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Black Grouse, Capercaillie, Red Grouse and Ptarmigan Photo
WEBMay 14, 2018 · Black Grouse (Deeside, Flintshire, 26 April 2011). This evocative image shows lekking Black Grouse at their best: glossy black with bright red ‘combs’, drooped wings and prominent inflated white undertail coverts. Best of all, however, this photograph captures beautifully the dramatic settings in which these magnificent birds perform their ...
Sightings - BirdGuides
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Sawbill photo ID guide - BirdGuides
WEBDec 16, 2018 · Sawbill photo ID guide. The 'sawbill' ducks are a strange group, their slim, saw-toothed bills supremely adapted to catching fish underwater. There are only six extant species in the world, two of which (Brazilian and Scaly-sided Mergansers) are beyond the scope of this article, but the other four species are all on the British list.
Focus on: European Honey Buzzard - BirdGuides
WEBJun 12, 2022 · In Britain, European Honey Buzzard is on the extreme edge of its distribution, and so rises and falls in the population are to be expected. The latest Rare Birds Breeding panel (RBBP) report (2018) gives a figure of 40 breeding pairs in the UK, but the actual number is surely more than 100. Southern …
Patagonia - tracking down Hooded Grebe - BirdGuides
WEBMar 5, 2017 · The Strobel Plateau is an important breeding area for the grebe. The birds move up here in the summer months after wintering out to sea off the east coast of Patagonia. Encouragingly, the previous season had seen a high productivity rate among the breeding grebes. However, the plateau does have its downfalls.
Bewick's and Whooper Swans - BirdGuides
WEBJan 1, 2010 · Bewick’s is the smallest of our swans and, at about four feet in length (c120 cm) it is about four-fifths the size of Whooper, which measures in at about five feet (c150 cm) similar to Mute Swan. However, Bewick’s is only about two-thirds the weight of Whooper. In the field, these measurements manifest themselves in Bewick’s being smaller ...
Rare Western Palearctic birds: Brown Fish Owl - BirdGuides
WEBApr 27, 2012 · Until very recently, Brown Fish Owl was a near-mythical species within the boundaries of the Western Palearctic. Before 2000 there were only a handful of known records from the region, including just one 20th-century sighting from Turkey (van den Berg et al., 2009).The species was formerly resident in Israel, although the last documented record was in 1975.
Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup photo ID guide
WEBNov 29, 2019 · This bird shows a small, rather Lesser Scaup-like head combined with a rather Tufted Duck-like rear crown tuft and a large bulky Greater Scaup-like body. The mantle is grey but appears very smooth, lacking even the soft vermiculations of Greater Scaup, while the bill shows extensive dark at the bill tip.
Snow Bunting photo ID guide - BirdGuides
WEBJan 26, 2022 · Snow Bunting (Helsinki, Finland, 25 March 2006). Snow Buntings are a real delight, the flashing white plumage of flying flocks aptly likened to snowflakes. This group of males looks truly stunning against a crisp blue sky (Tomi Muukkonen / www.agami.nl). Snow Bunting is a remarkable species, a real High Arctic specialist and the world's most ...
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