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Birds of Somerset - page 4

GULLS & TERNS

Black-headed Gull - Herring Gull - Lesser Black-backed Gull

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Black Headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus / WING SPAN: 100-110cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Worms, insects, fish and carrion /

NAME: Herring Gull – Larus argentatus / WING SPAN: 130-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Ominivorous- carrion, offal, seeds, fruits, young birds, eggs, small mammals, insects and fish /

NAME: Herring Gull – Larus argentatus / WING SPAN: 130-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Ominivorous- carrion, offal, seeds, fruits, young birds, eggs, small mammals, insects and fish /

NAME: Herring Gull – Larus argentatus / WING SPAN: 130-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Ominivorous- carrion, offal, seeds, fruits, young birds, eggs, small mammals, insects and fish /

NAME: Herring Gull – Larus argentatus / WING SPAN: 130-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Ominivorous- carrion, offal, seeds, fruits, young birds, eggs, small mammals, insects and fish /

NAME: Lesser Black-Backed Gull – Larus fuscus / WING SPAN: 135-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Omnivore – scavenges a wide range of food /

NAME: Lesser Black-Backed Gull – Larus fuscus / WING SPAN: 135-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Omnivore – scavenges a wide range of food /

NAME: Lesser Black-Backed Gull – Larus fuscus / WING SPAN: 135-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Omnivore – scavenges a wide range of food /

NAME: Lesser Black-Backed Gull – Larus fuscus / WING SPAN: 135-150cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Omnivore – scavenges a wide range of food /

GAME BIRDS

Pheasant

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

NAME: Pheasant – Phasianus colchicus / WING SPAN: 70-90cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common throughout / DIET: Seeds, grain, shoots and insects /

SANDGROUSE, PIGEON & CUCKOO

Collard Dove - Stock Dove - Wood Pigeon

NAME: NAME: Collared Dove – Steptopelia decaato / WING SPAN: 51cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year throughout Somerset but numbers appear to be falling slightly / DIET: Seeds, grains, buds and shoots /

NAME: NAME: Collared Dove – Steptopelia decaato / WING SPAN: 51cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year throughout Somerset but numbers appear to be falling slightly / DIET: Seeds, grains, buds and shoots /

NAME: NAME: Collared Dove – Steptopelia decaato / WING SPAN: 51cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year throughout Somerset but numbers appear to be falling slightly / DIET: Seeds, grains, buds and shoots /

NAME: NAME: Collared Dove – Steptopelia decaato / WING SPAN: 51cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year throughout Somerset but numbers appear to be falling slightly / DIET: Seeds, grains, buds and shoots /

NAME: Stock Dove – Columba oenas / WING SPAN: 60-66cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year throughout Somerset / DIET: Seeds /

NAME: Stock Dove – Columba oenas / WING SPAN: 75-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset / DIET: Seeds /

NAME: Stock Dove – Columba oenas / WING SPAN: 75-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset / DIET: Seeds /

NAME: Stock Dove – Columba oenas / WING SPAN: 75-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset / DIET: Seeds /

NAME: Stock Dove – Columba oenas / WING SPAN: 75-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset / DIET: Seeds /

WOODPECKERS, SWIFTS AND THEIR ALLIES

Great-spotted Woodpecker - Green Woodpecker

NAME: Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major / WING SPAN: 34-39cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often in gardens on nut feeders and woodland settings / DIET: Insects, seeds and nuts /

NAME: Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major / WING SPAN: 34-39cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often in gardens on nut feeders and woodland settings / DIET: Insects, seeds and nuts /

NAME: Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major / WING SPAN: 34-39cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often in gardens on nut feeders and woodland settings / DIET: Insects, seeds and nuts /

NAME: Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major / WING SPAN: 34-39cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often in gardens on nut feeders and woodland settings / DIET: Insects, seeds and nuts /

NAME: Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major / WING SPAN: 34-39cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often in gardens on nut feeders and woodland settings / DIET: Insects, seeds and nuts /

NAME: Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major / WING SPAN: 34-39cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often in gardens on nut feeders and woodland settings / DIET: Insects, seeds and nuts /

NAME: Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis / WING SPAN: 40-42cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often seen on lawns and short grass areas where it probes for its main food source of ants! / DIET: Ants! They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and probe grassy areas and lawns /

NAME: Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis / WING SPAN: 40-42cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often seen on lawns and short grass areas where it probes for its main food source of ants! / DIET: Ants! They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and probe grassy areas and lawns /

NAME: Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis / WING SPAN: 40-42cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often seen on lawns and short grass areas where it probes for its main food source of ants! / DIET: Ants! They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and probe grassy areas and lawns /

NAME: Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis / WING SPAN: 40-42cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often seen on lawns and short grass areas where it probes for its main food source of ants! / DIET: Ants! They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and probe grassy areas and lawns /

NAME: Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis / WING SPAN: 40-42cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often seen on lawns and short grass areas where it probes for its main food source of ants! / DIET: Ants! They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and probe grassy areas and lawns /

NAME: Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis / WING SPAN: 40-42cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – Often seen on lawns and short grass areas where it probes for its main food source of ants! / DIET: Ants! They use their strong beak to dig into ant colonies and probe grassy areas and lawns /

NAME: Kingfisher – Alcedo atthis / WING SPAN: 24-26cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – The drains and Rhynes of the Somerset lowlands are the perfect habitat for this bird and they can be seen flying low to the water following the network of waterways. There are plenty of lakes, ponds and reservoirs so great habitat for this beautiful bird / DIET: Fish and aquatic insects /

NAME: Kingfisher – Alcedo atthis / WING SPAN: 24-26cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – The drains and Rhynes of the Somerset lowlands are the perfect habitat for this bird and they can be seen flying low to the water following the network of waterways. There are plenty of lakes, ponds and reservoirs so great habitat for this beautiful bird / DIET: Fish and aquatic insects /

NAME: Kingfisher – Alcedo atthis / WING SPAN: 24-26cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – The drains and Rhynes of the Somerset lowlands are the perfect habitat for this bird and they can be seen flying low to the water following the network of waterways. There are plenty of lakes, ponds and reservoirs so great habitat for this beautiful bird / DIET: Fish and aquatic insects /

NAME: Kingfisher – Alcedo atthis / WING SPAN: 24-26cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All year throughout Somerset – The drains and Rhynes of the Somerset lowlands are the perfect habitat for this bird and they can be seen flying low to the water following the network of waterways. There are plenty of lakes, ponds and reservoirs so great habitat for this beautiful bird / DIET: Fish and aquatic insects /

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