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Showing posts with label April 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April 2012. Show all posts
Saturday, 7 December 2013
GREATER SHORT TOED LARK Alandrella brachydactyla Centro de Interpretación del Parque Nacional de Doñana José Antonio Valverde, Sevilla, Spain
Sunday, 17 November 2013
MATALASCANAS LIGHTHOUSE Almonte, Huelva, Spain
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa Jose Valverde Visitor Centre, Sevilla, Spain
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Monday, 24 June 2013
NATTERJACK TOAD Epidalea calamita Carretera Carril del Acebràn, Almonte, Huelva, Spain
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Saturday, 13 April 2013
BLACK TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa) at the Horse Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Limosa. This large, long-legged and long-billed shorebird's breeding
range extends from Iceland through central Europe as well as central
and northeastern Asia. In the autumn, it migrates south to spend the
winter in southern and western Europe, sub Saharan Africa, southern Asia
and parts of coastal Australia. The species breeds in fens, damp
meadows, moorlands and bogs. In the winter, it occurs on estuaries, lake
shores, and in damp coastal fields. There are three subspecies recognised;
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) distribution map  Yellow breeding Blue wintering Green breeding resident |
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