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  • View across the water meadows in the Chilterns towards Hambleden Village, Buckinghamshire, Uk
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  • View across the water meadows in the Chilterns towards Hambleden Village, Buckinghamshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic view of Hambledon Village in the Thames Valley near Henley, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic view of part of Hambledon Village in the Thames Valley near Henley, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Panoramic image of Hambleden Village in the Thames Valley close to Henley, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Aylmerton Village from above, Norfolk, UK
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  • St Helen's Church and the village, Lundy Island, Devon
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • The Thames village of Clifton Hampden with a view of the Post Office and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • View along The Street looking towards The Red Lion pub in the Cotswold village of Castle Eaton on the Thames Path, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • View along The Street looking towards The Red Lion pub in the Cotswold village of Castle Eaton on the Thames Path, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • St Helen's Church and the village on Lundy Island, Devon
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  • Flooding in the Hampshire Village of Hurstbourne Tarrant, winter 2014
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  • The River Thames as it flows through Church Walk in the Cotswold Village of Ashton Keynes in Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Village Weaver - Ploceus cucullatus
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  • Village Weaver - Ploceus cucullatus
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  • Tanji Fishing Village - The Gambia
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  • St Helen's Church and the village on Lundy Island
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  • View of Hog Bay looking towards Somerset Village, Bermuda Island, a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Aerial of summer farmland over North Norfolk, UK
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  • Goring and Streatley on Thames from hillside at Lardon Chase, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Winter dawn at Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • St Agnes' Church, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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  • Thyme growing on Lundy Island, Devon. Wild Thyme - Thymus polytrichus (Lamiaceae) Height to 5cm<br />
Creeping and mat-forming perennial with slender, woody runners. The whole plant is faintly aromatic, smelling of culinary thyme. Grows on dry grassland and heaths, and coastal cliffs and dunes. FLOWERS are 3-4mm long and pinkish purple; borne in dense, terminal heads with dark, purplish calyx tubes, on 4-angled stems that are hairy on 2 opposite sides (Jun-Sep). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are ovate, short-stalked and borne in opposite pairs. STATUS-Widespread and common throughout the region.
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Andrew's Church in Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Spring along the Thames Path at Church Walk in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • The White Hart Pub on High Road in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • Dawn over the River Thames at Mill End and Hambleden Lock near Henley, Oxfordshire, UK
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  • Snowdrops and All Saints Church in Somerford Keynes, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • Snowdrops and All Saints Church in Somerford Keynes, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Uk
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  • View along Cookham High Street with the Bel & Dragon Pub, Berkshire, Uk
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  • View along Cookham High Street, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Porthgwarra, Cornwall, UK
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  • Winter sunset over the River Thames from the Chiltern Hills by Mapledurham, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Autumn dawn over the River Thames looking upstream from an elevated position near Mapledurham, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Dawn over the River Thames at Mapledurham, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Autumn Evening over Mapledurham House and Weir, River Thames, Berkshire, Uk
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  • St Agnes' Church, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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  • Marisco Tavern on Lundy, Devon
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  • Winter sunset over the River Thames from the Chiltern Hills by Mapledurham, Berkshire, Uk
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  • Middleham Castle in the Yorkshire Dales, Uk
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  • Winter dawn at Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire, Uk
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  • View over Great Sound, Bermuda Island, a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Bunching Reeds Cley Marsh Norfolk
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  • Bunching Reeds, Cley Marsh, Norfolk, UK
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  • Carrot Fields, Burnham Overy Norfolk, UK
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  • Beech Wood in Autumn
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  • Arable Prairies
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  • Epping Forest Beeches, UK
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  • BLAKENEY TO HOLKHAM, NORFOLK COASTAL FARMLAND FROM THE AIR
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  • Saltmarshes on Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK
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  • Burnham Overy quay at sunset, Norfolk, Uk
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  • Wareham Saltmarshes, Norfolk, UK
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  • Wells channel & Saltmarshes, Norfolk, UK
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  • The Wash, Norfolk, UK
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  • Winterton Beach on the Norfolk coast
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  • Cattle at Dawn, Norfolk, UK
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  • Wareham Saltmarshes, Norfolk, UK
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  • Church of St Mary the Virgin in Hambleden Village near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Church of St Mary the Virgin in Hambleden Village near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Church of St Mary the Virgin in Hambleden Village near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Church of St Mary the Virgin in Hambleden Village near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Traditional thatched cottages in the Thames village of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, Uk
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Common Toad - Bufo bufo - amplexus pair found at a notorious migration crossing point on a busy village road during the breeding migration period in early spring.
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  • Common Toad - Bufo bufo - amplexus pair found at a notorious migration crossing point on a busy village road during the breeding migration period in early spring.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Lydford Castle in the Dartmoor village of Lydford, Devon
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Rocket Pole Pond looking towards the Old Light, village and St Helen's church, Lundy, Devon
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - Juvenile. L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - Juvenile. L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - Juvenile. L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • LUNDY CABBAGE Coincya wrightii (Height to 90cm) is entirely restricted to the eponymous island in the Bristol Channel. Here, it is easy to see if you visit the island in spring or early summer (May-Jul) since its showy heads of bright yellow flowers can be seen growing on either side of the road that leads from the Landing Bay to the Village.
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  • LUNDY CABBAGE Coincya wrightii (Height to 90cm) is entirely restricted to the eponymous island in the Bristol Channel. Here, it is easy to see if you visit the island in spring or early summer (May-Jul) since its showy heads of bright yellow flowers can be seen growing on either side of the road that leads from the Landing Bay to the Village.
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  • Lundy Cabbage (Coincya wrightii). HEIGHT to 90cm. Entirely restricted to the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel. It is easy to spot if you visit the island in spring or early summer (May-July), when it's showy heads of bright yellow flowers can be seen on either side of the road that leads from the landing bay to the village.
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  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus L 32-35cm. Familiar wetland bird. Swims with jerky movements and constantly flicks its tail. Often tame on urban lakes. Sexes are similar. Adult can look all-dark but has dark blue-grey head, neck and underparts, and brownish back, wings and tail. Has yellow-tipped red bill and frontal shield, and yellow legs and long toes. Note white feathers on sides of undertail and a white line along flanks. Juvenile is greyish brown with white on throat, sides of undertail coverts, and along flanks. Voice Utters a loud kurrrk. Status Common resident on all sorts of wetland habitats, from village ponds to flooded gravel pits and lakes.
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  • Swallow - Hirundo rustica. L 19cm. Recognised in flight by pointed wings and long tail streamers. Sexes are similar but male has longer tail streamers than female. Adult has blue-black upperparts and white underparts except for dark chest band and brick-red throat and forecrown. Juvenile is similar but has shorter tail streamers and buff throat. Voice Utters sharp vit call in flight; male sings twittering song, often from overhead wires near nest. Status Common and widespread in summer. Usually nests in villages and farmyards, half cup-shaped mud nest typically sited under eaves or in barn. Migrants congregate over freshwater and roost in reedbeds.
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  • Tree Sparrow Passer montanus L 13-14cm. Well-marked bird, rural counterpart of House Sparrow. Forms flocks outside breeding season and may feed with buntings and finches in fields. Sexes are similar. Adult has chestnut cap and striking black patch on otherwise whitish cheeks and side of head; note black bib. Underparts are otherwise greyish white. Back and wings are streaked brown; note white wingbars. Juvenile is similar but duller. Voice Utters chirps and sharp tik-tik in flight. Status Scarce and declining resident of untidy arable farms and rural villages. A tree-hole nester nad has benefited from provision of nest boxes.
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  • Swift (Apus apus) in Flight. L 16-17cm. Invariably seen in flight: has anchor-shaped outline and mainly dark plumage. Catches insects on the wing. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blackish brown plumage with pale throat. Tail is forked but often held closed in active flight. Juvenile is overall darker but throat and forehead are paler. Voice Loud screaming calls uttered in flight. Status Locally common summer visitor. Nests in churches and loft spaces. Feeding birds gather where insects are numerous. Observation tips Easy to see in late spring in villages and towns. Most adults leave Britain in August.
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  • Jackdaw Corvus monedula in flight. L 31-34cm. Our most familiar small corvid. Has a swaggering walk and is aerobatic in flight. Forms large flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are similar. Adult has smoky-grey plumage, darkest on wings and crown, pale blue-grey eye and grey nape. Juvenile is similar but plumage is tinged brownish and eye is duller. Voice Utters a characteristic chack call. Status Widespread and common resident of farmland, sea cliffs, towns and villages
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  • Jackdaw Corvus monedula in flight. L 31-34cm. Our most familiar small corvid. Has a swaggering walk and is aerobatic in flight. Forms large flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are similar. Adult has smoky-grey plumage, darkest on wings and crown, pale blue-grey eye and grey nape. Juvenile is similar but plumage is tinged brownish and eye is duller. Voice Utters a characteristic chack call. Status Widespread and common resident of farmland, sea cliffs, towns and villages.
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  • Swift Apus apus L 16-17cm. Invariably seen in flight: has anchor-shaped outline and mainly dark plumage. Catches insects on the wing. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blackish brown plumage with pale throat. Tail is forked but often held closed in active flight. Juvenile is overall darker but throat and forehead are paler. Voice Loud screaming calls uttered in flight. Status Locally common summer visitor. Nests in churches and loft spaces. Feeding birds gather where insects are numerous. Observation tips Easy to see in late spring in villages and towns. Most adults leave Britain in August.
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  • Swift Apus apus L 16-17cm. Invariably seen in flight: has anchor-shaped outline and mainly dark plumage. Catches insects on the wing. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly blackish brown plumage with pale throat. Tail is forked but often held closed in active flight. Juvenile is overall darker but throat and forehead are paler. Voice Loud screaming calls uttered in flight. Status Locally common summer visitor. Nests in churches and loft spaces. Feeding birds gather where insects are numerous. Observation tips Easy to see in late spring in villages and towns. Most adults leave Britain in August.
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  • Jackdaw Corvus monedula in flight. L 31-34cm. Our most familiar small corvid. Has a swaggering walk and is aerobatic in flight. Forms large flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are similar. Adult has smoky-grey plumage, darkest on wings and crown, pale blue-grey eye and grey nape. Juvenile is similar but plumage is tinged brownish and eye is duller. Voice Utters a characteristic chack call. Status Widespread and common resident of farmland, sea cliffs, towns and villages.
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