Identification guide to the Birds of Britain & Europe

North Africa & The Middle East

Welcome to our free guide to The Birds of Britain, Europe and North Africa. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the photographers who have given us permission to feature their work (many from our previous site) and we have also used images that are available under Creative Commons Licences. Other sources include 'embedded' Soundcloud files (our own included), YouTube and the illustrations of MiE Fielding. Over the coming months and years we will be uploading our own resources to creative commons.

A Cautionary Tale

It has taken our team many many months to put this guide together and perhaps the most tiring and utterly depressing aspect of the task has been the realisation of just How Many of the birds featured here are under threat due to human activity. We need to ACT NOW to stop a catastrophe engulfing our natural World, so please consider joining a conservation organisation, whether local or National.  Thank you

Swans & Geese

Dabbling Ducks

Diving Ducks

Sawbills

Scarce wildfowl

Grouse

Partridges & Pheasant

Divers (Loons)

Grebes

Shearwaters & Petrels

Gannets & Boobys

Pelicans & Cormorants

Herons, Storks & Ibises

Birds of Prey

Rails & Crakes

Cranes & Bustards

Waders

Skuas

Gulls

Terns

Auks

Pigeons & Doves

Cuckoos & Parakeet

Owls

Nightjars

Swifts

Hoopoe & Kingfishers

Bee-eaters & Rollers

Woodpeckers

Larks

Swallows & Martins

Pipits & Wagtails

Dippers & Waxwing

Accentors

Thrushes & Wheatear

Warblers

Flycatchers

Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers

Shrikes & Babblers

Crows & Magpies

Starlings & Orioles

Sparrows

Finches

Buntings

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