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This brown, long-tailed bird, is usually seen flying rapidly across the top of a reedbed. Do you know what it is?
British Birds - Miscellaneous 03
Birds have unique digestive and respiratory systems that are highly adapted for flight. Some birds, especially corvids and parrots, are among the most intelligent animal species; a number of bird species have been observed manufacturing and using tools, and many social species exhibit cultural transmission of knowledge across generations.
1 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Andrew Easton
Yellow-legged Gull
Bearded Tit
Wood Pigeon
Spotted Flycatcher
- Group: Old World Flycatchers
- Binomial: Muscicapa striata
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Status: Breeding Summer Visitor
- They like to perch conspicuously and watch for passing insects, flying out to snap them up, before returning to the perch.
- Best looked for along woodland edges and in parks and gardens.
2 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Artur Mikolajewski
Mealy Redpoll
Wood Pigeon
Common Chiffchaff
Whinchat
- Group: Thrushes
- Binomial: Saxicola rubetra
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Turdidae
- Status: Breeding Summer Visitor & Passage Migrant
- Its scientific name means 'small rock-dweller', in reference to its habitat.
- These birds are short-lived, typically only surviving two years.
3 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Mark Medcalf
Pied Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
White Stork
Mealy Redpoll
- Group: Old World Flycatchers
- Binomial: Ficedula hypoleuca
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Status: Breeding Summer Visitor
- They prefer mature oak woodland, but also breed in mature upland ash and birch woods.
- They also like lichens that grow on trees.
- Nest boxes are not likely to be required.
4 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Kai Schreiber
White Stork
Bearded Tit
Common Chiffchaff
Whinchat
- Group: Storks
- Binomial: Ciconia ciconia
- Order: Ciconiiformes
- Family: Ciconiidae
- Status: Scarce Migrant, Formerly Bred
- This conspicuous bird has given rise to many legends across its range, of which the best-known is the story of babies being brought by them.
- They rely on the uplift of air thermals to soar and glide long distances.
5 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Tristan Ferne
Mealy Redpoll
Wood Pigeon
Bearded Tit
Pied Flycatcher
- Group: Pigeons and Doves
- Binomial: Columba palumbus
- Order: Columbiformes
- Family: Columbidae
- Status: Resident Breeding Species
- Birds have a prominent white area around their neck, eyes are bright yellow and legs and bills are pink
- On the ground they "Waddle"!
- In frosty weather huge flocks devour farmers crops
6 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Hans Hillewaert
Spotted Flycatcher
Common Chiffchaff
Turtle Dove
Bearded Tit
- Group: Old World Warblers
- Binomial: Phylloscopus collybita
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Sylviidae
- Status: Breeding Summer Visitor
- Its song is one of the first avian signs that spring has returned.
- The male is highly territorial during the breeding season, with a core territory typically 20 metres (66 ft) across, which is fiercely defended.
7 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Simon Pierre Barrette
Spotted Flycatcher
Wood Pigeon
Mealy Redpoll
Common Chiffchaff
- Group: Finches
- Binomial: Carduelis flammea
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Fringillidae
- Status: Winter Visitor And Passage Migrant
- It is streaky brown above and whitish below with black streaks.
- It shows two white lines on the wing.
- Eats small seeds from birch, alder and spruce, and insects.
8 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of Alvesgaspar
Yellow-legged Gull
Wood Pigeon
Mealy Redpoll
Common Chiffchaff
- Group: Gulls
- Binomial: Larus michahellis
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Laridae
- Status: Non-Breeding Late-Summer Visitor And Passage Migrant
- Has only recently been recognised as a species in its own right.
- Can be found on reservoirs, on rubbish tips, in fields, on coastal marshes and in large evening gull roosts on reservoirs.
9 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of David King
Common Chiffchaff
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Turtle Dove
- Group: Pigeons and Doves
- Binomial: Streptopelia turtur
- Order: Columbiformes
- Family: Columbidae
- Status: Breeding Summer Visitor
- Perhaps because of Biblical references (especially the well-known verse from the Song of Songs), its mournful voice and the fact that it forms strong pair bonds, these birds have become emblems of devoted love.
10 .
What is the name of this bird?
Photograph courtesy of www.wolframs-naturfotos.de
Yellow-legged Gull
Whinchat
Bearded Tit
Wood Pigeon
- Group: Babblers
- Binomial: Panurus biarmicus
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Timaliidae
- Status: Resident Breeding Species
- A brown, long-tailed bird, usually seen flying rapidly across the top of a reedbed.
- They are sociable and noisy, their 'ping' calls often being the first clue to their presence.
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