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Friday, 30 October 2015
Bird News - Facing Extinction
Four UK bird species including puffins 'face extinction'
Puffins are among four UK bird species now at risk of extinction, according to the latest revision of a global conservation database.
Atlantic puffins, European turtle doves, Slavonian grebes and pochards are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for birds.
Read more here
Some favourites
Looking back through my collection of images and some favourites - enjoy.......
Stretford (Canal / Meadows /Victoria Park)
Chester Zoo
Birds in General
Stretford (Canal / Meadows /Victoria Park)
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| Azure Damselfly |
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| Toms Sunflower / Bee |
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| Meadow Cranesbill |
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| Victoria Park |
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| Roses Victoria Park |
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| Bridgewater Canal (looking towards the Whitehouse Boating Club) |
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| Broad Ees Dole (From the hide) |
Chester Zoo
Birds in General
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| Little Grebe |
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| Magpie |
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| Mallard |
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| Canada Geese (Dambusters) |
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| Mute Swan |
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| Green Sandpiper (Pennington) |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Cormorant (Kinmel Bay) |
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| Plover & Sanderling (Kinmel bay) |
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| Common Tern (Kinmel Bay) |
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| Hilbre Island |
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| Hilbre Island |
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| Plover / Dunlin (Hilbre Island) |
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| Turnstone |
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| Chaffinch (Pennington) |
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| Great Tit (Pennington) |
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| Juvenile Moorhen (SWP) |
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| Bullfinch (Pennington) |
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| Robin (Leighton Moss) |
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| Female Pheasant (Leighton Moss) |
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| Robin (SWP) |
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| Leighton Moss |
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