This gallery aims to illustrate every plumage of each taxa on the Fylde list, both at rest and in flight, using photographs taken in the Fylde.
 
Many photos are missing - click here to see a list of missing photos. If you have any of the missing photos or photos of a higher quality than those currently on display, please send them to the Fylde Bird Club for inclusion on this page. Digital images can be sent via email and we will also accept prints and slides - please email us if you have either of these.

Photos have been kindly provided by Bill Aspin, Peter Bainbridge, John Bateman, Chris Batty, Graham Batty, Mark Breaks, Colin Bushell, Jim Clift, Bob Danson, Tony Disley, Stephen Dunstan, Seumus Eaves, Paul Ellis, Ian Gardner, Peter Guy, Paul Hackett, Zac Hinchcliffe, Simon Hawtin, Gary Jenkins, John Jenkins, Steve Jones, Philip Kirkham, Mike Malpass, Andrew McCafferty, Mick McGough, David and Jackie Moreton, Nick Patel, Stuart Piner, Cliff Raby, Peter Rhind, Paul Slade, Phil Slade, Bob Stinger and Phil Tomkinson.

Due to the retrospective nature of the creation process of this gallery, the photographer is not known for each image. If your photograph features but your name is not in the list of contributors please inform us via email.

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Mute Swan Cygnus olor downy young adult male and adult female, first-winter, first-winter, adult

Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii first-winter, adult

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus first-winter and adult, adult

Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis adult

Tundra Bean Goose Anser fabalis rossicus adult, adult

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus first-winter, first-winter, adult, first-winter/adult

European White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons first-winter and adult, adult

Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris first-winter, first-winter, adult, adult

Greylag Goose Anser anser anser adult, adult

Lesser Snow Goose Anser caerulescens caerulescens subadult blue morph, adult intermediate morph, adult intermediate morph

Atlantic Canada Goose Branta canadensis canadensis downy young, downy young and adult

Todd's Canada Goose Branta canadensis interior first-winter/adult

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis first-winter/adult

Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla first-winter, adult

Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota first-winter, first-winter, adult

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca adult

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna female, adult male breeding and adult female breeding, male breeding

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata adult male, female

Wigeon Anas penelope first-winter male, first-winter male, first-winter female, adult male breeding, adult male breeding, adult male eclipse, male and female, adult female, adult female

American Wigeon Anas americana adult male, adult male

Gadwall Anas strepera adult male, male eclipse, female

Teal Anas crecca first-winter male, male, male and adult female

Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis male

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos downy young, male, adult female, female

Pintail Anas acuta acuta female

Garganey Anas querquedula juvenile, adult male breeding, adult male eclipse, adult male breeding and adult female breeding, female

Shoveler Anas clypeata first-winter male, male, male, male & female, female, female

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina adult male eclipse, adult male eclipse

Pochard Aythya ferina male, male and female, female

Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca adult male

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula adult male, adult male eclipse, adult male eclipse, female, female

Scaup Aythya marila marila first-winter male, first-winter male, juvenile, juvenile , adult male eclipse, adult female

Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis adult male, adult male

Eider Somateria mollissima mollissima male, male, adult male, adult male, female

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis first-winter male, male

Common Scoter Melanitta nigra adult male, female

Goldeneye Bucephala clangula clangula adult male, male, female eclipse, female eclipse, female

Smew Mergellus albellus female

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator male, adult male eclipse, male

Goosander Mergus merganser merganser adult male eclipse, first-winter/female

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis juvenile/female, adult male, eclipse male

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa rufa first-winter/adult

Grey Partridge Perdix perdix perdix downy young and first-winter/adult, first-winter/adult, first-winter/adult

Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus torquatus male

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata juvenile/adult, juvenile/adult, juvenile/adult

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis juvenile, adult breeding

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus cristatus downy young and adult breeding, adult winter, adult breeding

Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus first-winter/adult

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis juvenile, adult breeding

Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa juvenile/adult

Gannet Morus bassanus adult breeding

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo juvenile

Continental Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis adult

Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis juvenile

Bittern Botaurus stellaris stellaris juvenile/adult, juvenile/adult, juvenile/adult

Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax first-summer

Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta juvenile, juvenile/adult non-breeding, juvenile/adult non-breeding

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea juvenile, juvenile, adult

White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia adult

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus falcinellus juvenile, juvenile, second-winter, second-winter

Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia leucorodia juvenile

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus juvenile, adult female

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nisus juvenile male, juvenile female, adult male, female

Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo juvenile, juvenile

Osprey Pandion haliaetus haliaetus juvenile, juvenile

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus juvenile, juvenile, juvenile, adult male, adult male

Merlin Falco columbarius aesalon juvenile

Peregrine Falco peregrinus peregrinus first-summer

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus aquaticus first-winter/adult, first-winter/adult

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus chloropus downy young, adult

Coot Fulica atra atra adult, adult

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus downy young, juvenile, first-winter, adult breeding, adult winter

Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta juvenile, adult

Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus first-summer/adult, first-summer/adult

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus juvenile, adult female breeding, adult male breeding

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula juvenile, adult female breeding, adult breeding, first-summer/adult

Dotterel Charadrius morinellus juvenile/1st-winter

Southern Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria apricaria adult winter

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola adult female breeding, adult winter

Lapwing Vanellus vanellus downy young, 1st-winter/adult winter, adult breeding, adult breeding, adult female breeding

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris adult breeding, adult breeding

Greenland Knot Calidris canutus islandica juvenile, juvenile, adult breeding

Sanderling Calidris alba juvenile, first-winter, adult breeding

Little Stint  Calidris minuta juvenile

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii adult breeding

White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis adult, adult, adult

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos juvenile, adult

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea juvenile, first-summer/adult breeding

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima first-winter/adult

Southern Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii juvenile, 1st-winter/adult winter, adult breeding

Northern Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina adult breeding

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus falcinellus adult, adult

Ruff Philomachus pugnax juvenile, female breeding, first-summer/adult

Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus adult

Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago first-winter, first-winter/adult

Continental Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa limosa adult male, adult female

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica juvenile, adult breeding, adult female, first-summer/adult, first-winter/adult winter

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica lapponica juvenile, adult male breeding

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus adult, adult

Curlew Numenius arquata arquata adult, first-summer/adult, first-winter/adult

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos juvenile, adult breeding

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus first-summer/adult

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus juvenile, adult breeding, adult breeding, adult winter

Greenshank Tringa nebularia juvenile, first-winter/adult winter

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes juvenile

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola juvenile, first-summer/adult breeding, first-summer/adult breeding

Common Redshank Tringa totanus totanus adult breeding, adult winter, adult winter

Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres first-winter/adult winter, first-winter/adult winter, adult male breeding, adult female breeding, adult winter

Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius first-winter

Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus adult dark morph

Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus longicaudus juvenile dark morph

Great Skua Stercorarius skua skua ???

Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea adult

Sabine's Gull Larus sabini juvenile, juvenile, first-summer

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla tridactyla juvenile, adult winter, adult winter, adult summer

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus ridibundus juvenile, juvenile, first-winter, first-summer, first-summer, adult winter, adult winter

Little Gull Larus minutus first-winter, first-summer, first-summer, adult winter, adult winter

Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea adult, adult

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla adult summer, adult summer

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus juvenile, juvenile, first-winter, first-summer, first-summer, second-winter, second-summer, adult winter, adult winter, adult summer, adult summer,

Common Gull Larus canus canus first-winter, second-winter, second-winter, adult winter, adult winter, adult summer

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis second-summer, adult, adult

British Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii juvenile, first-winter, first-winter, first-summer, second-winter, second-winter, third-summer, third-summer, adult winter

Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius adult summer

Baltic Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus juvenile, juvenile, adult winter, adult summer

British Herring Gull Larus argentatus argenteus juvenile, juvenile, first-winter, first-summer, second-winter, second-winter, third-winter, third-winter, near-adult, adult winter, adult summer, adult summer

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis michahellis second-summer, adult

Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides glaucoides juvenile, juvenile, adult

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus juvenile, adult