OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

COLLARED PRATINCOLE (Glareola pratincola), Spain

Collared Pratincoles – Deltebre, Spain – June 25, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
Collared pratincoles, by Roberta Palmer
COMMON WOOD PIGEON – (Columba palumbus), France


Common wood pigeon, Roberta Palmer
EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER, (Haematopus ostralegus) , Iceland 

Eurasian Oystercatcher – Iceland – June 16, 2017 – Roberta Palmer
Eurasian oystercatcher, Roberta Palmer
Eurasian Oystercatchers on a rooftop – Iceland – June 16, 2017 – Roberta Palmer
Eurasian oystercatchers, Roberta Palmer
EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER, (Pluvialis apricaria), Iceland
VOICE: https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Pluvialis-apricaria
SIMILAR SPECIES: Pacific Golden Plover, American Golden Plover, Black-bellied Plover

European Golden Plover – Iceland – June 17, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
European golden plover
Iceland, by Roberta Palmer
EUROPEAN GREENFINCH, Spain

European Greenfinch – Spain – June 26, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
European greenfinch, by Roberta Palmer
SIMILAR SPECIES: European Goldfinch

EUROPEAN ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)  - Greece (click here for the bird profile)

GREATER FLAMINGO,  (Phoenicopterus roseus) - Spain 

Greater Flamingo – Deltebre, Spain – June 25, 2017 – Roberta Palmer
Greater flamingo, Spain, Roberta Palmer
Greater Flamingoes & Black-headed Gull – Deltebre, Spain – June 25, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
Greater flamigoes and Black-headed gull
Deltebre, Spain, Roberta Palmer
Greater Flamingoes & Glossy Ibises – Deltebre, Spain – June 25, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
Greater flamingoes and Glossy ibises
Deltebre, Spain, Roberta Palmer

LONG-TAILED TIT (Aegithalos caudatus), Spain

Long-tailed Tit – Spain – June 26, 2017 – taken by Roberta Palmer
Long-tailed tit, Spain, by Roberta Palmer


SQUACCO HERON,  (Ardeola ralloides) - Spain
NAME: The name ‘Heron’ has a complicated origin and evolved from an ancient Greek word meaning ‘to creak or screech’ (in reference to that bird’s call).

Squacco Heron – Deltebre, Spain – June 24, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
Squacco heron, Spain, Roberta Palmer
Squacco Heron – Deltebre, Spain – June 25, 2017 – photo by Roberta Palmer
Squacco heron, back view
by Roberta Palmer
Squacco herons, by Roberta Palmer