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Magpie (Pica pica)
A close-up view of a magpie (Pica pica). The bird was standing on a grass bank and the image was captured against an ocean backdrop at Pendennis Point, Falmouth in Cornwall, England.
Image Ref. 47227-RDA
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Magpies Keeping Watch, Pendennis Point
Two common magpies (Pica pica), keeping watch at Pendennis Point, Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The two birds were using an information board, entitled "Watching the Waterline", as a perch. I saw them return to this board many times. The Point is a favourite spot for locals and visitors to watch ships and boats and the birds were watching for any food particles being dropped by the people.
Image Ref. 47142-RDA
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Black-Headed Gull on a Fence Post
A Black-Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) is pictured standing on the top of a fence post at Branston Water Park in Staffordshire England. The bird is belived to be an adult in its winter plumage. Black-headed gulls are common around this inland location.
Image Ref. 40070-RDA
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Lanna Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
A close-up photo of a trained Lanna Falcon (Falco biarmicus), at the International Centre for Birds of Prey, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, in North Yorkshire, England.
The lanner falcon is a bird which prefers the open countryside; it hunts by horizontal pursuit and takes mainly small bird prey in flight. This powerful bird of prey can be found as far north as the central and eastern Mediterranean and throughout most of Africa. It feeds on birds ranging in size from larks up to the size of ducks and guinea fowl, sometimes domestic poultry and even other falcons. It will also take small mammals, rodents, bats, insects, occasionally carrion and even spiders and scorpions in deserts.
Image Ref. 45607-RDA
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Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
A close-up photo of a trained Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), at the International Centre for Birds of Prey, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, in North Yorkshire, England.
The Steller's Sea Eagle is a large bird of prey and on average, is the heaviest eagle in the world, at about 5 to 9 kg, (11 to 20 lb). In the wild, it can be found in the coastal regions of north-eastern Asia. Its main prey is fish and water birds.
Image Ref. 45505-RDC
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Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
A close-up photo of a trained Common buzzard, (Buteo buteo), at the International Centre for Birds of Prey, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, in North Yorkshire, England. The Common buzzard, previously known as the Eurasian buzzard, eats mainly small mammals, such as pheasant, rabbit and other small mammals, also snakes and lizards and even worms and insects. It prefers to hunt over open land and it breeds in woodlands.
Image Ref. 45498-RDA
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Mute Swan and Cygnet on the Misty River
A Mute Swan, (Anatidae Cygnus olor) and its cygnet; swimming out of the fog and mist, towards the river bank, at Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Image Ref. 26977-RDA
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Mute Swan on Rolleston Pond
A Mute Swan on the pond at Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire, England. This beauty was swimming close to his mate who was sitting on a nest of eggs.
Image Ref. 16364-RDA
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Geese On The Canal
A pair of geese on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Stretton near Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Image Ref. 16203-RDA
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Swan on the River Lathkill
A Mute Swan, (Anatidae Cygnus olor), is pictured slowly swimming on the River Lathkill, in Lathkill Dale, near to Over Haddon in Derbyshire, England. This swan had a mate near by, who was sitting on their nest.
Image Ref. 28314-RDA
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Canada Goose Portrait
A close-up photo of a Canada Goose, (Antidote Branta canadensis), standing by the waters edge, at Branston Water Park, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Image Ref. 17629-RDA
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Ostrich, The Sharp End
This ostrich was a reluctant subject. It was behind a low fence, but each time I raised my camera to take a picture, its head would swoop down and peck at my lens. After about 20 minutes, I finally got the shot I wanted. The location was east of Southern Cyprus, near the UN buffer zone, overlooking Famagusta.
Image Ref. 8257-RTA
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Mallard Ducks at Dusk
Three Mallard ducks swimming on the river at Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England. The ducks, captured in silhouette, were seen just before nightfall .
Image Ref. 18257-RDA
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House Sparrow Portrait
A House Sparrow, (Passer domesticus), standing on a concrete path at Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. The Sparrow, on the lookout for food titbits, was unperturbed by my close presence.
Image Ref. 18573-RDB
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Moorhens on the Ice and Snow
Two Common Moorhens, (Rallidae Gallinula chloropus), on the snow covered frozen canal at Burton on Trent in Staffordshire, England.
Image Ref. 22059-RDA
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Young Swan
A young swan pictured swimming on the river at Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Image Ref. 11231-RDA
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Pair of Mallard Ducks
A male and female Mallard duck, (Anas platyrhynchos), pictured foraging amongst the reed beds of a pond at Stretton near Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Image Ref. 16216-RDA
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Adult Coot Feeding a Young Chick
An adult Coot, (Fulica atra) is pictured feeding a young chick, in the nest. This was on the edge of the pool at Melbourne in Derbyshire, England.
Image Ref. 23643-RDA
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Barnacle Goose at Carsington Water
A Barnacle Goose, (Branta leucopsis), on the bank of Carsington Water, near Carsington in Derbyshire, England.
Image Ref. 16511-RDA
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