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FINCHES

Chaffinch

Chaffinch

Audio: (Fringilla coelebe)
 FINCHES

Greenfinch

Greenfinch

Auddio: Carduelis Chlori
 FINCHES

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

Audio: Carduelis carduelis
 FINCHES

 Hawfinch

Hawfinch

(Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
FINCHES 

Bullfinch

Bullfinch

Audio: Pyrrhula pyrrhula
 FINCHES

 Brambling

Brambling

Fringilla montifringill
FINCHES

 Siskin

Siskin

Audio: Carduella spinus

 FINCHES

 Serin

Serin

Serinus serinus
FINCHES

Twite

Carduelis flavirostris
FINCHES

 Linnet

Linnet

Carduelis carabina

FINCHES

Lesser Redpoll

Lesser Redpoll

Carduelis carabina

TITS


 

Great tit

Audio (Parus major)
 TITS 

Blue Tit

Blue Tit

Parus caerulus
TITS 

Long Tailed Tit

 Long Tailed Tit

Audio: Aegthalos caudatus
TITS

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Audio: Parus ater
TITS

Willow Tit

Willow Tit
Parus montanus

WARBLERS

Willow Warbler

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus

WARBLERS

 Garden Warbler

Audio: Sylvia borin
 WARBLERS

  

Wood Warbler

Audio: Phylloscopus sibilatrix
WARBLERS

 

 

Marsh Warbler

Acrocephalus palustris

 WARBLERS

 

Common Whitethroat

Audio: Sylvia communia
WARBLERS

 

Firecrest

Audio : Regulus ignicapillus
WARBLERS 

 

Blackcap

Audio: Sylvia atricapilla
WAGTAILS

Grey Wagtail

Audio: (Motacillia cinerea)
WAGTAILS

Yellow Wagtail

Audio : Motacilla flava
 WAGTAILS

 

Pied wagtail

 Motacilla alba
PIPPITS

 

Tree Pippit

Anthus trivialis
Audio: Tree Pippit
PIPPITS 
 

 Meadow Pippit

Audio: Anthus pratensiS
 
 BUNTINGS
 

 Corn Bunting

Millaria callandra
 BUNTINGS

Reed Bunting

Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoenicurius
  BUNTINGS 

Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla
.
BUNTINGS

Yellow Hammer

Yellow Hammer

Audio: Emberiza citrinella
 BUNTINGS

Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis
 THRUSHES & CHATS

Redwing  

Redwing

Turdus iliacus
THRUSHES & CHATS

Mistle Thrush

 Mistle Thrush

Ausio: Turdus viscivorus
THRUSHES & CHATS 

 

Song  Thrush

Audio: Turdus philomelo
 THRUSHES & CHATS  

Blackbird

Audio: (Turdus merula)
 THRUSHES & CHATS

 

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris
 THRUSHES & CHATS

 
Redstart

Audio: Phoenocurus phoenocurus
THRUSHES & CHATS 

Robin

Audio : (Eritacus rubicula)
 THRUSHES & CHATS 

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra
 THRUSHES & CHATS

Stonechat

Stonechat

Saxicola torquata 
NUTHATCHES

Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatus

 
WAXWINGS

Waxwing

Waxwing

Audio: Bombycilla garrulus

 FLYCATCHERS 

Spotted Flycatcher


Spotted Flycatcher

Musciapa striata
NUTHATCHES

Nuthatch

Audio: Sita europaea
 

 FLYCATCHERS 

Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

DIPPER

 

Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

CUCKOOS

Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus
LARKS

 Skylark

Skylark

Audio: Alauda arvensis
WRENS

 

Wren

Audio: Troglodytes
troglodytes
  SWALLOWS

Swallow

Swallow

Hirundo rustica
SWIFTS
 

 Swift

Swift

Audio: (Apus apus)
  SPARROW

House Sparrow

Audio: Passer domesticus
 SPARROW

Dunnock

Dunnock

Audio: Prunella modularis
 STARLINGS 

Starling

Starling
Audio: Sturnis vulgaris
 WOODPECKERS
Green woodpecker

Green woodpecker

Audio: Picus viridis
WOODPECKERS

 Grt Spotted Woodpecker

Grt Spotted Woodpecker

Audio: Dendrocopos major
WOODPECKERS

Wryneck

Wryneck

Jynx torquilla
 WILDFOWL

Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose

Anser anser
WILDFOWL 

Canada Geese

Canada Geese

Audio: Branta canadensis
WILDFOWL
 

 Barnacle Goose

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis
 WILDFOWL

Mallard
Mallard

Audio: Anus platyrhynchoa
WILDFOWL 
 

Goosander

Mergus merganser

 WILDFOWL

Teal  
Teal

Audio :Anas craccus 
 WILDFOWL

Pochard

Aythya ferina
WILDFOWL 
 
 

Shelduck

 

Tadorna tadorna
WILDFOWL 
 
 

Shoveller 

 

Anas clypeata
WILDFOWL

 

Mute Swan

Cygnus olur
WILDFOWL
 

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus
WILDFOWL
 

 

Bewicks Swan

Cygnus columbianus
CRAKES & RAILS

Coot

Audio: Fulica atra
 CRAKES & RAILS

Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus
 CRAKES & RAILS
 
 

Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus
HERONS

Heron

Audio: Ardea cinerea
HERONS

Bittern

Botaurus stellarus
 HERONS

Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
 

HERONS

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

 
CROWS

Rook

Audio: Corvus frugilegus
CROWS
  Magpie

Magpie

Audio : Song: Pica pica
CROWS

Carrion Crow

Carrion Crow

Audio Corvus corone corone
CROWS
 

 

Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
CROWS
 

 Jay

Audio: Garrulus glandarius
 CROWS

 

 Jackdaw

Ausio: Corvus mondula
BIRDS PREY
Marsh Harrier

Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosis
 BIRDS PREY

 

Hen Harrier

Circus cyanus
 CROWS

Raven

Corvus corax
 
BIRDS PREY

Harris Hawk

Audio :Parabuteo unicinctus
BIRDS PREY

Kestrel

Audio: (Falco tinnunculus)
 
BIRDS PREY

Merlin

Audio : (Falco columbarius)
BIRDS PREY 

Peregrine Falcon

Audio : (Falco perigrinus)
BIRDS PREY

Red Kite

Audio : (Milvus milvus)
 BIRDS PREY

Common Buzzard

Audio:Buteo buteo
BIRDS PREY

Sparrow Hawk

Accipiter nisus
 
OWLS 

Barn Owl

Barn Owl

Audio: (Tita alba)
OWLS 

 Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl

Audio: Strix aluco)
OWLS 

 Little Owl

Little Owl

Audio :(Athene noctua)
OWLS 

 

Short Eared Owl

Ausio: Asio flammeus
 OWLS 

Long Eared Owl

Long Eared Owl

Audio:Asio otus
OWLS

 

Eagle Owl

Audio :(Bubo Bubo )
GULLS
Common Gull

Common Gull

Larus canus
GULLS

Herring Gull

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus
GULLS 

 Black Headed Gull

Black Headed Gull

Audio: (Larus ridibundus)
GULLS

 Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla
 GULLS


Lesser Black Backed

Larus fuscus
 GULLS

Gannet

Morus bassanus

OYSTERCATCHERS

Oyster Catcher

Haematopus ostralegus
 TERNS

Common Tern

Common Tern

Sterna hirunda
 TERNS
Sandwich Tern

 Sandwich Tern

Sterna sandivecensis

SANDPIPERS & ALLIES

 

Turnstone

Arenaria interpres
 SANDPIPERS & ALLIES

 Curlew
Curlew

Audio: Numenius arquata
 SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 

Greenshank

Greenshank

Tringa nebularia
SANDPIPERS & ALLIES  

Grey Phalerope

Grey Phalerope

 SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallina
 SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 

Dunlin  

Dunlin

Calidris alpina
  SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 

Sandpiper

Sandpiper

Actitus hypoleucos

  SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 

Redshank

Redshank

Tringa totanus
WADERS

Ruff

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

  SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 

 
 
Wood & Green Sandpiper

Tringa glareola
Tringa ochropus
PLOVERS

Dotterel

Dotterel

Charadrius morinellus
PLOVERS
 

 Lapwing

Audio: Vanellus vanellus
GAME BIRDS

Pheasant

Pheasant

Audio :Phasianus Colchicus
AVOCETS & STILTS

Avocet  

Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta
KINGFISHERS

 

Kingfisher

Audio: Alcedo atthis
 PIGEONS

Woodpigeon

Audio: Palumba columbus
 PIGEONS & DOVES

Stock Dove

Colombo oenas
 PIGEONS & DOVES

Turtle dove

Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur
CORMORANTS

Comorant

Comorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

 

CORMORANTS

Shag

 Shag

Phalacrocorax aristotilis
GREBES  

Red Necked Grebe  

Red Necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena


Great Crested Grebe


Great Cresteed Grebe


Podiceps cristatus

 

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A
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
B
Barn Owl Tita alba
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Bittern Botaurus stellarus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Black Headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Blue Tit Parus caerulus
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Bunting,Corn Millaria callandra
Bunting, Little Emberiza pusilla
Bunting, Snow Plectrophenax nivalis
Buzzard, Common Buteo buteo
C
Coal Tit Parus ater
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebe
Canada Geese Branta canadensis
Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone
Coot Fulica atra
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Corn Bunting Millaria callandra
Cuckoo Cuculus canoris
Curlew Numenius arquata
D
Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
Dove, Collared Streptopelia decaocto
Dove , Stock Colombo oenas
Dove , Turtle
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Dunnock Prunella modularis
E
Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
Egret, Little Athene noctua
F
Falcon, Peregrine
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
G
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Great Tit
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Grebe , Red Necked Podiceps grisegena
Greenfinch Carduelis Chloris
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Greylag Anser anser
Grey Phalerope
Grey Wagatail Motacillia cinerea
Gull, Common Larus canus
H
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Harris Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Harrier, Hen Circus cyanus
Harrier, Marsh Circus aeruginosis
Heron Ardea cinerea
Heron , Night Nycticorax nycticorax
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
I
J
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Jackdaw Corvus mondula
K
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Kite, Red Milvus milvus
 
L
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Linnet carduelis carabina
Little Egret
Little Owl Athene noctua
Long Tailed Tit Aegthalos caudatus
M
Magpie Pica pica
Mallard Anus platyrhynchoa
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosis
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Meadow Pippit
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
N
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Nuthatch Sita europaea
O
Owl Barn Tita alba
Owl, Eagle Bubo Bubo
Owl, Long Eared Asio otus
Owl, Little
Owl, Tawny Strix aluco
Oyster Catcher Haematopus ostralegus
P
Peregrine Falcon Falc falco
Pheasant Phasianus Colchicus
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Pippit Meadow Anthus pratensis
Pippit, Tree Anthus trivialis
Pochard Aythya ferina
 
Q
R
Raven Corvus corax
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Red Poll Carduellis flammea
Redstart Phoenocurus phoenocurus
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Redshank Tringa totanus
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoenicurius
Robin Eritacus rubicula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
S
Sandpiper Actitus hypoleucos
Serin Serinus serinus
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotilis
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Shoveller  Anas clypeata
Siskin Carduella spinus
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Sparrow Hawk Accipiter nisus
Spotted Flycatcher Musciapa striata
Stonechat Saxicola torquata
Swallow Hirundo rustica
Swan, Bewick Cygnus columbianus
Swan, Mute Cygnus olur
Swan , Whooper Cygnus cygnus
Swift Apus apus
 
T
 
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Teal Anas craccus
Tern Common Sterna hirunda
Tern Sandwich Sterna sandivecensis
Tit ,Blue Parus caerulus
Tit, Coal Parus ater
Tit,Great Parus major
Tit , Long Tailed Aegthalos caudatus
Tit, Willow Parus montanus
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Twite Carduellis flavirostris
U
V
W
Wagtail, Pied Motacilla alba
Wagtail, Yellow Motacilla flava
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Willow Tit Parus montanus
Whitethroat Common Sylvia communia
Woodpigeon Palumba columbus
Woodpecker, Great Spotted Dendrocopos major
Woodpecker, Green Picus viridis
Wood Warbler
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Wryneck
 
X
Y
Yellow Hammer Emberiza citrinella
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Z

 

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