David Element

Wildlife Photography

and Digital Video Images

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         RED-BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio                         MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor

      BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros                  HOBBY Falco subbuteo

        MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus      HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus

            GARGANEY Anas querquedula                       SKYLARK Alauda arvensis

WARNING!

AS A SENSIBLE PRECAUTION, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH ANY

DEAD OR DYING BIRDS, PARTICULARLY DUCKS, GEESE,

SWANS OR OTHER MIGRATORY SPECIES WHICH MAY BE

POTENTIAL VECTORS OF BIRD FLU (AVIAN INFLUENZA).

Any unusual bird deaths in the UK must be reported immediately

to the DEFRA Hotline: 08459 335 577

RECOMMENDED REFERENCES:

THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY GOOD BIRD BOOKS IN PRINT TO LIST HERE. EXAMPLES OF EXCELLENT

REFERENCE BOOKS INCLUDE:

• "BIRDS OF EUROPE WITH NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST", LARS JONSSON, CHRISTOPHER HELM, 1992 ISBN 0-7136-8096-2

• "THE HANDBOOK OF BIRD IDENTIFICATION FOR EUROPE AND THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC", MARK BEAMAN AND STEVE MADGE, CHRISTOPHER HELM, 1998. ISBN 0-7136-3960-1

• "HIDDEN JEWELS - THE WILDLIFE OF LEATHERHEAD AND FETCHAM", JEREMY EARLY, ISBN 0 9530098 0 7, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR, CONTAINS NUMEROUS LOVELY BIRD PHOTOGRAPHS AND A WIDE ARRAY OF OTHER WILDLIFE SUBJECTS

• THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS FIELD GUIDES AVAILABLE AND A REGULAR BIRD REPORT APPEARS IN "BRITISH WILDLIFE" MAGAZINE.

Links to 'ARKive' species accounts:

• For further information about the Mute Swan use the following link: http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Cygnus_olor/

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES:

• http://www.ian-lewington.co.uk/ is a showcase website for some of Ian Lewington's wonderful bird paintings.

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