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Around 42 familes of birds are represented on Skye, either as residents, summer visitors or winter visitors.
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ANATIDAE - swans, geese and ducks
Whooper Swan
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Greylag Goose
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Brent Geese
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Red-breasted Merganser |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Teal |
Goosander |
Mallard
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Goldeneye (Tony Hisgett)
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Wigeon (Ken Billington)
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Shelduck
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TETRAONIDAE - Red Grouse
GAVIIDAE - divers
 Red-throated Diver |
 Great Northern Diver |
PROCELLARIDAE - Manx Shearwater
SULIDAE - Gannet
 Gannet
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PHALACROCORACIDAE - cormorants
 Shag |
 Shag
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ARDEIDAE - Grey Heron
Grey Heron
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PODICEPEDIDAE - grebes
ACCIPITRIDAE - hawks and eagles
 Buzzard
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 Buzzard (Ray Jones)
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Buzzard
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 Buzzard (Ray Jones)
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FALCONIDAE - falcons
RALLIDAE - rails and crakes
HAEMATOPODIDAE - Oystercatcher
Oystercatcher
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CHARADRIIDAE - plovers
Lapwing
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SCOLOPACIDAE - sandpipers and related waders
Redshank
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Greenshank
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Turnstone
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Curlew
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Dunlin
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Bar-tailed Godwit (Ken Billington)
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STERCORARIIDAE - skuas
LARIDAE - gulls
Common Gull
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Herring Gull
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Kittiwake
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Kittiwake
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Great Black-backed Gull
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PROCELLARIIDAE - Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar
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Northern Fulmar
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STERNIDAE - terns
ALCIDAE - auks
Razorbill
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Razorbill
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Razorbill
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COLUMBIDAE - pigeons and doves
Collared Dove
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CUCULIDAE - Cuckoo
TYTONIDAE - Barn Owl
STRIGIDAE - other owls
PICIDAE - woodpeckers
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Ken Billington)
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CORVIDAE - crows
Hooded Crow
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Raven (Ray Jones)
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Jackdaw
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PARIDAE - tits
Blue Tit
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Coal Tit
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Great Tit
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ALAUDIDAE - larks
Skylark (Ray Jones)
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Skylark (Ray Jones)
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HIRUNDIDAE - swallows and martins
Swallow
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Sand Martin (Ken Billington)
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SYLVIIDAE - warblers
Willow Warbler (Ken Billington)
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Sedge Warbler
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Chiffchaff (Ken Billington)
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AEGITHALIDAE - Long-tailed Tit
Long-tailed Tit (Ken Billington)
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BOMBYCILLIDAE - Waxwing
CERTHIIDAE - Treecreeper
TROGLODYTIDAE - Wren
Wren
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STURNIDAE - Starling
Starling
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Starling
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CINCLIDAE - Dipper
Dipper
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TURDIDAE - thrushs
 Song Thrush |
 Redwing (Ray Jones)
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 Blackbird |
 Fieldfare |
MUSCICAPIDAE - nightingales, redstarts, wheatears, etc.
 Stonechat (Ken Billington) |
 Stonechat (Ray Jones) |
 Robin |
 Wheatear (female) |
 Spotted Flycatcher |
 Spotted Flycatcher |
PRUNELLIDAE - Dunnock
Dunnock
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PASSERIDAE - sparrows
House Sparrow
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MOTACILLIDAE - pipits and wagtails
Meadow Pipit
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Rock Pipit
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White/Pied Wagtail
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FRINGILLIDAE - finches
Brambling (Ken Billington)
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Bullfinch (Ken Billington)
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Goldfinch
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Crossbill
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Lesser Redpoll (Ken Billington)
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Siskin
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Greenfinch
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Chaffinch
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EMBERIZIDAE - buntings
Reed Bunting
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Lapland Bunting (Ray Jones)
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