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Cranes at Upton Marshes (credit: David Brooker)

Birds

Great Crested Grebe

Grebes and divers

Fulmar

Seabirds

Goldeneye

Waterfowl

Bittern

Herons, egrets, spoonbill and crane

White-tailed eagle in flight

Birds of prey

Black grouse males lekking

Grouse, partridges, pheasant and quail

Common Snipe

Wading birds

Turtle dove

Pigeons and doves

Kingfisher in flight

Woodpeckers, cuckoo, kingfisher and waxwing

Sand martin

Swallows, swift, martins and nightjar

Ring-necked parakeet

Parakeet

Pied wagtail

Larks, sparrows, pipits, wagtails and dunnock

Dipper

Thrushes, chats, flycatchers, starling, dipper and wren

Marsh tit

Tits, crests and warblers

Hooded Crow

Crows and shrikes

Siskin

Finches and buntings

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