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  • Asian Desert Warbler - Sylvia nana
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  • Plum-leaved Crab Malus prunifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 10m. An upright tree, that becomes rather straggly when neglected or naturalised. BARK Greyish brown with striking fissures. BRANCHES Dense and irregularly divided. LEAVES Broadly oval and plum-like, to 7cm long, shiny above but rather hairy below when young. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers are up to 5cm across and pinkish, in dense clusters among terminal leaves on shoots. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably of E Asian origin. Planted rather infrequently in parks and gardens in Britain and Ireland, and very occasionally naturalised.
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  • Plum-leaved Crab Malus prunifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 10m. An upright tree, that becomes rather straggly when neglected or naturalised. BARK Greyish brown with striking fissures. BRANCHES Dense and irregularly divided. LEAVES Broadly oval and plum-like, to 7cm long, shiny above but rather hairy below when young. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers are up to 5cm across and pinkish, in dense clusters among terminal leaves on shoots. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably of E Asian origin. Planted rather infrequently in parks and gardens in Britain and Ireland, and very occasionally naturalised.
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  • Plum-leaved Crab Malus prunifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 10m. An upright tree, that becomes rather straggly when neglected or naturalised. BARK Greyish brown with striking fissures. BRANCHES Dense and irregularly divided. LEAVES Broadly oval and plum-like, to 7cm long, shiny above but rather hairy below when young. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers are up to 5cm across and pinkish, in dense clusters among terminal leaves on shoots. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably of E Asian origin. Planted rather infrequently in parks and gardens in Britain and Ireland, and very occasionally naturalised.
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  • Plum-leaved Crab Malus prunifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 10m. An upright tree, that becomes rather straggly when neglected or naturalised. BARK Greyish brown with striking fissures. BRANCHES Dense and irregularly divided. LEAVES Broadly oval and plum-like, to 7cm long, shiny above but rather hairy below when young. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers are up to 5cm across and pinkish, in dense clusters among terminal leaves on shoots. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably of E Asian origin. Planted rather infrequently in parks and gardens in Britain and Ireland, and very occasionally naturalised.
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  • Plum-leaved Crab Malus prunifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 10m. An upright tree, that becomes rather straggly when neglected or naturalised. BARK Greyish brown with striking fissures. BRANCHES Dense and irregularly divided. LEAVES Broadly oval and plum-like, to 7cm long, shiny above but rather hairy below when young. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers are up to 5cm across and pinkish, in dense clusters among terminal leaves on shoots. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably of E Asian origin. Planted rather infrequently in parks and gardens in Britain and Ireland, and very occasionally naturalised.
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  • Asian Wild Ass Equus hemionus khur Length 2m. Endangered, donkey-like animal whose coat grades from orange-buff on the back to creamy white on the belly. A fast-running species, adapted to harsh, desert conditions. Indian subspecies is restricted to Rann of Kutch in Gujurat.
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  • Pallas’s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus L 9-10cm. Tiny, energetic warbler whose active behaviour recalls that of Firecrest or Yellow-browed. 1st winter bird (plumage seen in Britain) has mainly olive-green upperparts while underparts are whitish. Note striking head pattern: dark eyestripe, bright yellowish supercilium, and pale median stripe on otherwise dark olive crown. Has two pale wingbars; pale rump can be hard to discern. Voice Calls include a soft tchuee. Status An Asian species that occurs here as scarce autumn vagrant (50-60 in a good year).
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  • Pallas’s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus L 9-10cm. Tiny, energetic warbler whose active behaviour recalls that of Firecrest or Yellow-browed. 1st winter bird (plumage seen in Britain) has mainly olive-green upperparts while underparts are whitish. Note striking head pattern: dark eyestripe, bright yellowish supercilium, and pale median stripe on otherwise dark olive crown. Has two pale wingbars; pale rump can be hard to discern. Voice Calls include a soft tchuee. Status An Asian species that occurs here as scarce autumn vagrant (50-60 in a good year).
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  • Asian Wild Ass - Equus hemionus khur
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  • Asian Wild Ass - Equus hemionus khur
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  • Asian Wild Ass - Equus hemionus khur
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  • Asian Wild Ass - Equus hemionus khur
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  • Asian Wild Ass - Equus hemionus khur
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  • Desert Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca (minula) L 12-13cm. Small, rather short-tailed warbler with retiring habits but distinctive song. Sexes are similar. Adult and juvenile have blue-grey crown; compared to nominate race (curruca) 'mask' is less intense and upperparts are browner. Underparts are pale, whitish on throat but washed pale buff on flanks. Has dark legs, dark-tipped grey bill and pale iris. Voice Utters a harsh chek alarm call. Song is a tuneless rattle, sung on one note, usually preceded by short warbling phrase. Status Rare visitor to NW Europe from Asian breeding grounds.
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  • Pallid Swift - Apus pallidus
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  • Gyr Falcon - Falco rusticolus - pale phase
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  • White-eyed Buzzard - Butastut seesa
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  • Common Indian Tree Frog - Polypedates maculatus
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  • Bar-headed Goose - Anser indicus
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  • Painted Stork, Mycteria leucocephala, in flight, Bharatpur, Keoladeo N.P. India
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  • Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala - feeding with Eurasian Spoonbills - Platalea leucorodia
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  • Intermediate Egret - Ardea intermedia
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  • Lesser Adjutant - Leptoptilus javanicus
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  • Indian Pond Heron - Ardeola grayii
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  • Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger
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  • Indian Roller - Coracias benghalensis
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  • Indian Roller - Coracias benghalensis
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  • Bank Mynah - Acridotheres ginginianus
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  • Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus
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  • Gaur or Indian Bison - Bos gaurus
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  • House Crow - Corvus splendens
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  • Asiatic Honey Bee - Apis cerana
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  • Asiatic Honey Bee - Apis cerana
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  • Black-shoulded Kite - Elanus caeruleus
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  • Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
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  • Hume's Leaf-warbler - Phylloscopus humei
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  • Richard's Pipit - Anthus richardi. In spring and autumn, it is worth checking any flocks of migrant pipits and wagtails you come across for one of their rarer cousins, vagrants from Asia. Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi (L 17-20cm) is larger than a Meadow Pipit with a much longer tail and legs.
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  • Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus. Spring and early summer are the times when rare waders that breed in Asia turn up here. The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is unmistakable with its black and white plumage and ridiculously long, red legs
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  • Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus. Spring and early summer are the times when rare waders that breed in Asia turn up here. The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is unmistakable with its black and white plumage and ridiculously long, red legs
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  • Southern Evergreen Magnolia or Bull Bay Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) HEIGHT to 30m <br />
A large, spreading evergreen tree with a broadly conical crown. BARK Smooth, dull grey. BRANCHES Large, the youngest shoots covered with thick down and terminate in red-tipped buds. LEAVES Elliptical, to 16cm long and 9cm wide with a smooth or sometimes wavy margin. Upper surface is shiny, dark green, and underside is rust-coloured and downy, as is the 2.5cm-long petiole. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Flowers are striking, composed of 6 white petal-like segments, borne at tips of shoots; conical in bud, later opening out to a spreading cup-shape, to 25cm across. Fruit is conical, to 6cm long, composed of scale-like carpels on a single orange stalk. Flowers from midsummer to late autumn. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of SE USA, introduced into Europe in 18th century. Popular in gardens here and does well if grown against a wall. In more sheltered areas it will form a splendid free-standing tree.
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  • Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax
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  • Katsura Tree Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Cercidiphyllaceae) HEIGHT to 25m. Conical-crowned deciduous tree, sometimes with a single bole, more often with several main stems. BARK vertically fissured and peeling. LEAVES In opposite pairs, to 8cm long, rounded, with pointed tips and heart-shaped bases. Pink at first, turning green in summer, then red in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Flowers are produced in leaf nodes in April. Male flowers are small clusters of reddish stamens, female flowers are darker-red clusters of styles. Fruits are claw-like bunches of 5cm-long pods which change from grey, through green, to brown. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of Japan, grown in Britain and Ireland for ornament.
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  • Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus
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  • Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Red-footed Falcon - Falco verspertinus
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  • Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis. Spring and early summer are the times when rare waders that breed in Asia turn up here. A number of possible contenders exist but the Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (L 22-25cm) is one of most elegant and keenly-sought; it resembles a miniature Greenshank but with a thin, needle-like bill.
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  • Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei - 1st summer
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  • Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei
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  • Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus
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  • Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus
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  • Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
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  • Red-flanked Bluetail - Tarsiger cyanurus
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  • White-tailed Lapwing - Vanellus leucura
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Female
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  • Sociable Lapwing - Vanellus gregarius
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  • Sociable Lapwing - Vanellus gregarius
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  • Cream-coloured Courser - Cursorius cursor
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  • Richard's Pipit - Anthus richardi. In spring and autumn, it is worth checking any flocks of migrant pipits and wagtails you come across for one of their rarer cousins, vagrants from Asia. Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi (L 17-20cm) is larger than a Meadow Pipit with a much longer tail and legs.
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  • Oriental Turtle Dove - Streptopelia orientalis - 1st winter
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  • Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
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  • Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis. Spring and early summer are the times when rare waders that breed in Asia turn up here. A number of possible contenders exist but the Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (L 22-25cm) is one of most elegant and keenly-sought; it resembles a miniature Greenshank but with a thin, needle-like bill.
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  • Rufous Bush Robin - Cercotrichas galactotes
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Male
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  • Baikal Teal - Sibirionetta formosa - Male
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  • Spanish Sparrow - Passer hispaniolensis
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni - Mating pair
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni - Mating pair
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  • Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea - Adult in flight
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  • White Mulberry Morus alba (Moraceae) HEIGHT to 15m<br />
 Deciduous tree with a narrow rounded crown on a broad bole, to 2m across. BARK Heavily ridged and grey, sometimes tinged pinkish. BRANCHES Shoots are thin, with fine hairs at first; buds are minute, brown and pointed. LEAVES To 18cm long, oval to rounded with a heart-shaped base and a hairy, grooved petiole up to 2.5cm long. Feel thin and smooth, and have a toothed margin, with downy hairs on veins on underside. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female flowers stalked, spike-like and yellowish. Male flowers on slightly longer spikes; whitish with prominent anthers. Fruit comprises a cluster of drupes; white or pink at first, ripening purple. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of E Asia, grown here occasionally. COMMENT The leaves are the foodplant for silkworms.
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  • Nutcracker - Nucifraga caryocatactes
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  • Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea - juvenile
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  • Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus. In spring and autumn, it is worth checking any flocks of migrant pipits and wagtails you come across for one of their rarer cousins, vagrants from Asia. Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus (L 14-15cm) is distinctively flushed red in breeding plumage but at other times looks rather clean black and white.
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  • Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala. Buntings from eastern Europe and Asia occasionally turn up in spring and autumn. These include Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala (L 15-17cm) which sometimes appears in spring, males having unmistakable yellow and chestnut plumage, with a black hood.
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  • Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola
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  • Short-toed Eagle - Circaetus gallicus
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  • Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
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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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  • Spanish Sparrow - Passer hispaniolensis
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus
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  • Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea
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  • Red-footed Falcon - Falco verspertinus
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  • Red-footed Falcon - Falco verspertinus
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