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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

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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

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Hooded Crow

Crows and shrikes

Siskin

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