Birds > Auks & Puffins
The Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) is an eccentric, highly social pelagic alcid native to the icy, tempestuous waters of the northern Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Renowned for its theatrical appearance, this small seabird sports a jaunty, forward-arching...
Birds > Rollers
The Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), also known simply as the Dollarbird, is a charismatic, athletic aerial predator in the roller family Coraciidae. Widely distributed across the Asia-Pacific region, it earned its common name from early European...
Birds > Passerines
The Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is widely acclaimed as the most radiantly beautiful and musical of all European leaf warblers. A long-distance migrant from equatorial Africa, this bright jewel arrives in May to inhabit majestic, mature oak and beech woods....
Birds > Passerines
The Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is an exquisite master of aerial flycatching and one of the latest summer migrants to arrive in European woodlands. Belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, this unassuming, grey-brown songbird possesses...
Birds > Passerines
The Dartford Warbler (Curruca undata) is the supreme spirit of the wild, purple-clad lowland heathlands of Western Europe. Belonging to the typical warbler family Sylviidae, this petite, long-tailed songbird lives an elusive existence inside prickly gorse bushes and...
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