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Magpie Pica pica perhsed on a branch with the irridescent green in its blue and green feathers echoed by branble leaves and other foliage behind it, very white chest and wing bars.

Mallard duck Anas platyrhynchos female with four inquisitive ducklings, pen and ink drawing with the mother duck facing right and the four ducklings busy exploring behind her.

Mallard duck Anas platyrhynchos pair on water cut to white

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos fledgling with moulting feathers on grass

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ducklings foraging on grass under the watchful eye of their mother with distinctive blue speculum

Two juvenile fledgling mallard ducks in a grass field, quacking

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ducklings with food and a flat dish with water and marbles in to teach bred ducklings to dabble without fear of drowning

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos duckling in the process of hatching from its egg, half in half our and exhausted with wet feathers

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus perched on a tree stump looking out at the viewer

Mallard duck Anas platyrhynchos duckling, quick pencil sketch showing spiky fluffy feathers

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus hovering in flight, focusing on the land beneath

Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumenifer with large beak and white neck feathers, and lots of exposed blueish pink skin on the head and loose fleshy wattles under the neck

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis sketch of bird in flight

Marsh tit Poecile palustris and Willow tit Poecile montanus illustrations next to each other for easy comparison of these similar species

Lapwing Vanellus vanellus showing crest, irridescent plumage and with a tuft of grasses at its feet

Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis cut to white

Linnet Linaria cannabina on a branch showing its distinctive red head and crimson cap

Little owl Athene noctua sat on a tree stump on one leg with ash leaves behind, staring out balefully

Great Tit Parus major on a tree branch with grasses behind

Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus standing on one leg cut to white

Green woodpecker Picus viridis perched on a tree trunk

Grey heron Ardea cinerea quick sketch, standing on one leg in a river

Grey heron Ardea cinerea wading ankle deep in a river with reeds behind

Grey partridge Perdix perdix cut to white with one foot raised