Welcome to the Aviary

An Illustrated guide to some 60 species of wild birds
of mountains, lowlands, rivers, lakes and shores.

Garden Birds
Robin Erithacus rubecula	Magpie Pica pica	Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Siskin Carduelis spinus
Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus	Fieldfare Turdus pilaris	Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Jay Garrulus glandarius	Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Dunnock Prunella modularis	Blue tit Parus caeruleus	Redwing Turdus iliacus	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Wheatear Oenanthe leucura
Great tit Parus major	Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella	Blackbird Turdus merula	Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	Coal tit Parus ater
Jackdaw Corvus monedula	Pied wagtail Motacilla alba_yarellii	Great-spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major	Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Carrion crow Corvus corone

Countryside Birds
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Stonechat Saxicola torquata	Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus		Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Swallow Hirondo rustica
Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos	Golden plover Pluvialis apricaria	Buzzard Buteo buteo		Raven Corvus corax	Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Tawny owl Stryx aluco	Red kite Milvus milvus	Dunlin Calidris alpina		Barn owl Tyto alba	Swift Apus apus
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus	Short-eared owl Asio flammeus	Common snipe Gallinago gallinago		Pied flycatcher Muscapa hypoleuca	Sparrow hawk Accipiter nisus
		Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus		Green woodpecker Picus viridis

Water Birds
Heron Ardea cinerea	Dipper Cinclus cinclus	Mute swan Cygnus olor		Canada goose Branta canadensis	Gannet Sula bassana
Puffin Fratercula arctica	Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea		Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Fulmar Fulmarus gracialis
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Coot Fulica atra		Reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Moorhen Gallinula chloropus