Birds and animals on holiday
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Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Shoveller (Anas clypeata)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Greylag goose (Anser anser)
Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); not visually distinguished from Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), but we also heard -
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Rock dove (Columba livia)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Common gull (Larus canus)
Lesser blackback (Larus fuscus)
Great blackback (Larus marinus)
Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Great skua (Stercorarius skua)
Sandwich tern (Sterna sandviciencis)
Shetland starling (Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Shetland wren (Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Guillemot (Uria aale)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Brown hare (Lepus europaeus)
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Rabbit (Orycolagus cuniculus)
Common seal (Phoca vitulina)
Hermit crab (Paguroidea)
And domestic:
- goose
- duck
- hen
- turkey
- horse
- cow
- sheep
- pig
I make that sixty-one species of wild bird.
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Shoveller (Anas clypeata)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Greylag goose (Anser anser)
Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); not visually distinguished from Rock pipit (Anthus petrosus), but we also heard -
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Rock dove (Columba livia)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Red-throated diver (Gavia stellata)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Common gull (Larus canus)
Lesser blackback (Larus fuscus)
Great blackback (Larus marinus)
Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Great skua (Stercorarius skua)
Sandwich tern (Sterna sandviciencis)
Shetland starling (Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Shetland wren (Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Guillemot (Uria aale)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Brown hare (Lepus europaeus)
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Rabbit (Orycolagus cuniculus)
Common seal (Phoca vitulina)
Hermit crab (Paguroidea)
And domestic:
- goose
- duck
- hen
- turkey
- horse
- cow
- sheep
- pig
I make that sixty-one species of wild bird.