European

Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus male with erect crest

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching day twelve feathers start to show eye covered with lid claws formed

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching Day 27 hatchling squashed inside egg ready to hatch, air cell still shows

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching day five embryo separates from the yolk, blood vessel network grows and branchesm eye starts to get a colour.

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching day eight blood vessels carry waste and oxygen, eyelids start to cover eye, beak and egg tooth more clear.

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching duckling hatching half in half out of shell with prominent egg tooth

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching hatched duckling chick

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula male displaying

Bird bone cross section showing cross bracing for strength and hollow structure

Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis with minnow in its beak, perched on a branch

Stylized diagram of the internal organs and anatomy of a duck within a pen outline

Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos sketch cut to white

Coot Fulica atra

Corncrake Crex crex standing on a large stone looking alert with grass at its feet

Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Curlew Numenius arquata

Dabchick or Little grebe pair Tachybaptus ruficollis

Stylized diagram of the skeelton of a duck

Stylized diagram of the development of a duck egg from being laid until after hatching Day one yolk held in place with chalaza, germinal disc where fertilized chick starts to grow

Blue tit Parus caeruleus adult feeding chicks inside a bird box

Blue tit Parus caeruleus visiting a bird box

Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula male

Buzzard Buteo buteo at rest on a branch

Canada goose Branta canadensis