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  • Tegenaria silvestris - Female. Found with it's sheet web on forest floor and under stones. It is a small delicate version of the large "House Spider"
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  • Amaurobius ferox - Female. Our largest lace web spider found near the ground in darker damp habitats under stones and logs in gardens and woodland
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  • Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus - Adult. L 25-28cm. Our smallest gull. Has buoyant, tern-like flight. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has pale grey upperwings with white wingtips, dark hood, dark bill and short, reddish legs. In flight, upperwings have white trailing edge and rounded white wingtip; underwings are dark with white trailing edge. In winter, similar but loses dark hood; otherwise white head has dark smudges on crown and ear coverts. Juvenile has striking black bar (forming letter ‘W’) on upperwings and back. Note dark markings on mantle, nape and ear coverts, and dark tail band; plumage is otherwise white. 1st winter is similar to juvenile but back is pale grey, hence dark bar is seen only on wings. Adult plumage acquired over next 2 years. Voice Utters a sharp kyeck call. Status Regular but scarce passage migrant and winter visitor; mainly coastal.
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  • Ballus chalybeius - female. A squat little woodland jumping spider that hunts on the foliage of trees especially Oak.
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  • Micrommata virescens. Mating pair showing male palpal bulb expanding as sperm on pumped from the palp to the female's epigyne
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  • Neriene clathrata - Female. A common Linyphiid hammock-web spider found in low undergrowth in a range of habitats.
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  • Micrommata virescens - Female. Our only Sparassid and is found amongst grass or sedge tussocks on wet heaths or woodland edge.
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  • Queen Hornet - Vespa crabro.
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  • Coelotes terrestris - Female. A large, silk tube dwelling, forest floor  Amaurobiid spider found under logs and in the litter layer of woodlands in the south- centre and south-east of England. Notable b.
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  • Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea visit to feed from the Mediterranean and Atlantic islands which is quite a journey.
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  • Long-tailed Skua - Stercorarius longicaudus - Juvenile. (L 36-42cm) recalls an Arctic Skua but is slimmer with much longer tail streamers in adult; long, pointed wings lack Arctic’s white patch. Adult has mainly grey-brown upperparts, dark cap and whitish neck and underparts; note faint yellow flush on cheeks. Juvenile is variably barred grey-brown, palest on nape and chest. Look for it during storms on Outer Hebrides in spring, Cornish coasts in autumn.
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  • Slavonian Grebe - Podiceps auritus - winter plumage. L 31-38cm. Buoyant little waterbird with beady red eye. Flattish crown and white-tipped, even-shaped bill (both mandibles are curved) allow separation from Black-necked. White patches on both leading and trailing edges of wings are seen in flight. Sexes are similar. Adult has reddish orange neck and flanks. Back is black and black head has golden-yellow plumes. In winter, has black upperparts and white underparts with clear demarcation between black cap and white cheeks. Juvenile is similar to winter adult. Voice Utters trills and squeals at nest. Status Scarce winter visitor to sheltered coastal waters. Rare breeding bird in Scotland, on shallow lochs with abundant sedges.
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  • Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis L 40-47cm.<br />
 Elegant diving duck, at home in roughest of seas. Dives for bottom-dwelling invertebrates. In flight, has dark wings and mainly white underparts. Sexes are dissimilar in other respects. Adult male, in winter and spring looks mainly black, grey and white with buffish patch around eye and pink band on bill. In summer and eclipse (both seldom seen here) has mainly brown and black plumage, with white on belly and flanks and pale buff eye patch; bill is dark. Adult female, in winter is mainly brown and white; face is white except for dark cheek patch and crown. In summer, similar but face is mainly brown, with pale eye patch. Juvenile is similar to adult female in summer. Voice Male utters nasal ow–owlee. Status Mainly a winter visitor, commonest in N. Favours shallow coastal seas
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  • Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus L 46cm. Aerobatic, graceful seabird with deep wingbeats and narrow, pointed wings. Food parasite of Arctic Tern and Kittiwake. Adult has wedge-shaped tail and pointed streamers. Sexes are similar but adults occur in two morphs. Adult pale phase has white neck, breast and belly, dark cap and otherwise grey-brown plumage. Note faint yellowish flush on cheeks. Adult dark phase is uniformly dark grey-brown. Juvenile is dark rufous brown. Voice Utters nasal calls near nest. Status Local summer visitor to Scottish coasts; coastal passage migrant elsewhere.
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  • Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus L 46cm. Aerobatic, graceful seabird with deep wingbeats and narrow, pointed wings. Food parasite of Arctic Tern and Kittiwake. Adult has wedge-shaped tail and pointed streamers. Sexes are similar but adults occur in two morphs. Adult pale phase has white neck, breast and belly, dark cap and otherwise grey-brown plumage. Note faint yellowish flush on cheeks. Adult dark phase is uniformly dark grey-brown. Juvenile is dark rufous brown. Voice Utters nasal calls near nest. Status Local summer visitor to Scottish coasts; coastal passage migrant elsewhere.
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  • Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus L 46cm. Aerobatic, graceful seabird with deep wingbeats and narrow, pointed wings. Food parasite of Arctic Tern and Kittiwake. Adult has wedge-shaped tail and pointed streamers. Sexes are similar but adults occur in two morphs. Adult pale phase has white neck, breast and belly, dark cap and otherwise grey-brown plumage. Note faint yellowish flush on cheeks. Adult dark phase is uniformly dark grey-brown. Juvenile is dark rufous brown. Voice Utters nasal calls near nest. Status Local summer visitor to Scottish coasts; coastal passage migrant elsewhere.
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  • Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus - second summer plumage. (L 36-42cm) recalls an Arctic Skua but is slimmer with much longer tail streamers in adult; long, pointed wings lack Arctic’s white patch. Adult has mainly grey-brown upperparts, dark cap and whitish neck and underparts; note faint yellow flush on cheeks. Juvenile is variably barred grey-brown, palest on nape and chest. Look for it during storms on Outer Hebrides in spring, Cornish coasts in autumn.
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  • Great Skua Stercorarius skua L 48-52cm. Bulky seabird. Gull-like but note large head, dark legs and dark bill. In flight, shows striking white wing patch. Part scavenger, part predator and food parasite of Gannet. Sexes are similar. Adult is brown with buff and golden-brown streaks. Juvenile is uniformly dark brown and rufous. Voice Mostly silent. Status Locally common summer visitor and passage migrant. Nests near seabird colonies in Scotland; Orkney and Shetland are strongholds. Passage birds invariably seen at sea.
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  • Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus. (L 36-42cm) recalls an Arctic Skua but is slimmer with much longer tail streamers in adult; long, pointed wings lack Arctic’s white patch. Adult has mainly grey-brown upperparts, dark cap and whitish neck and underparts; note faint yellow flush on cheeks. Juvenile is variably barred grey-brown, palest on nape and chest. Look for it during storms on Outer Hebrides in spring, Cornish coasts in autumn.
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  • Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus - Adult. L 25-28cm. Our smallest gull. Has buoyant, tern-like flight. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has pale grey upperwings with white wingtips, dark hood, dark bill and short, reddish legs. In flight, upperwings have white trailing edge and rounded white wingtip; underwings are dark with white trailing edge. In winter, similar but loses dark hood; otherwise white head has dark smudges on crown and ear coverts. Juvenile has striking black bar (forming letter ‘W’) on upperwings and back. Note dark markings on mantle, nape and ear coverts, and dark tail band; plumage is otherwise white. 1st winter is similar to juvenile but back is pale grey, hence dark bar is seen only on wings. Adult plumage acquired over next 2 years. Voice Utters a sharp kyeck call. Status Regular but scarce passage migrant and winter visitor; mainly coastal.
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  • Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus L 25-28cm. Our smallest gull. Has buoyant, tern-like flight. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has pale grey upperwings with white wingtips, dark hood, dark bill and short, reddish legs. In flight, upperwings have white trailing edge and rounded white wingtip; underwings are dark with white trailing edge. In winter, similar but loses dark hood; otherwise white head has dark smudges on crown and ear coverts. Juvenile has striking black bar (forming letter ‘W’) on upperwings and back. Note dark markings on mantle, nape and ear coverts, and dark tail band; plumage is otherwise white. 1st winter is similar to juvenile but back is pale grey, hence dark bar is seen only on wings. Adult plumage acquired over next 2 years. Voice Utters a sharp kyeck call. Status Regular but scarce passage migrant and winter visitor; mainly coastal.
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  • Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
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  • Autumn leaves abstract, Stoke Wood, Oxfordshire
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  • Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
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  • Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus. L 35-38cm. Our most numerous medium-sized gull. Plumage variable but white leading edge to outerwings is consistent feature. Forms single-species flocks. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has grey back and upperwings, white underparts and chocolate-brown hood. Legs and bill are red. In flight, trailing edge of outerwing is black. In winter, loses dark hood; white head has dark smudges above behind eye. Juvenile has orange-brown flush to upperparts, dark feathers on back, dark smudges on head, and dark tip to tail. Acquires adult plumage by 2nd winter through successive moults. 1st winter bird retains many juvenile plumage details but loses rufous elements and gains grey back. 1st summer bird still has juvenile-type wing pattern but gains dark hood. Voice Raucous calls include a nasal kaurrr. Status Widespread and numerous. Commonest on coasts and inland freshwater sites, but also in towns and on farmland; often follows the plough. Nests colonially beside water. Migrants from Europe boost winter numbers.
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  • Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
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  • The River Thames cascading over the sluice gates at Marsh Lock and Weir near Henley, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The River Thames cascading over the sluice gates at Marsh Lock and Weir near Henley, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking along the wooden footbridge over the River Thames towards Marsh Lock near Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Looking along the wooden footbridge over the River Thames towards Marsh Lock near Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Marsh Lock on the River Thames near Henley in Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with tedder attached turning cut hay during the summer.  This process assists with the drying of the grass to make hay prior to baling.
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  • Photograph showing farmer driving tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Tractor with rake attached to the rear rowing hay in a summer field ready for baling
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Summer meadow with cut hay ready for baling
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer in the process of baling hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Farmer baling summer hay
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  • Summer haymaking on rural English farm
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  • Loading hay bales on to flat bed trailer with teleporter
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  • Loading hay bales on to flat bed trailer with teleporter
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  • Farm worker raking hay into rows with tractor with baler
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  • Farm worker rowing hay ready for baling with tractor
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  • Farm worker raking hay into rows with tractor
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  • Female farm worker in tractor turning hay in summer
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  • Female farm worker in tractor turning hay in summer
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  • Female farm worker in tractor turning hay in summer
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  • Female farm worker in tractor turning hay in summer
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  • Female farm worker in tractor turning hay in summer
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  • Female farm worker in tractor turning hay in summer
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  • Wrapping big hay bales with tractor and trailer
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  • Wrapping big hay bales with tractor and trailer
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  • Wrapping big hay bales with tractor and trailer
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  • Wrapping big hay bales with tractor and trailer
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  • Wrapping big hay bales with tractor and trailer
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  • Wrapping big hay bales with tractor and trailer
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  • Combine harvester emptying harvested barley into grain traile
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  • The River Thames at Day's Lock looking towards Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Forest Abstract
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  • Forest Abstract
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  • Weir at Fobney Mill on the River Kennet in Reading, Berkshire, Uk
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  • River Greta flowing through Brundholme Wood, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, Uk
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  • Abstract of Felbrigg Woods in winter, Norfolk, UK
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  • Abstract of Felbrigg Woods, Norfolk, UK
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  • Bluebell wood abstract
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  • BLUEBELL Hycanithoides non-scripta (Liliaceae) Height to 50cm. Attractive and hairless, bulbous perennial that grows in woodland and also on coastal cliffs. In wooded areas where the management regime suits its needs (sympathetically coppiced Hazel is ideal) it forms extensive and continuous carpets on the woodland floor. FLOWERS are bell-shaped with 6 recurved lobes at the mouth, and are bluish purple (very occasionally pink or white); borne in 1-sided drooping-tipped spikes (Apr-Jun). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are long, 15mm wide, glossy green and all basal. STATUS-Widespread throughout the region and sometimes locally abundant.
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  • Black Mustard - Brassica nigra blowing in the wind on the cliffs below Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall
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  • Black Mustard - Brassica nigra blowing in the wind on the cliffs below Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall
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  • Black Mustard - Brassica nigra blowing in the wind on the cliffs below Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall
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  • Autumn colour in the beech trees that line the Grand Avenue through Savernake Forest near Marlborough, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • BLUEBELL Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Liliaceae) Height to 50cm. Attractive and hairless, bulbous perennial that grows in woodland and also on coastal cliffs. In wooded areas where the management regime suits its needs (sympathetically coppiced Hazel is ideal) it forms extensive and continuous carpets on the woodland floor. FLOWERS are bell-shaped with 6 recurved lobes at the mouth, and are bluish purple (very occasionally pink or white); borne in 1-sided drooping-tipped spikes (Apr-Jun). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are long, 15mm wide, glossy green and all basal. STATUS-Widespread throughout the region and sometimes locally abundant.
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  • Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos horribilis Length to 2m Large bear with a grizzled brown coat. Once widespread west of the Rockies, now confined to Northwest.
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  • Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos horribilis Length to 2m Large bear with a grizzled brown coat. Once widespread west of the Rockies, now confined to Northwest.
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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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  • Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis Length 1.8-2.3m Our most regularly encountered dolphin. Gregarious, living in schools of 10s or 100s of animals. Adult is streamlined, with pattern of overlapping stripes and bands of pigmentation. Body is overall dark grey above and whitish below with broad, tapering yellow band on flanks from eye and mouth to just behind dorsal fin; grey band continues along flanks towards tail. Overall, yellow and grey patches resemble an hourglass. Flippers are narrow and black, with a black line running forward from base to throat. Dorsal fin is broadly triangular and curved backwards slightly.
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  • Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis Length 1.8-2.3m Our most regularly encountered dolphin. Gregarious, living in schools of 10s or 100s of animals. Adult is streamlined, with pattern of overlapping stripes and bands of pigmentation. Body is overall dark grey above and whitish below with broad, tapering yellow band on flanks from eye and mouth to just behind dorsal fin; grey band continues along flanks towards tail. Overall, yellow and grey patches resemble an hourglass. Flippers are narrow and black, with a black line running forward from base to throat. Dorsal fin is broadly triangular and curved backwards slightly.
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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.
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  • Gentoo Penguin - Pygoscelis papua
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