BID IDNIFCTIN GUDE
Published date | 22 March 2021 |
Publication title | Paisley Daily Express |
BLACK GUILLEMOT Length 30-32 cm Wingspan 52-58 cm Social unit Small flocks
GUILLEMOT Length 38-54 cm Wingspan 64-73 cm Social unit Small flocks
PUFFIN Length 26-29 cm Wingspan 47-63 cm Social unit Small flocks
RAZORBILL Length 37-39 cm Wingspan 63-67 cm Social unit Small flocks
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Length 52-67 cm Wingspan 1.28-1.48 m Social unit Large flocks
KITTIWAKE Length 38-40 cm Wingspan 0.95-1.1m Social unit Large flocks
LITTLE TERN Length 22-24 cm Wingspan 48-55 cm Social unit Small flocks
SANDWICH TERN Length 36-41 cm Wingspan 95-105 cm Social unit Flocks
FULMAR Length 45-50 cm Wingspan 1-1.12 m Social unit Flocks
GANNET Length 85-89 cm Wingspan 1.65-1.8 m Social unit Flocks
GOLDEN PLOVER Length 26-29 cm Wingspan 67-76 cm Social unit Winter flocks
GREY PLOVER Length 27-30 cm Wingspan 71-83 cm Social unit Winter flocks
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Length 14-15 cm Wingspan 48-57 cm Social unit Winter flocks
RINGED PLOVER Length 17-19 cm Wingspan 48-57 cm Social unit Winter flocks
GREENSHANK Length 30-35 cm Wingspan 53-60 cm Social unit Small flocks
REDSHANK Length 27-29 cm Wingspan 45-52 cm Social unit Winter flocks
LAPWING Length 28-31 cm Wingspan 70-76 cm Social unit Winter flocks
OYSTERCATCHER Length 40-45 cm Wingspan 80-85 cm Social unit Large flocks
SANDERLING Length 20-21 cm Wingspan 36-39 cm Social unit Winter flocks
SNIPE Length 25-28 cm Wingspan 37-43 cm Social unit Small flocks
TURNSTONE Length 21-24 cm Wingspan 44-49 cm Social unit Flocks
WHIMBREL Length 40-46 cm Wingspan 71-81 cm Social unit Spring flocks
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (FEMALE) Length 51-62 cm Wingspan 70-85 cm Social unit Families/flocks
MALLARD (MALE) Length 50-65 cm Wingspan 81-95 cm Social unit Flocks
MALLARD (FEMALE) Length 50-65 cm Wingspan 81-95 cm Social unit Flocks
GOOSANDER Length 57-69 cm Wingspan 82-98 cm Social unit Small flocks
PINTAIL (FEMALE) Length 53-70 cm Wingspan 80-95 cm Social unit Flocks
POCHARD (FEMALE) Length 42-49 cm Wingspan 72-82 cm Social unit Large flocks
There are a huge range of birds to see throughout the UK, and the more you look, the more you will want to learn about the differences there are between them so that you can start to identify individual species. This guide features 150 birds that can be seen in Britain and Ireland. They are arranged by bird type.
Picture credits: Dorling Kindersley: David Cotteridge; R H de Heer; Hanne and Jens Eriksen; Bob Glover; Chris Gomersall; Mark Hamblin; Mike Lane; Tim Loseby; George McCarthy; Tomi Muukkonen; National Birds of Prey Centre, Gloucestershire; Carlos Sanchez; Roger Tidman; David Tipling; Roger Wilmshurst; Steve Young; 123RF: argenlant; Dreamstime.com: Vasiliy Vishnevskiy For more information see www.dkimages.com Copyright © 2021 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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