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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • Pied Wheatear, Male - Oenanthe pleschanka
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Length 14cm<br />
Well-marked wheatear, adapted to desert and semi-desert habitats. Breeds across North Africa, Middle East and central Asia. Winters within range, retreating further south and east from cold parts of its range. Easterly winds bring vagrants to Britain, mostly in late autumn and early winter. All birds have diagnostic uniformly dark tail. Adult male has black hood and black wings; plumage otherwise sandy-buff.
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Pied Wheatear, Male - Oenanthe pleschanka
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Length 14cm<br />
Well-marked wheatear, adapted to desert and semi-desert habitats. Breeds across North Africa, Middle East and central Asia. Winters within range, retreating further south and east from cold parts of its range. Easterly winds bring vagrants to Britain, mostly in late autumn and early winter. All birds have diagnostic uniformly dark tail. Adult male has black hood and black wings; plumage otherwise sandy-buff.
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
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  • Pied Wheatear, Female - Oenanthe pleschanka
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • Rufous-tailed Wheatear - Oenanthe xanthoprymna
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  • Variable Wheatear - Oenanthe picata
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Basalt Wheatear - Oenanthe lugens warriae
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  • Basalt Wheatear - Oenanthe lugens warriae
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Basalt Wheatear - Oenanthe lugens warriae
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Red-rumped Wheatear - Oenanthe moesta
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe deserti
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  • Black-eared Wheatear, eastern race - Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca. Male, black-throated form.
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. When high pressure builds over Scandinavia in the autumn, a strong easterly flow of air usually floods across Europe and brings with it a scattering of unusual passerine birds from as far away as Siberia or central Asia. Typically records relate to juveniles whose migratory instincts have failed them. Easterly winds continue to bring unusual sighting right through to the start of winter. Just when it seems that autumn migration has finished, a spell of easterly winds in November will sometimes bring a surprise in the form of a Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti, which by rights should be spending the winter in Africa, the Middle East or south Asia.
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Length 14cm<br />
Well-marked wheatear, adapted to desert and semi-desert habitats. Breeds across North Africa, Middle East and central Asia. Winters within range, retreating further south and east from cold parts of its range. Easterly winds bring vagrants to Britain, mostly in late autumn and early winter. All birds have diagnostic uniformly dark tail. Adult male has black hood and black wings; plumage otherwise sandy-buff.
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  • Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Length 14cm<br />
Well-marked wheatear, adapted to desert and semi-desert habitats. Breeds across North Africa, Middle East and central Asia. Winters within range, retreating further south and east from cold parts of its range. Easterly winds bring vagrants to Britain, mostly in late autumn and early winter. All birds have diagnostic uniformly dark tail. Adult male has black hood and black wings; plumage otherwise sandy-buff.
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - male
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • White-crowned Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucopyga
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  • Mourning Wheatear - Oenanthe lugens
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - Male
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - Male, black-throated eastern form.
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - female
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  • Mourning Wheatear - Oenanthe lugens
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - eastern race male, pale-throated form
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - eastern race female, pale throated form
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  • Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica - eastern race male, black throated form
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  • Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Length 10-15cm Britain’s smallest rodent. In summer, constructs a tennis ball-sized spherical nest, woven among grass stems. Adult has tiny, compact body. Coat is mainly golden brown but throat, chest and belly are white. Ears are rounded and feet possess a good grip, essential for climbing; prehensile tail serves as fifth limb in this regard. Mostly silent. Once widespread and common (in England at least) in arable fields but now much reduced and confined to wildlife-managed meadows, bramble patches and dry reedbeds.
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  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura
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  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura
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  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura
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  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura
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  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - male
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - female
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - female
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - female
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Black Wheatear - Oenanthe leucura
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - Juvenile. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - juvenile
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - moulting adult female. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - female. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - Juvenile. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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  • Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina
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  • Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe. L 14-16cm. Open-country bird. Reveals white rump and black-and-white tail in flight. In other respects, sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has blue-grey crown and back, black mask and wings, and pale underparts flushed orange-buff on breast. Adult female has mainly grey-brown upperparts, darkest on wings. Face, throat and breast are pale orange-buff and underparts are otherwise whitish. 1st winter birds have grey- to buffish brown upperparts and buffish underparts. Voice Utters a sharp chak alarm call, like two pebbles knocked together. Song is fast and warbling. Status Locally common summer visitor to moors and open grassland.
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