BIRDS

Common Whitethroat

A Common Whitethroat singing very loudly on the top of a bush at Durlston Country Park, Swanage, Dorset

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kingfisher

A male Kingfisher on his fishing perch on the River Stour at Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve.

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buzzard

A Buzzard flying overhead

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KESTREL

Kestrel hovering looking for prey at Swyre Head, Jurassic Coast, Dorset

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great-spotted woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker leaving it's nest high up in a tree at Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve, Bournemouth, Dorset

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great crested grebe

Great Crested Grebe in mating plumage at Longham Lakes, Dorset

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bearded tit (male)

A male Bearded Tit feeding on seeds at Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve, Hampshire

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grey heron

A Grey Heron taking off at WWT London

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robin

A Robin singing very loudly at Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve

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black-headed gull

A Black Headed Gull about to catch a Mayfly on the River Stour at Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve, Bournemouth, Dorset

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treecreeper

A Treecreeper with a beak full of food at Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve in Bournemouth Dorset

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fulmars

Fulmar approaching it's cliff edge nest at Durlston Country Park, Swanage

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Mute Swan Cygnets, Abbotsbury

two Mute Swan cygnets on their nest at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset

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Mute Swan

A Mute Swan close up at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset

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grey Heron

A Grey Heron on the edge of the weir on the River Stour at Pamphill near Wimborne in Dorset

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Turnstones

Two Turnstones on a groyne with another one peeping around to see what's going on!
This was at Titchfield Haven in Hampshire

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cormorant

A Cormorant drying it's wings at Alder Hills Nature Reserve, Poole, Dorset

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greylag goose

A Greylag Goose getting in a flap and stretching it's wings at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Arundel in West Sussex

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mute swan & black swan

A Black Swan and Mute Swan swimming side by side in Poole Park Dorset

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cormorant

A Cormorant in the shadows at Hatch Pond Nature Reserve in Poole, Dorset

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tufted duck (male)

A Male Tufted Duck swimming head on with the late afternoon winter sun making reflections in the water. This was at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust London

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magpie

A Magpie collecting and caching an acorn in the autumn

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mandarin (male)

A Male Mandarin Duck at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust London

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jackdaw

A portrait of a Jackdaw at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust London

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dartford warbler

A Dartford Warbler perched on a Gorse bush, surveying it's territory.

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canada geese

A Canada Goose family with twelve goslings at Longham Lakes Nature Reserve in Dorset

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greylag goose gosling

A greylag Goose gosling in Poole Park Dorset

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corn bunting

A Corn Bunting on a fence post at National Trust Badbury Rings in Dorset

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bullfinch

A stunning male Bullfinch captured whilst on a short break in mid Devon.

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kestrel (mating pair)

A pair of Kestrels mating on the cliff edge at Durlston Country Park, Swanage, Dorset

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black tailed godwit

A Black Tailed Godwit in winter plumage feeding at RSPB Lodmoor in Weymouth, Dorset

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Oystercatcher

An Oystercatcher feeding at low tide at Sandbanks in Poole Dorset

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Stonechat (male)

A male Stonechat in breeding plumage on top of a gorse bush at Morden Bog Nature Reserve in Dorset

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Log Tailed Tit (juvenile)

A juvenile Long Tailed Tit looking very cute perched on a branch in the garden.

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Starling (juvenile)

A juvenile Starling just getting it's adult plumage

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Little Egret

A Little Egret taking off on the River Stour at Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve

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Coot with chick

An adult Coot feeding a chick at Longham Lakes Nature Reserve in Dorset

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Great Crested Grebe

A Great Crested Grebe swallowing a fish at Longham Lakes Nature Reserve in Dorset

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Avocet

An Avocet stretching it's wings at Slimbridge Wildlfowl and Wetlands Trust.

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peregrine falcon

A Peregrine Falcon hunting for prey along the cliff edge at Durlston Country Park, Swanage Dorset

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Herring gull

a Herring Gull making a lot of noise at RSPB Lodmoor in Weymouth, Dorset

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