Birds

Chukar Partridge

The chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family.This partridge has its native range in Asia, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, along the inner ranges of the Western Himalayas to Nepal. The Chukar Partridge is the national bird of Pakistan.

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Meadow Pipit

The Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) nests in most areas in the northern part of Eurasia, but also on the northeastern and southeastern Greenland. Most of the world population are migratory birds that winter in western and southern Europe, northern Africa and Southeast Asia. The population that breeds in Ireland, the UK and western European coastal areas, are however resident birds.
The Meadow Pipit breeds in moist meadows and pastures, in moors and mountain scenery.
The bird feed during the summer months mainly on small diurnal insects and spiders of all kinds, in the winter with addition of small shells and seeds.

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Black-collared Lovebird

The Black-collared Lovebird, Agapornis swindernianus also known as Swindern's Lovebird.

The Black-collared Lovebird is divided into three subspecies:

Agapornis swindernianus swindernianus - occurs in patchy distribution Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana
Agapornis swindernianus zenkeri - occur in Cameroon to Gabon, southern Central African Republic and western Zaire
Agapornis swindernianus Emini - occurs in lowland forests of the DRC and Western Uganda

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European turtle dove

Turtle dove

The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a migratory species with a southern Palearctic range covering most of Europe and the Middle East and including Turkey and north Africa, although it is rare in northern Scandinavia and Russia. It winters in southern Africa

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Tree Pipit

The Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) nests in most of Europe and in parts of Asia as far east as the Eastern Siberia. The Tree Pipit is a migratory bird that winters in Africa and South Asia.
The Tree Pipit prefers forest edges, clearings and meadows with individual trees.
The bird forage on the ground, mainly insects, but sometimes it also eats seeds.

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Tomtit

The tomtit (Petroica macrocephala) is a small bird in the family of the Australian robins. It is endemic to the islands of New Zealand.

Great Black-backed Gull

The Great Black-backed gull's (Larus marinus) breeding areas are mostly coasts around Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia, Ireland, the UK's west coast, Iceland, southern Greenland and along the west coast of Canada and the USA. Into the country they nest at some of the larger lakes in Sweden and Finland. Parts of the population are migratory birds, primarily populations that breed in Arctic regions. Others are sedentary, or move only short distances.
The Great Black-backed Gull is shy and wary, and a loner in comparison to many other species in the genus.
The Great Black-backed Gull is an opportunistic bird in terms of food and can be classified as omnivores.

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Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) is common in woodlands across much of Eurasia. The bird is none migratory and highly territorial.

Tawny Owl nests are usually in a hole in a tree, but they also use old magpie nests, squirrel nests or holes in buildings, and likes to use nest boxes.

Tawny Owl hunts almost exclusively at night. The bird takes a large set of prey, mainly forest rodents, but also other mammals, up to a baby bunny's size, as well as birds, earthworms and beetles

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