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A Manx SafariA safari to discover the wonderful Natural History of the Isle of Man and its waters. All pictures taken on the Island at various times by Albert. Originally in A-Z order but later ones have been added. |
 Balaghennie Bunny |
 Black Rabbit. |
 Blackbird |
 Blackcap |
 Blackcap female |
 Bunting Reed. |
 Bunting Snow. |
 Bunting Snow. |
 Bunting Snow. |
 Burnett Caterpillar |
 Six Spot Burnett |
 Buzzard Common |
 Chaffinch |
 Chiff Chaff |
 Chough Red-billed |
 Comma |
 Comma |
 Coot. Eurasian |
 Cormorant Greater |
 Crossbill. Common |
 Crossbill. Common |
 Crow Hooded |
 Crow. Carrion |
 Cuckoo Eurasian. |
 Curlew. Eurasian. |
 Red Darter |
 Diver. Great Northern |
 Dolphins. Bottle-nosed |
 Dolphins. Bottle-nosed |
 Dolphin Common |
 Dolphin Common |
 Dolphin Common |
 Dolphin Risso's |
 Dolphin Risso's |
 Dove. Eurasian Collared . |
 Duck. Tufted male. |
 Dunlin |
 Dunnock |
 Egret Little |
 Egret Little |
 Eiders |
 Eiders f. |
 Eider. |
 Fieldfare |
 Flycatcher Spotted |
 Flycatcher Spotted |
 Flycatcher Spotted |
 Frog. Common |
 Frog. Common |
 Fulmar Northern |
 Fulmar Northern |
 Gannet. Northern |
 Gannet. Northern |
 Goats Wild |
 Goats Wild |
 Godwit Bar-tailed |
 Godwit Bar-tailed |
 Goldcrest. |
 Goldcrest. |
 Goldfinch |
 Goldfinch |
 Goosander |
 Goose Barnacle |
 Goose Barnacle |
 Goose Barnacle |
 Goose. Light-bellied Brent . |
 Geese Greylag . |
 Goose. Greylag |
 Goose. Canada |
 Geese. Pink-footed |
 Geese. Pink-footed |
 Grasshopper. Field |
 Grebe Little |
 Greenfinch. |
 Guillimot. Black |
 Guillimot. Black |
 Guillimots Common |
 Guillimots Common |
 Gull. Black-headed Spring |
 Gull Black-headed . Winter. |
 Gull Common |
 Gull. Herring |
 Gull. Lesser Black-backed West European Race. |
 Gull. Baltic race of Lesser Black-back. |
 Gull. Greater Black-backed |
 Hares Brown. Mating |
 Hares Brown. boxing. |
 Hare. Brown |
 Harebell. |
 Harebells. |
 Hare. Mountain |
 Hare. Mountain |
 Harrier Hen |
 Harrier Hen .Male. |
 Harrier Hen . (juv or "Ringtail".) |
 Swans Whooper , Header photo. |
 Orchid. Heath Spotted |
 Hedgehog. Not native and a pest. |
 Heron. Grey |
 Jackdaw. Eurasian |
 Kestrel. Common |
 Kestrel. Common |
 Kittiwake. Black-legged |
 Kittiwake. Black-legged |
 Kittiwakes. Black-legged |
 Lapwing, Green Plover or Peewit. |
 Lark Sky |
 Lark Sky |
 Linnet. |
 Lizard. Common |
 Lizard. Common |
 Lizard. Common |
 Mallard |
 Mallard |
 Orchid Spotted |
 Martin. House |
 Martin. House |
 Martin. Sand |
 Meadow Brown. |
 Merlin. |
 Merlin. |
 Moorhen. Eurasian |
 Orchid. Early Purple Marsh |
 Oystercatchers. Eurasian |
 Oystercatchers.They raised a brood each year by the bridge. |
 Oystercatchers. Chick growing well. |
 Partridge. Red-legged - Introduced. |
 Partridge. Red-legged - Introduced. |
 Peacock Indian . Naturalised 'escape.' |
 Peacock Butterfly. |
 Pheasant. Eurasian |
 Pipit Meadow |
 Pipit. Rock |
 Pipit. Rock |
 Pipit. Tree |
 Plover. Golden |
 Plover. Golden |
 Plover. Ringed |
 Polecat. Native but have interbred with domestic Ferret. |
 Polecat. Native but have interbred with domestic Ferret. |
 Primrose. |
 Sandpiper. Purple |
 Ringed Plover, Little Stint and Knot. |
 Rat. Brown |
 Raven. |
 Razorbill. |
 Razorbill. |
 Red Admiral. |
 Redpoll. Lesser |
 Redshank. Common |
 Redstart Black |
 Redstart Black |
 Redwing. |
 Robin |
 Rook. |
 Sanderling. |
 Sanderling. |
 Scarce Scarlet and Gold. |
 Scoter Common |
 Seal. Atlantic Grey |
 Seal. Common |
 Shag. |
 Shag. |
 Shearwaters. Manx |
 Shearwaters. Manx |
 Sheldduck. Common |
 Sheldduck. Common |
 Shoveller Northern |
 Skua Great "Bonxie". |
 Skua Great "Bonxie". |
 Small Copper |
 Small Heath |
 Small Pearl Bordered Frittilary. |
 Small Tortoiseshell. |
 Sparrow. House |
 Sparrow. Tree |
 Sparrowhawks Eurasian at nest. |
 Sparrowhawks Eurasian at nest. |
 Speckled Wood. |
 Starling. Eurasian |
 Stonechat. Common |
 Stonechat. Common |
 Swallow. Eurasian (Barn) |
 Swan. Black, A native of Australia but thriving. |
 Swan. Black, |
 Swan. Mute . The common Park Swan. |
 Swan Whooper. Winter Visitor from Iceland. |
 Swan Whooper. About 50 or so come every year. |
 Teal. Eurasian |
 Teal. Eurasian |
 Tern. Arctic . Summer breeding visitor. |
 Tern. Arctic . |
 Tern. Little Summer visitor. |
 Tern. Little Usually about 40 pairs come to breed. |
 Tern. Little chick. Do NOT disturb. |
 Tern. Sandwich Not known to breed. |
 Tern. Sandwich Breeds in Northern Ireland . |
 Tern. Sandwich. Adult and juv. |
 Thrush.Mistle |
 Thrush.Mistle |
 Thrush. Song |
 Tit. Blue |
 Tit. Coal |
 Tit.Great |
 Tit. Long -tailed |
 Tit. Long -tailed |
 Turnstone. "Ruddy" |
 Turnstone. "Ruddy" . in Winter. |
 Twite. |
 Wagtail. Grey |
 Wagtail. Grey |
 Wagtail. Pied - Actually the Yarelli race of "White Wagtail!." |
 But we prefer Pied as that is what it is. |
 Wall Brown |
 Wall Brown |
 Wallaby. Red-necked . Escaped but well established. |
 Wallaby. Red-necked with young. |
 Young Joey! |
 Breeding has increased the total population to 200 or more. |
 Warbler. Sedge -Summer Visitor. |
 Warbler. Sedge |
 Warbler Willow -in hand for ringing. |
 Warbler Willow |
 Waxbill. Bohemian -Winter visitors. |
 Waxbill. Bohemian - Flocks erupt from Northern Europe in hard winters. |
 Waxbill. Bohemian |
 Whale. Minke |
 Wheatear. Northern - Passage migrants. |
 Whimbrel. |
 Whinchat. Rare passage migrant. |
 Whinchat. Rare passage migrant. |
 Whitethroat. Common - Summer breeder. |
 Wigeon. Eurasian (female) Winter visitor. |
 Wigeon. Eurasian . male or Cock. |
 Pigeon Wood, Ring Dove or Cushat. |
 Wren. Now refered to as Winter but here all year. |
 Redstart Black |
 Yellow Hammer. Bunting. Scarce and maybe extinct as a breeding bird. |
 Yellow Hammer. Bunting |
 Grebe Little |
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