British Birds

Photos of wild birds taken around northern England and Scotland.

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AVOCET 04A - Avocets feeding on the tideline

Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta.
Avocets feeding on an outgoing tide.

BLACKBIRD 00A - Blackbird

Blackbird - Turdus merula.
Blackbird and ivy in woodland.

BLACKBIRD 01A - Female blackbird

Blackbird - Turdus merula.
Female blackbird sitting on a post.

BUZZARD 00A - Buzzard on post

Buzzard - Buteo buteo.
Buzzard sitting on a telegraph post.

BUZZARD 03A - Buzzard in flight

Common buzzard - Buteo buteo.
Buzzard in flight.

CHAFFINCH 01B - Chaffinch

Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs.
A colourful male chaffinch on a dead branch with lichen.

CHIFFCHAFF 01A - Chiffchaff

Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita.
Chiffchaff in tree.

COOT 00A - Coot on nest

Coot - Fulica atra.
Coot sitting on nest at Glasson Dock.

COOT 02A - Coot with chick

Coot - Fulica atra.
Coot and chick

COOT 03A - Coot chick

Coot - Fulica atra.
Coot chick in the reeds, Glasson Dock.

CORMORANT 02A - Cormorant silhouette

Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo.

CROW 01B - Carrion crow

Carrion crow - Corvus corone

CROW 04A - Hooded crow on the seashore

Hooded crow - Corvus cornix.
Hooded crow on the coastline of the Scottish Isle of Mull.

CROW 10A - Hooded crow

Hooded crow - Corvus cornix.
Hooded crow sitting on a coastal rock on the Scottish Isle of Mull.

DUCK 05A - Tufted duck

Tufted duck - Aythya fuligula.
Tufted duck swimming in a pond.

DUNLIN 10A - Dunlin and oystercatcher

Dunlin - Calidris alpina.
Dunlin and oystercatcher crowded onto a small rock in Morecambe Bay.

DUNNOCK 01B - Dunnock

Dunnock - Prunella modularis.
Dunnock on a tree.

EAGLE 00A - Golden eagle

Golden eagle - Aquila chrysaetos.
Golden eagle head detail.

EAGLE 10A - White-tailed eagle

White-tailed eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla.
White-tailed eagle head detail.

EAGLE 11A - White-tailed eagle

White-tailed eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla - sea eagle.

EGRET 01A - Little egret

Little egret - Egretta garzetta.

EGRET 02A - Little egret

Little egret - Egretta garzetta.

EGRET 04A - Little egrets

Little egrets - Egretta garzetta.
Little egrets at leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve, Silverdale in Lancashire.

EGRET 10A - Great white egret

Great whitte egret - Ardea alba

EIDER 01A - Eider

Eider - Somateria mollissima.
The eider is the UK's heaviest duck. This eider was one of many around Seahouses Harbour in Northumberland.

EIDER 02A - Eider

Eider - Somateria mollissima.
Eider at seahouses.

FALCON 01B - Peregrine falcon

Peregrine falcon - Falco peregrinus.
Spotted: Peregrine with prey.

FULMAR 01A - Fulmar

Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis.
A fulmar from a colony on the sea cliffs near Craster in Northumberland.

GODWIT 01A - Bar-tailed godwit

Bar-tailed godwit - Limosa lapponica.
Bar-tailed godwit in winter plumage, foraging in estuary mud.

GOLDFINCH 00B - Goldfinch

Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis..
Goldfinch sitting on a twig.

GOLDFINCH 01A - Goldfinch on feeder

Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis.
Goldfinch on feeder.

GOOSE 01A - canada goose

Canada goose - Branta canadensis.
Canada Goose in a river.

GOOSE 02A - Canada goose

Canada goose - Branta canadensis.

GOOSE 10A - Greylag Goose

Greylag goose - Anser anser.

GREBE 10A - Little grebe - dabchick

Little grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis - dabchick

GREBE 10B - Little grebe - dabchick

Little grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis - dabchick. Little grebe with a three-spined stickleback - Gasterosteus aculaeatus.

GREENFINCH 01A - Greenfinch

Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris.

GROUSE 02A - Red grouse

Red grouse - Lagopus lagopus.
Juvenile male red grouse in heather.

GROUSE 03A - Red grouse

Red grouse - Lagopus lagopus.
Female red grouse on a wall.

GUILLEMOT 03A - Guillemot

Guillemot - Uria aalge

GUILLEMOT 03A - Guillemots on St Bees Head

Guillemot - Uria aalge.
Guillemots on the red sandstone cliffs of St Bees Head, St Bees, Cumbria.

GULL 00B - Herring gull

Herring gull - Larus argentatus.
An aggresive herring gull demanding food.

GULL 10A - Black-headed gull

Black headed gull - Larus ridibundus.

GULL 12A - Black-headed gull on nest

Black-headed gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus.
Black headed gull sitting on nest.

HERON 00A - Grey heron

Grey heron - Ardea cinerea.

HERON 01C - Grey heron

Grey heron - Ardea cinerea.
Grey heron standing beside Clapham Beck in the Yorkshire Dales.

HERON 02A Grey heron

Grey heron - Ardea cinerea.
Grey heron standing beside Clapham Waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales.

JACKDAW 01A - Jackdaw

Jackdaw - Coloeus monedula.
Jackdaw head detail.

KESTREL 023A - Kestrel on falconer's glove

Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus.
Kestrel perched on a falconer's glove.

KESTREL 04A - Kestrel

Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus.
Kestrel sitting on a fellside rock at the top of Botcher Gill Nook, Gunnerside Gill in Swaledale.

KITTIIWAKE 01A - Kittiwake

Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla. Kittiwake on the cliffs of Inner Farne.

KNOT 05A - A flock of knots

Knot - Calidris canutus.
A flock of knots on the seashore at Walney Island, Cumbria, UK.

LAPWING 01A - Lapwing

Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus.

LAPWING 04A - Lapwing chick

Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus.
Lapwing chick.

MALLARD 01A - Mallard

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos.

MALLARD 02A - Mallard

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos.
Mallard head detail.

MALLARD 03A - Mallard diving

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos.
Mallard diving.

MOORHEN 02A - Moorhen

Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus.
Moorhen head detail.

NUTCHATCH 01A - Nuthatch

Nuthatch - Sitta europaea.
Nuthatch on the branch of a tree

NUTCHATCH 01B - Nuthatch

Nuthatch - Sitta europaea

OWL 00A - Tawny Owl

Tawny owl - Strix aluco.
Tawny owl head detail.

OWL 05A - Barn Owl

Barn owl - Tyto alba.
Barn owl head detail.

OWL 10B - Little owl

Little owl - Athene noctua

OYSTERCATCHER 01A - Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus.

OYSTERCATCHER 04A - Oystercatchers

Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus.
Oystercatchers on the incoming tide.

OYSTERCATCHER 10A - Oystercatchers and Knots

Oystercatchers and knots on the seashore of Walney Island, Cumbria.

PARTRIDGE 02A - Red- legged partridge

Red legged partridge - Alectoris rufa.
Red legged partidge on the moors.

PHEASANT 00A - Cock pheasant displaying

Cock pheasant - Phasianus colchicus.
Cock pheasant displaying in the springtime.

PHEASANT 01A - Hen pheasant

Hen Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus

PIGEON 10A - Wood pigeon

Wood pigeon - Columba palumbus

PIGEON - Racing pigeon

Racing pigeon

PINTAIL 01B - Pintail

Pintail - Anas acuta.

PIPIT 00a - Meadow pipit

Meadow pipit - Anthus pratensisMeadow pipit sitting on a rock.

PIPIT 00B - Meadow pipit

Meadow pipit - Anthus pratensis.
Meadow pipit on fellside

PIPIT 00C - Meadow pipit

Meadow pipit - Anthus pratensis.
Meadow pipit on a fence with a crane fly.

PLOVER 01A - Ringed plover

Ringed plover - Charadrius hiaticula.
Ringed plover on a rocky beach

PUFFIN 01A - Puffin

Puffin - Fratercula arctica - sea parrot.
Puffin on the Farne Islands, Northumberland.

PUFFIN 01B - Puffin

Puffin - Fratercula arctica - sea parrot

PUFFIN 02B - Puffins

Puffin - Fratercula arctica - sea parrot.
Puffins on the Farne Islands.

RAVEN 03A - Lunchtime

Raven - Corvus corax.
Flying raven carrying the entrails of a lamb that it has just killed.

RAZORBILL 01A - Razorbill

Razorbill - Alca torda.
Razorbill on the Farne Islands, Northumberland.

RAZORBILL 02A - Razorbill

Razorbill - Alca torda.
Razorbill head detail.

RAZORBILL 03A - Razorbills on St. Bees Head

Razorbill - Alca torda.
Razorbills on the red sandstone cliffs of St. Bees Head on the west coast of Cumbria.

REDPOLL 03A - Lesser redpoll

Lesser redpoll - Carduelis cabaret.
Lesser redpoll on garden feeder.

REDSHANK 01A - Redshank

Redshank - Tringa totanus.

REDSHANK 01B - Redshank

Redshank - Tringa totanus.

REDSHANK 01C - Redshank

Redshank - Tringa totanus

ROBIN 02A - Robin

Robin - Erithacus rubecula.
Robin sitting on garden fence.

SANDERLING 01A - Sanderling

Sanderling - Calidris alba.
Sanderling on the seashore.

SANDPIPER 01A - Purple sandpiper

Purple sandpiper - Calidris maritima.
Purple sandpiper on the Farne Islands.

SHAG 00A - Juvenile shag

Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis.
Juvenile shag on post.

SHAG 01A - Shag

Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis.
Shag in breeding plumage on the Farne Islands, Northumberland.

SHELDUCK 01A - Shelduck

Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna.
Shelduck on a shingle beach.

SHOVELER 01A - Shoveler

Shoveler - Anas clypeata.
Male shoveller.

SHOVELER 02A - Shoveler

Shoveler - Anas clypeata.
Female shoveler

SISKIN 00A - Siskin on feeder

Siskin - Carduelis spinus.
Siskin on feeder.

SISKIN 01A - siskin

Siskin - Carduelis spinus.
Siskin on branch.

SISKIN 03A - Siskins on feeder

Siskin - Carduelis spinus.
Male and female siskins on feeder

SNIPE 02A - Snipe

Snipe - Gallinago gallinago - Jack Snipe

SPARROW 01A - House sparrow

House sparrow - Passer domesticus.
House sparrow on a garden lawn.