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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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  • 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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  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
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  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
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  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
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  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
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  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
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  • Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica
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  • Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
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  • Bearded Bellbird - Procnias averano
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  • Rufous-vented Chachalaca - Ortalis ruficauda
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  • Rufous-vented Chachalaca - Ortalis ruficauda
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  • Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta - Adult breeding
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  • Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos L 16-17cm. Secretive bird, best known for its powerful, musical song, sometimes sung at night. Silent birds are easily overlooked. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have rich brown upperparts overall; tail and rump are warmer reddish chestnut than back and note hint of grey on face and sides of neck. Underparts are greyish white, suffused pale buffish brown on breast. Voice Song is rich and varied and includes fluty whistles and clicking sounds; typically the bird starts with a rich, whistling tu-tu-tu-tu. Status Local and declining summer visitor, favouring coppiced woodland and scrub.
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  • Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris - adult male
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  • Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris - adult male
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  • Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris - adult male
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  • Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris - adult male
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  • Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris - adult male
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  • Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
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  • Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
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  • Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius - adult female
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  • Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis
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  • Northern Parula - Parula americana - male
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  • Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
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  • Louisiana Waterthrush - Seiurus motacilla
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  • Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes. L 9-10cm. Tiny, dumpy bird that cocks tail upright. Unobtrusive and often creeps through low vegetation. Call is distinctive. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have dark reddish brown upperparts with barring on wings and tail. Underparts are greyish white with buff wash to flanks; note striking, pale supercilium. Bill is needle-like and legs are reddish. Voice Utters a loud, rattling alarm call; warbling song ends in a trill. Status Widespread resident of all sorts of habitats with dense undergrowth.
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  • Kirtland's Warbler - Dendroica kirtlandii
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  • Le Conte's Sparrow - Ammodramus leconteii
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  • Kentucky Warbler - Oporornis formosus - male
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  • Kentucky Warbler - Oporornis formosus - male
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  • House Wren - Trogladytes aedon
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  • Hermit Warbler - Dendroica occidentalis - male
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  • Henslow's Sparrow - Ammodramus henslowii
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  • Green-tailed Towhee - Pipilo chlorurus - adult
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  • Green-tailed Towhee - Pipilo chlorurus - adult
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  • Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
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  • Golden-cheeked Warbler - Dendroica chrysoparia - male
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  • Golden-cheeked Warbler - Dendroica chrysoparia - male
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  • Golden-cheeked Warbler - Dendroica chrysoparia - male
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  • Golden-cheeked Warbler - Dendroica chrysoparia - male
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  • Golden-cheeked Warbler - Dendroica chrysoparia - male
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  • Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa - male
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  • Grace's Warbler - Dendroica graciae- male
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  • Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
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  • Gray Vireo - Vireo vicinior
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  • Gray Vireo - Vireo vicinior
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  • Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
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  • Connecticut Warbler - Oporornis agilis
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  • Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis (Gray-headed race)
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  • Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
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  • Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
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  • Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
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  • River Warbler - Locustella fluviatilis
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  • Blackbird - Turdus merula - Male. L 25-28cm. Familiar ground-dwelling bird. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has uniformly blackish plumage. Legs are dark but bill and eyering are yellow. 1st winter male is similar but bill is dark and eyering is dull. Adult and 1st winter female are brown, darkest on wings and tail, and palest on throat and streaked breast. Juvenile is similar to adult female but marked with pale spots. Voice Utters harsh and repeated tchak alarm call, often at dusk. Male has rich, fluty and varied song. Status Common and widespread in gardens, but in woodland, farmland and coasts. Upland birds move to lower levels in winter and migrants arrive from Europe.
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  • Black-throated Blue Warbler - Setophaga caerulescens - Adult male
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  • Black-throated Sparrow - Amphispiza bilineata
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  • Black-throated Sparrow - Amphispiza bilineata
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  • Black-throated Sparrow - Amphispiza bilineata
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  • Black-throated Sparrow - Amphispiza bilineata
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  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
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  • Bachman's Sparrow - Peucaea aestivalis
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  • American Tree Sparrow - Spizella arborea - Adult breeding
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
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  • Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana L 15-16cm. Subtly colourful bunting, usually seen here in 1st winter plumage. All birds have diagnostic combination of pale yellow eyering, pink bill, and yellow throat and submoustachial stripe. In addition, summer adult male (seldom seen here) has mainly greenish grey head, neck and breast, orange-brown underparts and streaked, brown upperparts. In addition, all other plumages have streaked pale orange-brown underparts, streaked brown back and streaked greyish head. Voice Calls include thin tsee and tongue-clicking tche. Status Regular passage migrant, mainly in autumn to coastal short grassland and stubble fields.
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  • The White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba (L 18cm) is the mainland European counterpart of the Pied Wagtail and easily overlooked because the two are so similar. All birds have a grey, not black, rump but this is not always easy to discern. An adult male also has a grey (not black), with a clear demarcation from the black nape and hindcrown in summer. In terms of behaviour and voice, White and Pied Wagtails are identical. The White Wagtail replaces Pied in the Channel Islands and a few pairs also breed in Scotland, particularly on the Shetland Isles. Elsewhere, it is a fairly common passage migrant, with most sightings on the coast in autumn.
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  • Dunnock Prunella modularis L 13-14cm. House Sparrow-like bird with a thin, warbler-like bill. Mostly rather skulking. Sexes are similar. Adult has streaked chestnut-brown back. Underparts are mostly bluish grey but flanks are streaked with brown and chestnut. Face is bluish grey with brown streaking on ear coverts and crown. Bill is dark and legs are reddish pink. Juvenile is similar but has bolder streaking. Voice Song is warbler-like; usually delivered from prominent perch. Alarm call is a thin tseer. Status Common resident of woodlands, hedgerows and gardens with plenty of cover.
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  • The White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba (L 18cm) is the mainland European counterpart of the Pied Wagtail and easily overlooked because the two are so similar. All birds have a grey, not black, rump but this is not always easy to discern. An adult male also has a grey (not black), with a clear demarcation from the black nape and hindcrown in summer. In terms of behaviour and voice, White and Pied Wagtails are identical. The White Wagtail replaces Pied in the Channel Islands and a few pairs also breed in Scotland, particularly on the Shetland Isles. Elsewhere, it is a fairly common passage migrant, with most sightings on the coast in autumn.
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  • Robin Erithacus rubecula L 13-14cm. Distinctive bird. Garden-dwellers are bold and inquisitive. Sexes are similar. Adult has orange-red face, throat and breast, bordered by blue-grey on sides but with sharp demarcation from white belly. Upperparts are buffish brown with faint buff wingbar. Juvenile has brown upperparts, marked with buff spots and teardrop-shaped streaks; pale buff underparts have darker spots and crescent-shaped markings. Voice Song is plaintive and melancholy. Alarm call is a sharp tic. Status Widespread resident, commonest in S. Observation tips Easiest to find in gardens and parks.
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  • Dunnock Prunella modularis L 13-14cm. House Sparrow-like bird with a thin, warbler-like bill. Mostly rather skulking. Sexes are similar. Adult has streaked chestnut-brown back. Underparts are mostly bluish grey but flanks are streaked with brown and chestnut. Face is bluish grey with brown streaking on ear coverts and crown. Bill is dark and legs are reddish pink. Juvenile is similar but has bolder streaking. Voice Song is warbler-like; usually delivered from prominent perch. Alarm call is a thin tseer. Status Common resident of woodlands, hedgerows and gardens with plenty of cover.
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  • Red-winged Blackbird - Male - Agelaius phoeniceus
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  • Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata (L 12-13cm), often seen perched on a Gorse spray with its tail cocked up, is emblematic of heathland conservation. Adults have blue-grey upperparts, reddish underparts with a white belly, a beady red eye and reddish eyering, and pinkish yellow legs; males are brighter than females. The species is often first detected by sound: it utters a tchrr-tche alarm call and has a rapid, scratchy warbling song. Dartford Warblers are restricted to Gorse-covered heathland areas in southern England and are mainly resident.
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  • Wren Troglodytes troglodytes L 9-10cm. Tiny, dumpy bird that cocks tail upright. Unobtrusive and often creeps through low vegetation. Call is distinctive. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have dark reddish brown upperparts with barring on wings and tail. Underparts are greyish white with buff wash to flanks; note striking, pale supercilium. Bill is needle-like and legs are reddish. Voice Utters a loud, rattling alarm call; warbling song ends in a trill. Status Widespread resident of all sorts of habitats with dense undergrowth.
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  • Garden Warbler Sylvia borin L 14-15cm. Has non-descript plumage but an attractive song. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have uniform grey-brown upperparts and pale underparts with buffish wash to breast and flanks. Legs are grey, grey bill is short and stubby, and note subtle grey patch on side of neck (not always easy to see). Voice Call is a sharp chek-chek. Song is rich and warbling; could be confused with Blackcap’s but even more musical and almost thrush-like. Status Fairly common summer visitor to deciduous woodland and mature scrub.
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  • Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix L 11-12cm. Colourful warbler with a distinctive song and precise habitat requirements. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have olive-green upperparts, bright yellow throat and supercilium, and clean white underparts. Note dark eyestripe and pale pink legs. Voice Utters a sharp tsip call. Song (likened to a coin spinning on a plate) starts with ringing notes and accelerates to a silvery trill. Status Locally common summer visitor to mature woodlands with tall trees, limited ground cover and closed canopy; Sessile Oak woods in W and N are favoured, and Beech woods elsewhere.
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  • Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus L 12-13cm. Well-marked wetland warbler with distinctive song. Sexes are similar. Adult has dark-streaked sandy brown upperparts and pale underparts, flushed orange-buff on breast and flanks. Head has dark-streaked crown, striking pale supercilium and dark eyestripe. Juvenile is similar but breast is faintly streaked. Voice Utters a sharp chek alarm call. Song comprises rasping and grating phrases interspersed with trills and whistles. Status Widespread summer visitor to rank marshy vegetation, scrub patches on fringes of reedbeds and overgrown ditches.
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  • White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis
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  • Thrush Nightingale - Luscinia luscinia
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  • Woodlark Lullula arborea L 15cm. Unobtrusive and easily overlooked but for wonderful, yodelling song. Sexes are similar. Adult has sandy brown, streaked upperparts and mainly pale underparts; breast is streaked and flushed buff. Note chestnut ear coverts, pale supercilium and black-and-white marking on wing. Juvenile is similar but with a scaly-looking back. Voice Song comprises fluty, yodelling notes; call is yodelling deet-luee. Status Local, restricted to heathy habitats with short turf (for feeding), longer grassland (for nesting) and scattered trees. Nomadic outside breeding season.
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  • Woodlark Lullula arborea L 15cm. Unobtrusive and easily overlooked but for wonderful, yodelling song. Sexes are similar. Adult has sandy brown, streaked upperparts and mainly pale underparts; breast is streaked and flushed buff. Note chestnut ear coverts, pale supercilium and black-and-white marking on wing. Juvenile is similar but with a scaly-looking back. Voice Song comprises fluty, yodelling notes; call is yodelling deet-luee. Status Local, restricted to heathy habitats with short turf (for feeding), longer grassland (for nesting) and scattered trees. Nomadic outside breeding season.
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  • Woodlark Lullula arborea L 15cm. Unobtrusive and easily overlooked but for wonderful, yodelling song. Sexes are similar. Adult has sandy brown, streaked upperparts and mainly pale underparts; breast is streaked and flushed buff. Note chestnut ear coverts, pale supercilium and black-and-white marking on wing. Juvenile is similar but with a scaly-looking back. Voice Song comprises fluty, yodelling notes; call is yodelling deet-luee. Status Local, restricted to heathy habitats with short turf (for feeding), longer grassland (for nesting) and scattered trees. Nomadic outside breeding season.
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  • Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus L 14-15cm. Well-marked bird of wetland margins. Forms flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult summer male has black head, throat and bib, and white collar and submoustachial stripe. Underparts are whitish with faint streaking, back is dark and wings have reddish brown feather margins. In all other plumages head has dark brown and buffish brown stripes and pale submoustachial stripe. Back has brown and buff stripes, wing feathers have reddish brown margin and pale underparts are streaked on flanks and breast. Males show hint of summer head pattern. Voice Utters a thin seeu call. Song is simple, chinking and repetitive. Status Locally common. In winter, flocks found on arable fields.
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  • Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus L 16-17cm. Well-marked bunting. Olive-grey rump allows separation from Yellowhammer (with red-brown rump) at all times. Sexes are dissimilar. Adult male has black and yellow on head. Breast, nape and crown are greenish grey and underparts are yellow, flushed and streaked chestnut on flanks; back is reddish brown. In winter, colours are duller. Adult female has dark and yellowish stripes on head, streaked greenish grey crown, nape and breast and streaked yellowish underparts. Back is reddish brown. Juvenile is similar to adult female but paler. Voice Utters a sharp tziip call. Song is a tuneless rattle, recalling Lesser Whitethroat. Status Once widespread in S, now restricted to S Devon; recently reintroduced to Cornwall. Favours low-intensity farmland with hedgerows.
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  • Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus L 21-23cm. Plump-bodied wader with a bobbing gait. Unobtrusive and often first observed when flushed: note white rump and yelping alarm call. Tail is marked with a few, broad dark bands. Sexes are similar. Adult has rather dark brown upperparts with small pale spots. Head and neck are streaked; note clear demarcation between dark, streaked breast and clean white underparts. Pale supercilium is bold only in front of eye and legs are greenish yellow. Juvenile is similar but pale spotting on upperparts is more noticeable. Voice Utters a trisyllabic chlueet-wit-wit flight call. Status Widespread and fairly common passage migrant, found on freshwater habitats. Winters in small numbers.
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  • Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides L 14-15cm. Reedbed specialist that is hard to see. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have uniformly warm brown upperparts. Underparts are paler but flushed buffish brown on breast and flanks; undertail coverts are warm buffish brown. Voice Call is a sharp tviit. Song is reeling, endless and insect-like; sung mainly at night. Status to extensive wet reedbeds, mainly in East Anglia and Kent.
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  • Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides L 14-15cm. Reedbed specialist that is hard to see. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have uniformly warm brown upperparts. Underparts are paler but flushed buffish brown on breast and flanks; undertail coverts are warm buffish brown. Voice Call is a sharp tviit. Song is reeling, endless and insect-like; sung mainly at night. Status to extensive wet reedbeds, mainly in East Anglia and Kent.
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  • Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides L 14-15cm. Reedbed specialist that is hard to see. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have uniformly warm brown upperparts. Underparts are paler but flushed buffish brown on breast and flanks; undertail coverts are warm buffish brown. Voice Call is a sharp tviit. Song is reeling, endless and insect-like; sung mainly at night. Status to extensive wet reedbeds, mainly in East Anglia and Kent.
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  • Dunnock Prunella modularis L 13-14cm. House Sparrow-like bird with a thin, warbler-like bill. Mostly rather skulking. Sexes are similar. Adult has streaked chestnut-brown back. Underparts are mostly bluish grey but flanks are streaked with brown and chestnut. Face is bluish grey with brown streaking on ear coverts and crown. Bill is dark and legs are reddish pink. Juvenile is similar but has bolder streaking. Voice Song is warbler-like; usually delivered from prominent perch. Alarm call is a thin tseer. Status Common resident of woodlands, hedgerows and gardens with plenty of cover.
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  • Redshank Tringa totanus L 28cm. Medium-sized wader with shrill alarm call. In flight, note white trailing edge to wings, white back and rump, and trailing red legs. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer is mainly grey-brown above and pale below but back is marked with dark spots and neck, breast and flanks are streaked. Note faint, pale supercilium and eyering; base of bill is reddish. In winter, has uniform grey-brown upperparts, head, neck and breast, with paler, mottled underparts. Bill and leg colours are dull. Juvenile recalls winter adult but plumage is overall browner, back feathers have pale marginal spots, and legs and base of bill are dull yellow. Voice Utters a yelping tiu-uu alarm call. Song is musical and yodelling. Status Locally common nesting species in damp grassland, moors and marshes. Migrants boost numbers outside breeding season and common on coasts in winter.
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  • Corn Crake Crex crex L 27-30cm. Easy to hear (in right locations) but secretive and tricky to see. Sexes are similar. Adult has sandy brown upperparts; dark feather-centres create ‘scaly’ look. Face, throat, breast and belly are blue-grey while flanks are barred chestnut and white. In flight, note chestnut patch on inner wing and dangling legs. Juvenile is greyer than adult. Voice Territorial male utters ceaseless crek-crek, crek-crek… mainly at night. Status Migrant visitor; has declined terribly due to modern farming practises. Now restricted to hay meadows and damp grassland.
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  • Gentoo Penguin - Pygoscelis papua
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  • Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus L 12-13cm. Well-marked wetland warbler with distinctive song. Sexes are similar. Adult has dark-streaked sandy brown upperparts and pale underparts, flushed orange-buff on breast and flanks. Head has dark-streaked crown, striking pale supercilium and dark eyestripe. Juvenile is similar but breast is faintly streaked. Voice Utters a sharp chek alarm call. Song comprises rasping and grating phrases interspersed with trills and whistles. Status Widespread summer visitor to rank marshy vegetation, scrub patches on fringes of reedbeds and overgrown ditches.
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  • Grey Partridge Perdix perdix L 29-31cm. Well-marked gamebird. Usually seen in small parties. Hunted and consequently wary; prefers to run from danger. Sexes are separable with care. Adult male has mainly grey, finely marked plumage with orange-buff face, large chestnut mark on belly, maroon stripes on flanks and streaked back. Adult female is similar but marking on belly is small. Juvenile is grey-buff with hint of adult’s dark markings. Voice Utters a choked, harsh kierr-ikk call. Status Native of grassland and arable farmland with mature hedgerows. Once abundant, now scarce due to modern farming methods. Observation tips Easiest to see in winter.
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  • White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla W 190-240cm. Immense raptor with long, broad and parallel-sided wings, and by relatively short, wedge-shaped tail. Surprisingly manoeuvrable, despite it size, and catches fish and waterbirds while hunting low over water. Sexes are similar. Adult has mainly brown plumage, palest on head and neck. At rest, white tail is often obscured by wings. Bill and legs are yellow. In flight from below, looks mainly dark except for paler head and neck, and white tail. Juvenile is similar to adult but looks darker overall and tail is uniformly dark. Subadult acquires adult plumage over successive moults; last immature feature to disappear is dark terminal band on tail. Voice Utters mournful whistling calls. Status Formerly just a rare visitor from mainland Europe but now reintroduced successfully to certain Scottish islands.
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  • Penduline Tit - Remiz pendulinus
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  • Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus L 12-13cm. Well-marked wetland warbler with distinctive song. Sexes are similar. Adult has dark-streaked sandy brown upperparts and pale underparts, flushed orange-buff on breast and flanks. Head has dark-streaked crown, striking pale supercilium and dark eyestripe. Juvenile is similar but breast is faintly streaked. Voice Utters a sharp chek alarm call. Song comprises rasping and grating phrases interspersed with trills and whistles. Status Widespread summer visitor to rank marshy vegetation, scrub patches on fringes of reedbeds and overgrown ditches.
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  • Common Gull Larus canus L 40-42cm. Medium-sized gull. Slimmer bodied and smaller billed, than larger Herring Gull. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has grey back and upperwings with white trailing margin; black wingtips have white spots. Plumage is otherwise white. Bill is yellowish and legs are yellowish green. In winter, similar but with dark streaks on head and neck; bill is duller with dark sub-terminal band. Juvenile has pale-margined brown back feathers and upperwings. Head and underparts are pale with dark streaks while neck and breast look grubby. Adult plumage acquired over 2 years. 1st winter is similar to juvenile but has grey back; bill is pink with dark tip. 2nd winter is similar to adult but with more black on outerwing and broader band on bill. Voice Utters a mewing keeow. Status Locally common. Nests close to water, often inland. Outside breeding season, migrants from Europe boost numbers and then widespread on farmland and grassy fields.
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  • Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
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  • Bearded Bellbird - Procnias averano
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