Birds

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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Flame-backed woodpecker

The flamebacks or goldenbacks are large woodpeckers which are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia. They derive their English names from their golden or crimson backs.

Grey-headed Lovebird

The Grey-headed Lovebird or Madagascar Lovebird (Agapornis cana) is a species of the genus Lovebirds.
It is endemic to Madagascar and is the only lovebird that breeds outside the African continent.

Grey-headed Lovebirds

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Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) nests in most of Europe and in western and central Asia. It is a migratory bird that winters in sub-Saharan Africa.

Corn Bunting

The Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra / Miliaria calandra) breeds in Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia east to Mongolia. The bird is mainly sedentary, but some populations that breed in colder regions of central Europe and Asia, migrate south in winter.
The Corn Buntings live in a distinctly rural area. It prefers open country with trees, fields and meadows.
The Corn Bunting eats mainly seeds, but supplement it's diet with insects during the summer.

Tufted Puffin

The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.

Tufted Puffin

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Wood Sandpiper

The Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) breeds in large parts of northern Europe and Asia. This Sandpiper is a migratory bird that winters in Africa and South Asia.
The Wood Sandpiper's natural habitat during the breeding season is raised bogs and montane forests.
The Wood Sandpiper feeds mostly on insects, which it catches by pecking with their beaks into shallow water or muddy soil.

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