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Bird photography by Sandra Palme

Here's a list of the birds that I have been able to photograph so far. Some photos are 'record shots' of my first encounter with a certain bird which will be replaced
with better photos as soon as possible. Please click on the bird names below to view my favourite photos of the species. All images "copyright by Sandra Palme"!

ALPHABETICAL LIST:

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

Bohemian Waxwing
(Bombycilla garrulus)

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Brent Goose (dark-bellied)
(Branta bernicla bernicla)

Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Coal Tit (Periparus ater)

Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Common Nightingale
(Luscinia megarhynchos)

Common Redstart
(Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Common Swift (Apus apus)

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Common Whitethroat

(Sylvia communis)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Coot (Fulica atra)

Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Dark-bellied Brent Goose
(Branta bernicla bernicla)

Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)

Dove, Collared (Streptopelia decaocto)

Dove, Turtle (Streptopelia turtur)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

European Starling

(Sturnus vulgaris)

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

Firecrest
(Regulus ignicapillus)

Gadwall (Anas streperas)

Garden Warbler
(Sylvia borin)

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Great Crested Grebe
(Podiceps cristatus)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos major)

Great Tit (Parus major)

Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

Grey Wagtail
(Motacilla cinerea)

Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

House Martin (Delichon urbicum)

House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Knot (Calidris canuta)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Lesser Redpoll
(Carduelis cabaret)

Lesser Whitethroat
(Sylvia curruca)

Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Magpie (Pica pica)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Meadow Pipit
(Anthus pratensis)

Mealy Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

NorthernWheatear
(Oenanthe oenanthe)

Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus)

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)


Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Pochard (Aythya ferina)

Raven (Corvus corax)

Red Kite (Milvus milvus)

Redpoll, lesser (Carduelis cabaret)

Redpoll, mealy (Carduelis flammea)

Redshank (Tringa totanus)

Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

Red-Breasted Merganser
(Mergus serrator)

Reed bunting
(Emberiza schoeniclus)

Reed Warbler
(Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Ring-necked Parakeet
(Psittacula krameri)


Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)

Scaup (Aythya marila)

Sedge Warbler
(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)

Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Snow bunting
(Plectrophenax nivalis)

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Swift (Apus apus)

Teal (Anas crecca)

Tern, Common (Sterna hirundo)

Tern, Sandwich (Sterna sandvicensis)


Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

Tree Pipit
(Anthus trivialis)

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Willow Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)

Woodlark (Lullula arborea)

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

Tits and allies

marsh tit

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Coal Tit (Periparus ater)

Great Tit (Parus major)

Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)

Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)

blackbird

Thrushes


Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Redwing (Turdus iliacus)

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)

Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)


siskin

Finches

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)

Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)

Siskin (Carduelis spinus)


linnet

pied wagtail
 
Wagtails


Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

 (British) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima)


nuthatch


Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Woodpeckers & Wrynecks


Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

great spotted woodpecker

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Bohemian Waxwing


Starlings

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

starling

hobby

Raptors

Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Red Kite (Milvus milvus)

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

buzzards

Owls

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

short-eared owl

Ducks

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

Goldeneye

Common Teal (Anas crecca)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Pochard (Aythya ferina)

Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Scaup (Aythya marila)

Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

Wigeon (Anas penelope)

mallard

True Geese

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Dark-bellied Brent Goose
(Branta bernicla bernicla)

Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

Canada Goose


Swans

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

moorhen

Rails

Coot (Fulica atra)

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Water rail (Rallus aquaticus)

jackdaw

Corvids:


Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Magpie (Pica pica)

Raven (Corvus corax)


Warblers and Allies

whitethroat

Blackcap
(Sylvia atricapilla)

Cetti's Warbler
(Cettia cetti)

Chiffchaff
(Phylloscopus collybita)

Common Whitethroat
(Sylvia communis)

Dartford Warbler
(Sylvia undata)

Firecrest
(Regulus ignicapillus)

Garden Warbler
(Sylvia borin)

Goldcrest
(Regulus regulus)

Lesser Whitethroat
(Sylvia curruca)

Reed Warbler
(Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

Sedge Warbler
(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)

Willow Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochilus)

Wood Warbler
(Phylloscopus sibilatrix)


stonechat

Old World Flycatchers / Chats


Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

flycatchers


Buntings

reed bunting

Corn bunting (Emberiza calandra)

Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

snow bunting


Larks and Pipits
shore lark

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)

Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Shorelark (Eremophila alpestris)

Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

Woodlark (Lullula arborea)


Sparrows

House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

house sparrow

Wrens and Accentors

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


wren

sand martin

Swallows and Martins

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

House Martin (Delichon urbicum)

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

swallow


Swifts

Common Swift (Apus apus)

kingfisher

Kingfishers (Alcedo atthis)

Waders

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Knot (Calidris canuta)

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)

R
inged Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

redshank


Little Egret
Herons


Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

grey heron

Partridges, Pheasants & Allies

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

pheasant

hoopoe
Other Birds

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)




black-headed gull

Gulls (Laridae)

Black-headed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull


pigeon


Pigeons/Doves (Columbidae):

Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Please note that all of the bird photos in my galleries are "copyright by Sandra Palme" and must not be copied and/or used without my written permission.