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European Birds

Given below are some of many European birds:

Reed Bunting:

This bird is generally found in shrubbery and reed beds near lakes and marshes because it relies on the kind of vegetation that grows there. The male can be easily identified thanks to the black throat and head which is a direct contrast to its white moustache style stripe and collar.

European birds feed mostly on seeds and eat invertebrates when it is their breeding season.

Yellowhammer:

This bunting is found mostly around Europe and parts of Siberia. It lives only in the countryside and farmlands and has been rapidly declining in population over the past few years. Like most European birds, they feed on seeds during the normal season, and during the breeding season, they feed on invertebrates. Their nests are generally closer to the ground and are made of vegetable matter and dry grass.

Linnet:

Commonly seen all over Europe except the distant north, the Linnet feeds on weed seeds and is a woodland or farmland type of European birds because of the weedy areas and wasteland that characterize these places. During a male’s summer plumage, it has a pale crimson forehead, flanks and chest that contrast with the grey head. The female does not have any crimson color and just like the winter male of most European birds it is featureless.

Lesser Redpoll:

This bird mainly breeds around the Alps and North Sea that stretches from south east Norway to northern France and in the British Isles. Over the last fifty years or so, out of all the European birds, the Lesser Redpoll has migrated more towards southern Scandinavia and thus has become an increasingly well known and common species. The Lesser redpoll is much smaller than the Common Redpoll and possesses richer plumage tones. Even vocalizations are different between the two.

Spanish Sparrow:

This bird lives in trees, bushes, and shrubs that are located near marshes or rivers. They are actually hybrids of the House Sparrow so identifying European birds like this can be difficult. This bird possesses a chestnut crown, a white supercilium that is narrow, whitish cheeks and during the summer and spring months has black shoulders and a black mantle.

Lesser Whitethroat:

This bird breeds almost everywhere in Europe except Ireland, Spain, Italy, Scotland and western France. It’s grey everywhere with a grey tail and head and a grey brown top. A thin white crescent is situated below the eye. Its bill is dark with a pale grey-blue color and has dark grey legs is one of the most commonplace of all European birds.