen far from water even on migration. Nests close to large waterbodies, mainly in N. Breeding range is gradually extending S; also introduced in places (notably Rutland Water). Passage migrants sometimes linger for a few days at fish-rich lakes and flooded gravel pits.
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  • The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator. L 17-19cm. A bulky and well-marked bird. The Woodchat Shrike often perches on barbed-wire fences as well as low bushes, using these as lookouts. The sexes are separable with care. Adult Male has a chestnut cap and nape, a broad black mask running from the forecrown through the eye, and white underparts that are flushed faintly with peachy-buff on the flanks and breast. Note also the striking white patch on the scapulars, the white patch at the base of the primaries and the buffish white patch at the base of the bill. In flight, the pale rump and white-margined black tail are obvious. Adult Female is similar, but the black and chestnut elements of the plumage are less intense, the white patch at the base of the bill is more extensive and there is faint barring on the underparts. Juvenile has scaly grey-brown upperparts and paler underparts with faint vermiculations; note also the pale patch on the scapulars. Voice - utters a harsh, trilling call when agitated. Habitat and Status - the Woodchat Shrike is a scarce visitor to the region, with most records at migration times; 15 or 20 are recorded in a good year. In spring, adult birds appear here, while in late summer and autumn, dispersing juvenile birds sometimes turn up in coastal areas. Visiting Woodchat Shrikes favour areas of coastal scrub.
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  • Western Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans. Length 12-13cm. A secretive bird, reminiscent of a Dartford Warbler in size, shape and habits. Adult Male has blue-grey upperparts, except for the brownish wings. The throat and breast are reddish, but note the striking white 'moustache'; the belly is white and note also the red orbital ring. Adult Female and Juvenile have much duller colours than the male, although a hint odf a pale 'moustache' can usually be discerned. Utters a sharp 'tchett' alarm call. The Western Subalpine Warbler breeds in southern Europe and winters in Africa; vagrants (a dozen or so in a good year) occur mainly at migration times, typically in coastal scrub.
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  • The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • House Martin Delichon rubica L 12-13cm. Recognised by overall black-and-white appearance and striking white rump. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blue-black upperparts with white rump; underparts are white. Juvenile is similar but underparts are grubby and upperparts are duller. Voice Utters distinctive prrrt call in flight. Twittering song often delivered from overhead wires near nest. Status Locally common summer visitor. Typically constructs hemi-spherical mud nest under house eaves and overhangs, in loose colonies. On migration, often feeds on insects and congregates over freshwater.
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  • The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • The Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (L 12-13cm) occurs most regularly and recalls an outsized Willow Warbler. It has uniform olive-green upperparts with a brownish hue to the wings; the underparts (paler in juveniles than adults) are pale yellow, the colour most intense on the throat and breast. The legs are greyish brown and there is a pale eyering. Members of this interesting genus of warblers are summer visitors to mainland Europe. Unfortunately, none breeds in Britain but we do get occasional visits from passage migrants; look for them at coastal migration hotspots in autumn after south-easterly winds. As a group, Hippolais warblers are superficially similar to Phylloscopus warblers but have proportionately large heads, a peaked rather than rounded crown, a relatively large, broad-based bill and pale lores.
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  • Salmon - Salmo salar Length to 150cm. Large and distinctive fish. Found in open seas for much of life, but migrates into freshwater to spawn. Adult has streamlined, powerfully muscular body. At sea, silver-grey above, silvery-white below, with dark spots on back and flanks; spawning individuals become duller and more yellow. Widespread and locally, and seasonally, fairly common, least so in E and SE.
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  • Salmon - Salmo salar Length to 150cm. Large and distinctive fish. Found in open seas for much of life, but migrates into freshwater to spawn. Adult has streamlined, powerfully muscular body. At sea, silver-grey above, silvery-white below, with dark spots on back and flanks; spawning individuals become duller and more yellow. Widespread and locally, and seasonally, fairly common, least so in E and SE.
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  • House Martin Delichon rubica L 12-13cm. Recognised by overall black-and-white appearance and striking white rump. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blue-black upperparts with white rump; underparts are white. Juvenile is similar but underparts are grubby and upperparts are duller. Voice Utters distinctive prrrt call in flight. Twittering song often delivered from overhead wires near nest. Status Locally common summer visitor. Typically constructs hemi-spherical mud nest under house eaves and overhangs, in loose colonies. On migration, often feeds on insects and congregates over freshwater.
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  • Osprey Pandion halieaetus W 145-160cm. The classic fish-eating raptor. Can look gull-like in flight but fishing technique is unmistakable: hovers, then plunges talons first into water. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly brown upperparts, except for pale crown; underparts are mainly whitish with darker chest band. In flight from below, looks pale overall with dark carpal patches, dark band along base of flight feathers and dark terminal band on barred tail. Juvenile is similar to adult but darker markings are less distinct. Voice Utters various whistling calls. Status Migrant visitor, seldom seen far from water even on migration. Nests close to large waterbodies, mainly in N. Breeding range is gradually extending S; also introduced in places (notably Rutland Water). Passage migrants sometimes linger for a few days at fish-rich lakes and flooded gravel pits.
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  • Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
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  • Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus
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  • Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus - male
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica - Male
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  • Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica - Male
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  • Black-chinned Hummingbird - Archilochus alexandri
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  • Little Crake - Porzana parva
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  • The Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus (L 18cm) is a much-admired bird, named because adults have red, wax-like projectionist on the wings. The plumage is mainly pinkish buff plumage but note the crest, black throat and black mask through the eye. The rump is grey, the undertail is chestnut and dark tail has a broad yellow tip (narrower in females than males). Waxwings breeds in northern mainland Europe and are winter visitors to Britain. In most years there are just a few records but once every decade or so they appear in large numbers. Typically, they are remarkably indifferent to people, allowing superb views to be had.
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  • Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax L 38-40cm. Jackdaw-sized corvid with downcurved, red bill, used to probe ground for invertebrates. Forms sociable, noisy flocks outside breeding season. Superb aeronaut with broad, ‘fingered’ wingtips. Sexes are similar. Adult has glossy, black plumage and reddish pink legs. Juvenile has duller legs and dull yellow bill. Voice Call is distinctive chyah, uttered while wings are flexed and flicked. Status Scarce resident, mainly of coastal seacliffs. S and W Ireland, W Wales, Isle of Man, and Islay are strongholds. Has recently recolonised Lizard in Cornwall.
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  • Buff-bellied Pipit - Anthus rubescens
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  • Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
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  • Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
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  • Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
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  • Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
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  • Pallid Swift - Apus pallidus
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  • Western Orphean Warbler - Sylvia hortensis - male
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  • Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala - male.
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  • Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala - male.
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  • Wigeon - Mareca penelope - male. L 45-47cm. Males are colourful and attractive. Forms large flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has mainly orange-red head with yellow forehead. Breast is pinkish; rest of plumage is mainly finely marked grey except for white belly and black and white stern. In flight, has white patch on wing. Bill is pale grey and dark-tipped. In eclipse, resembles an adult female although white wing patch is still evident. Adult female is mainly reddish brown, darkest on head and back. Note, however, the white belly and stern. In flight, lacks male’s white wing patch. Bill is grey and dark-tipped. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters evocative wheeeoo whistle.
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  • Wigeon - Mareca penelope - male. L 45-47cm. Males are colourful and attractive. Forms large flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has mainly orange-red head with yellow forehead. Breast is pinkish; rest of plumage is mainly finely marked grey except for white belly and black and white stern. In flight, has white patch on wing. Bill is pale grey and dark-tipped. In eclipse, resembles an adult female although white wing patch is still evident. Adult female is mainly reddish brown, darkest on head and back. Note, however, the white belly and stern. In flight, lacks male’s white wing patch. Bill is grey and dark-tipped. Juvenile resembles adult female. Voice Male utters evocative wheeeoo whistle.
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • Eleonora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae
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  • European Storm-petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus
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  • Richard's Pipit - Anthus richardi. In spring and autumn, it is worth checking any flocks of migrant pipits and wagtails you come across for one of their rarer cousins, vagrants from Asia. Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi (L 17-20cm) is larger than a Meadow Pipit with a much longer tail and legs.
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  • Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax
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  • Whinchat Saxicola rubetra L 12-14cm. Colourful, Stonechat-like bird with whitish sides to tail base. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has brown, streaked upperparts with white stripe above eye. Margins of throat and ear coverts are defined by pale stripe; throat and breast are orange; underparts are otherwise whitish. Adult female is similar but colours and contrast are less intense. 1st winter bird is similar to adult female but upperparts are more spotted. Voice Utters a whistling tic-tic alarm call. Song is rapid and warbling. Status Local summer visitor, favouring rough grassy slopes with scattered scrub.
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  • Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus
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  • Icterine Warbler - Hippolais icterina
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  • Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - Iduna pallida
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  • Sociable Plover - Vanellus gregarius
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  • Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei - 1st summer
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  • Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei
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  • Common Crane - Grus grus
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler' -Adult male breeding
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens
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  • Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
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  • Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
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  • Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
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  • Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
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  • Hoopoe Upupa epops L 25-28cm. Distinctive, with long, downcurved bill. Habit of creeping along ground often makes it hard to spot. In flight, however, unmistakable thanks to bold black-and-white bird pattern and butterfly-like flight. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile are mainly pale pinkish brown with black and white barring on wings and back; white rump is seen in flight. Erectile crest of barred, pink feathers is raised in excitement. Voice Utters diagnostic hoo-poo-poo call. Status Has bred here, but best known as scarce visitor in spring and autumn.
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  • Eastern Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans albistriata
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  • Red-flanked Bluetail - Tarsiger cyanurus
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