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85 birds · 135 collectable cards across 6 places (a bird that sings in several places has a card for each).
Showing 85 of 85 birds
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
Farne Islands
“a growling, creaking groan from underground”
Barn OwlTyto alba
Ely
“a long, blood-curdling shriek in the dark”
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cardiff
“chattering twitter ending in a rusty creak”
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
Ely
“metallic 'ping-ping' like two coins tapped”
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Bath
“rich, fluty warble”
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Bath
“tsee-tsee-tsihihihi”
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Dungeness
“sudden, explosive 'chee! chewee-chewee-chewee'”
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Bath
“descending rattle with a final flourish”
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Cardiff
“lazy three-note 'u-NIT-ed, u-NIT-ed'”
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Cardiff
“a thin, mewing 'peee-yow' circling overhead”
Common CraneGrus grus
Ely
“bugling, trumpeting calls, loud and carrying”
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Aberdeen
“a scandalised, cooing 'ah-OOO' from the sea”
Common GullLarus canus
Dungeness
“shrill, yelping 'gleeoo' — higher than a herring gull”
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Ely
“a creaking 'chip-er, chip-er' from a fence post”
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Dungeness
“jangling bunch of keys”
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
Aberdeen
“bubbling, purring trill in the pinewood”
DunnockPrunella modularis
Cardiff
“sweet, hurried warble from a hedge bottom”
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Ely
“a deep, resonant boom you feel before you hear”
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Cardiff
“a sharp metallic 'kowk!' across open water”
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Ely
“a haunting, bubbling trill over wet grassland”
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Cardiff
“a furious tearing shriek from deep in the oaks”
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Cardiff
“harsh machine-gun chatter — 'chak-ak-ak-ak'”
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Bath
“loud rattling trill from a tiny bird”
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Farne Islands
“rasping, throaty grunts and hisses”
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Bath
“impossibly high, cyclical si-si-si”
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Dungeness
“deep, croaking grunt at the nest”
Great TitParus major
Bath
“teacher-teacher, teacher-teacher”
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Dungeness
“harsh, croaking 'fraank'”
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Ely
“a sharp, repeated 'kew-kew-kew' high above the marsh”
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Ely
“a harsh, croaking 'kraak' when disturbed”
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Cardiff
“the classic descending 'quack-quack-quack' laugh”
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Ely
“a mewing 'kee-kee-kee' from above the reeds”
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Bath
“short, wild flute phrases from a treetop”
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Cardiff
“sudden explosive 'kurr-ik!' from the reeds”
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Cardiff
“no song at all — just hissing, grunting and singing wings”
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Farne Islands
“guttural cackling and chuckling on a ledge”
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Aberdeen
“thin, whistling 'pew-pew-pew' high overhead”
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Dungeness
“loud, piping 'kleep-kleep-kleep'”
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Dungeness
“harsh, scolding 'kek-kek-kek'”
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Bath
“high, plaintive 'weeoo-ee-ee-ee'”
RedshankTringa totanus
Dungeness
“ringing, anxious 'tew-hu-hu'”
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Ely
“a stuttering 'tree-tree-tree-top-see'”
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Ely
“a steady, chattering reel, rhythmic and dry”
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Dungeness
“soft, rising 'too-ip', then a rolling trill”
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Dungeness
“thin accelerating trill, ending in a flourish”
RookCorvus frugilegus
Bath
“harsh, drawn-out caaw”
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Ely
“a frenetic, improvised mixture, never the same twice”
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Dungeness
“deep, nasal 'ag-ag-ag' and whistles”
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Bath
“did-he-do-it, did-he-do-it”
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Dungeness
“'hweet, tak-tak' like two pebbles knocked together”
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Bath
“long, wavering hoot answered by a sharp ke-wick”
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Dungeness
“squealing, grunting piglet from the reeds”
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Bath
“accelerating silver trill”
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Bath
“a-little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheeeese”