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  1. Common kestrel

    Common kestrel

    The advantage of a noisy shutter.
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    • bavaria common kestrel (falco tinnunculus) falco tinnunculus
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. European mole

    European mole

    Without a home after the torrential rain in Bavaria.
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    • bavaria european mole lake chiemsee talpa europaea
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  3. Whinchat decision

    Whinchat decision

    The whinchat noticed me but the hovering kestrel nearby was the bigger threat. 😊
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    • bavaria whinchat / saxicola rubetra
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Red-backed shrike

    Red-backed shrike

    looking for insects on fallow land. I believe the plant is a mullein.
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    • 1bb bavaria red-backed shrike (lanius collurio)
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. male whinchat

    male whinchat

    Migratory stop in a fruit farm.
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    • bavaria whinchat / saxicola rubetra
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. European stonechat

    European stonechat

    A closer crop.
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    • bavaria european stonechat (saxicola rubicola)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Northern wheatear

    Northern wheatear

    Meanwhile way more south.
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    • (northern) wheatear oenanthe oenanthe bavaria
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Male black redstart

    Male black redstart

    in our apple tree. Two successful broods in two nest this year. They belong to my parents home like a pet during summer.
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    • bavaria black redstart (phoenicurus ochruros)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Red-backed shrike

    Red-backed shrike

    The perfect habitat for rb shrikes.
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    • bavaria red-backed shrike (lanius collurio)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Common kingfisher

    Common kingfisher

    @ pond in Upper Bavaria.
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    • alcedo atthis bavaria common kingfisher (alcedo atthis)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. European stonechat

    European stonechat

    Probably the sweetest female stonechat ever. She posed and sat still. I immediately fell in love with her. No bad thoughts are necessary. Her two youngsters were somewhere else.
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    • bavaria european stonechat (saxicola rubicola)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Common sandpiper

    Common sandpiper

    Sunny place.
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    • actitis hypoleucos common sandpiper bavaria
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. SF - surprised fellow

    SF - surprised fellow

    I guess the kite was quite surprised when it noticed me.
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    • bavaria red kite (milvus milvus)
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Male stonechat

    Male stonechat

    Male and female guided their kids in the weed field.
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    • bavaria european stonechat (saxicola rubicola)
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Red kite

    Red kite

    Enjoying the morning sun.
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    • bavaria red kite (milvus milvus)
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. Juvenile stonechat

    Juvenile stonechat

    on horseweed (Conyza canadensis) also called Canadian fleabane. Hope my plant id is correct. Taken not long after sunrise.
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    • bavaria european stonechat (saxicola rubicola)
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Male

    Male

    Back on his throne after he expelled the other male. Pretty interesting fact is that two shrike families breed/live so close together.
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    • bavaria red-backed shrike / lanius collurio
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  18. Juvenile shrike

    Juvenile shrike

    Camo nets are almost priceless.
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    • bavaria red-backed shrike - lanius collurio
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Feed me !

    Feed me !

    Shrike family life. Dad took off later (without returning for feeding).
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    • bavaria lanius collurio red-backed shrike
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. White-throated dipper

    White-throated dipper

    Successful!
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    • bavaria cinclus cinclus white-throated dipper (cinclus cinclus)
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. Marsh warbler

    Marsh warbler

    in full song.
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    • acrocephalus palustris bavaria marsh warbler
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Black Redstart Juvenile

    Black Redstart Juvenile

    A curious youngster.
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    • bavaria black redstart (phoenicurus ochruros)
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Common kestrel

    Common kestrel

    Hovering over an empty paddock.
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    • 1bb bavaria common kestrel (falco tinnunculus) falco tinnunculus
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. I am hungry

    I am hungry

    A challenging youngster.
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    • Media item
    • bavaria black redstart phoenicurus ochruros
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. Common buzzard

    Common buzzard

    @ Isar river.
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    • bavaria common buzzard (buteo buteo)
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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