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OTHER BIRDS
BLACKBIRD
A much-loved garden bird, the blackbird is famous for its harmonious song. In winter, our resident birds are joined by migrants from Scandinavia and the Baltics.
BLUE TIT
A familiar garden bird, the blue tit can be seen around bird tables and feeders, as well as in woodlands and parks. It is smaller than the great tit.
CHAFFINCH
The chaffinch is a very common, sparrow-sized finch of gardens, woodland, parks and farmland.
COAL TIT
The coal tit is mainly found in coniferous woodland, but can also be spotted in gardens and parks. It is smaller than the great tit, but has a similar bicycle pump-like song.
COMMON SANDPIPER
The Common sandpiper is a small wading bird which breeds along fast-moving rivers and near lakes, lochs and reservoirs
CURLEW
The curlew is a very large, tall wader, about the same size as a female pheasant.
DIPPER
The chocolate-brown, plump dipper can often be seen bobbing up and down on a stone in a fast-flowing river. It feeds on underwater insects .
GOLDFINCH
The striking red crown, golden back, and bright yellow wings of the goldfinch make it one of our prettiest garden birds.
GREAT TIT
The largest of the UK's tits, The great tit is a familiar garden bird with a black head, white cheeks, green back, yellow belly and black stripe down its breast.
GREY WAGTAIL
A breeding bird of fast-flowing, upland rivers, the grey wagtail can also be seen in lowland areas, farmyards and even towns in winter.
LAPWING
LESSER REDPOLL
The lesser redpoll is a small finch of mixed woodland, birch scrub and wet woodland. It spends much of its time feeding on seeds and invertebrates in tall trees, especially Birch, Alder and Larch
LONG TAILED TIT
Living up to its name, the long-tailed tit can be easily recognised by its long tail. It is a small, pretty, pink, black and white bird that can be seen in woodlands, gardens and parks.
MISTLE THRUSH
The mistle thrush is a large songbird, commonly found in parks, gardens, woodland and scrub.
NUTHATCH
The nuthatch is a tit-sized, grey and rust-coloured bird that can be easily spotted climbing headfirst down tree trunks in woodlands and parks.
OYSTER CATCHER
PIED FLYCATCHER
The pied flycatcher is a small, black-and-white bird of mature woodland, parks and gardens, with a preference for oak trees.
REDSTART
An elegant, robin-sized chat, the redstart is a summer visitor, arriving here in April and leaving in September.
ROBIN
The robin is one of the most familiar birds of the UK, regularly visiting gardens.
SISKIN
The siskin is a relatively common, small finch of conifer woodlands and some mixed woods.
SNIPE
A medium-sized wader, the snipe lives in marshes, wet grassland and moorlands, where it nests in simple scrapes.
TREECREEPER
A slim, tit-sized bird, the treecreeper has a long, pointed tail and a fine, downwards-curved bill. Treecreepers climb up trees in a spiral around the trunk.
WHEATEAR
A Robin-sized chat, the wheatear is a summer visitor, arriving here in early March and leaving in September.
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