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Water Pipit |
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Anthus spinoletta |
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Water Rail |
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Rallus aquaticus |
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Waxwing |
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Bombycilla garrulus |
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Wheatear |
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Oenanthe oenanthe |
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Whimbrel |
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Numenius phaeopus |
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Whinchat |
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Saxicola rubetra |
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White-fronted Goose |
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Anser albifrons |
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White-tailed Eagle |
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Haliaeetus albicilla |
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Whitethroat |
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Sylvia communis |
The Whitethroat is larger than the Lesser Whitethroat, being about the same siza as a Great Tit.
Both sexes have chestnut brown wings similat to a House Sparrow and a grey mantle, pink buff breast... |
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Whooper Swan |
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Cygnus cygnus |
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Wigeon |
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Anas penelope |
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Willow Tit |
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Poecile montanus |
The Willow Tit and Marsh tit are very difficult to tell apart but the Willow Tit is scruffier with a duller cap, a larger bib and a pale patch on the wing. It's bulging nape also makes it appear bull... |
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Willow Warbler |
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Phylloscopus trochilus |
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Wood Lark |
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Lullula arborea |
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Wood Pigeon |
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Columba palumbus |
Grey with pinkish breast and white, green and purple ring around the neck. Tail has a black tip, and the wings have a white patch. Yellow eyes, and pink legs and bill. |
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Wood Sandpiper |
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Tringa glareola |
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Wood Warbler |
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Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
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Woodcock |
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Scolopax rusticola |
The Woodcock is a large bulky wading bird with short legs and a very long tapering bill. The plumage is mainly brown to reddish above and buff coloured below with broad wings. Both sexes are similar... |
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Wren |
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Troglodytes troglodytes |
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Wryneck |
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Jynx torquila |
Wrynecks are small sparrow size birds and are greyish overall with brown and buff mottling. They have a contrasting dark band running from the back of their head down |
