Birds

Lapland Longspur

The Lapland Bunting or Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) is a migratory bird that has an almost circumpolar breeding range from the Scandinavian mountain chain, the arctic Eurasia, Alaska, Canada, the northernmost United States, and Greenland's west coast. The Lapland Bunting winters in the steppes of Russia and Central Asia from the Black Sea and east to North Korea and Japan in the U.S., Denmark, in the British Isles and along the northern West European coastal areas.
It prefers to breed on high, and very wet heaths and bogs.
In the summer bird's diet consists mainly of insects. In winter they eat seeds.

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Merlin

The Merlin (Falco columbarius) is a compact, small falcons that nest circumpolar in the northern hemisphere and is the smallest falcon in Europe. The species has a northern circumpolar distribution and breeds in Iceland, British Isles, Scandinavia, Baltic States, northern Asia and North America. Most of the world population are migrants.
The Merlin often nests in abandoned nests by corvids or pigeons.
The Merlin hunts mainly birds, but sometimes rodents and insects. The Merlin can take its prey in the air and on the ground. The Merlin likes to sit on a slightly elevated location looking for prey.

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Hoopoe

The Hoopoe (Upupa epops) is found in much of Europe, Asia and North Africa. Hoopoe is partially migratory while the southern populations are sedentary. The European population moves in August to October to wintering areas in Africa, and will return in April to May.
Hoopoe nests in tree holes, among blocks of stone, often stone walls.
Hoopoe feeds on large insects and small lizards, and likes to pick in droppings for food.
The Hoopoe is Israel's national bird.

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Griffon Vulture

The Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large vulture in the bird of prey family. Like other vultures, it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals which it finds by soaring over open areas, often moving in flocks. It breeds on crags in mountains in southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia, laying one egg. Griffon Vultures may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident.

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Siskin

The Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus) has a northern palearktisk distribution and occurs from Ireland in the west and as far east as Japan. It is partly migratory and wintering as far south as the Mediterranean and China.
During the winter the bird lives mainly of seed, and also eat the seeds of the herb and grass vegetation, and insects.

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Glaucous Gull

The Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) breeds in the arctic regions of northern Russia, on islands in northern Siberia, Iceland, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and the Midway Islands in the Pacific. Most birds are migratory. In winter you finc the Glaucous Gull in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Ocean as far south as the British Isles and northern United States, including in the Great Lakes. Some birds sometimes reach the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
The Glaucous Gull nests on the coastline of rocky shores or steep grassy slopes, but can also breed several kilometers inland on cliffs or on small islands in lakes.
The Glaucous Gull is omnivores. They forage while swimming or walking, but can also pick up food from the water and catch small birds while flying. The gulls often follow fishing boats.

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Rosy-faced Lovebird

Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) also known as the Peach-faced Lovebird. Its original distribution area is dry, open areas in southwestern Africa. Distribution area stretches across Angola, Namibia, Namib Desert to the lower parts of the Orange river valley in northwestern South Africa. It occurs at altitudes up to 1600 meters in the large-leaved woodland, semi-desert and mountain areas.
It is dependent on access to water and gather food where there is fresh water to drink.

Escaped cage birds inhabit many parts of the world such as Arizona and London.

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Sanderling

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) nest circumpolar in the Arctic and is a long migrants that winter in South America, Africa and Australia. More than 25% of the population that moves along the eastern Atlantic, winters in the islands Bijagós in Guinea-Bissau, Africa.
In the spring the sanderlings return to the arctic tundra and lays 3-4 eggs in a pit on the ground, which is sparingly lined with grass and lichens.
On the breeding grounds the birds eat mostly insects and some plant material. In winter, the diet consists of small crabs and other small invertebrates which it picks in the water at the beach.

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