There are many species of water birds in the UK. They are made up of waders, divers, waterfowl etc. There are 632 species of birds found in the UK.Many of these are migrants travelling long distances from Africa etc.
Sand Martins & Swallows
Sand Martins are the smallest European hirundines (the collective name for martins and swallows). They have dark brown upper parts and dark under wings, contrasting with pale under parts divided by a distinctive dark chest stripe. They are agile fliers, feeding mainly over water. Look out for them perching on overhead wires or branches.
Sand Martin
Sand Martin
Sand Martin
Sand Martin
Sand Martin
Sand Martin Nests
Sand Martin
Canada Geese & Greylags
They are a common bird across most of the country, nesting on park lakes, flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. Canada geese are not native to this country, having been introduced from North America about 300 years ago.
Canada Geese
Canada Geese
Canada Geese
Canada Geese
Greylag Geese
Ducks
The UK’s 22 regularly occurring duck species are shown below, along with their breeding and wintering populations, and their status as UK birds. The majority are native but a few are non-native, introduced accidentally or deliberately.
Female Mallard Duck
Mallard Duck
Shoveler
Shoveler
Mallard Ducklings
Mallard Ducklings
Female Pochard
Male Pochard
Common Shelduck
Tuffed Duck
Other Birds
Juvenille Grey Herons
Grey Heron
Egret
Red Shank
Red Shank
Red Shank
Red Shank
Red Shank
Lapwing
Oyster Catcher
Curlew & Oyster Catchers
Curlew
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Gadwall
Female Goosander
Male Goosander
Juvenille Coots
Sedge Wabler
Pied Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Bittern being chased by black neaded gulls
