❦ Les oiseaux

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• 15/07/2023 : Photos : Corbeau à nuque blanche, Choucas des tours, Corbeau freux, Ouette d’Égypte.

  Juillet 2023
  Fiche : Yellowhammer. The Yellowhammer is a rather large bird (16-17 cm in length with a weight of 25-30 g), quite slender with a large tail. Sexual dimorphism is clear. Th..., European Serin. The European Serin is the smallest of the European Fringillidae. It has a large head with a thick (...)
  

• 14/07/2023 : Photos : Bruant des neiges.

  Juillet 2023
  Fiche : Long-eared Owl. The Long-eared Owl is a medium-sized owl (about 40 cm long with a wingspan of around one meter and a weight of 3-400 g). Its cryptically-colored pluma..., Common Redstart. The wall nightingale, as it was formerly often called Common Redstart because of its reddishness (...)
  

• 13/07/2023 : Photos : Bécarde cannelle, Tyran pitangua, Tityre à tête noire, Colibri de Delphine.

  Juillet 2023
  Fiche : Common Firecrest. The Common Firecrest is, alongside its humped cousin, one of the two smallest birds in Europe. The former weighs only 5 to 5.5 grams. At first glance ..., Hawfinch. The Hawfinch is an unmistakable finch due to its large size, silhouette, colourful plumage and its (...)
  

• 12/07/2023 : Photos : Grive draine, Busard des roseaux, Bruant zizi, Sterne pierregarin.

  Juillet 2023
  Fiche : Garden Warbler. The Garden Warbler is a sturdy warbler, more so than the Blackcap. Unlike the latter which is easily recognized by its cap, the Garden Warbler has dra..., Common Cuckoo. The adult male Common Cuckoo and most adult females have a grey plumage. The upperparts are a (...)
  

• 11/07/2023 : Photos : Héron pourpré, Bihoreau gris, Crabier chevelu, Gobemouche à lunettes.

  Juillet 2023
  Fiche : Carrion Crow. The Carrion Crow belongs to the corvid family which includes the world's biggest passerines, and within this family to the genus Corvus most of whose ..., Common Chiffchaff. The Common Chiffchaff, like most members of the Phylloscopus genus, is a very small bird. It (...)