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Common/Moorland Hawker (male) checking out the intruder in his pond (me)
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Wikipedia: The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsia). Browne's Folly Nature reserve. Avon Wildlife Trust, Bathford near Bath, England, UK
The common White Wave female moth (Cabera pusaria) resting on a grass quite conspicuously. These are nocturnal moths flying at night but could be easily disturbed from low vegetation during the daylight. This female specimen didn’t mind basking in the morning sun. Avon Wildlife Trust, Bathford near Bath, England, UK
A Kingfisher at the moment of impact as she enters the pond for a fish. The reflection was an unexpected bonus...
Wikipedia: The common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), also called Asian emerald dove and grey-capped emerald dove, is a widespread resident breeding pigeon native to the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The dove is also known by the names of green dove and green-winged pigeon. The common emerald dove is the state bird of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Conservation status: Least Concern
This Common Sandpiper was looking out over the Tagus Estuary.
The common sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper, make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize. -wiki
-Actitis hypoleucos
Common gull.
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I hope I get a chance to see these beauties again this summer. They were one of my favorites to photograph in 2017.
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Common Tern - Sterna Hirundo
Juvenile
It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red with a black tip or all black. There are a number of similar species, including the partly sympatric Arctic tern, which can be separated on plumage details, leg and bill colour, or vocalisations.
Breeding in a wider range of habitats than any of its relatives, the common tern nests on any flat, poorly vegetated surface close to water, including beaches and islands, and it readily adapts to artificial substrates such as floating rafts. The nest may be a bare scrape in sand or gravel, but it is often lined or edged with whatever debris is available. Up to three eggs may be laid, their dull colours and blotchy patterns providing camouflage on the open beach.
Population:
UK breeding:
12,000 pairs
Common Snipe, I had to take a second look at this from my car as i passed it, and it was calling too! A first for me!
RKO_6391. Common Buzzard in a protective pose!
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Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) male perched on a cut tree.
Samiec pleszki (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) siedzący na urżniętym drzewie.
These very new ducklings were resting on a dock while the mother and several more little ones were in the water nearby.
William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta
A Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) rests in the aspen woods along the shore of Islet Lake east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
24 February, 2018.
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