Pied avocet
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The pied avocet is a species of wader in the Recurvirostridae family, the only member of the avocet genus Recurvirostra found in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
A chick near Oosterend, Texel island, the Netherlands
Landing in Norfolk, England
Feeding on small invertebrates with its curved bill.
Western marsh harrier
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The western marsh harrier is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier. Formerly, a number of r
A fairly pale adult female (note brown remiges and yellow eye) winters near Hodal (Faridabad district, Haryana, India)
Adult male (front), juvenile (behind) and adult female (back), illustration from 1899
The male is characterised by the very clear chestnut brown mantle and the grey secondaries and black outer primaries