🦉 The lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor , synonym of Dryobates minor) Dryobates (Greek) : druos - forest, woodland, batēs - walker, stroller minor (Latin) - smaller These cute little woodpeckers,

🦉 The Eurasian nuthatch or wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea) Sitta sittē (Greek) mentioned by Aristotle and other ancient Greek. by the authors of the bird, something similar to the woodpecker europaea (lat.)

🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors. These birds are real travelers, or to be more precise, nomads. They

🦉 The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) Passer (lat.) sparrow montanus lat .: mōns, montis - mountain, mountain range, montanus - mountain This species of wild sparrow lives on the outskirts of

🦉 The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) Bombycilla bombux (Greek) silk, cilla (Latin) tail garrulus lat .: garrire to chatter, babble, chirp, garrulus chatty, chirping, noisy; ax prone to This is

🦉 The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea) Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned

🦉 The great tit (Parus major) Parus (lat.) Tit major (lat.) large I really love these cuties, they are one of my favorite birds. And many people underestimate their intelligence and know practically nothing

🦉 The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle familiaris (lat.): common, easily recognizable

🦉 The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Pyrrhula (Greek): pyrrhos - red These cute, plump birds are the epitome of winter. They are very fond of being depicted on various

🦉 The ruff (Calidris pugnax) Calidris kalidris or skalidris (Greek) unknown bird mentioned by Aristotle pugnax Latin: pugna battle, struggle, pugnax warlike, pugnacious These long-legged pinocchios live

🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and

🦉 The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Alcedo alcedinis, alcyon, or halcedo, halcedinis (lat.) kingfisher; word "hals" in ancient Greek language meant "sea", along with the word thalassa.

🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark These mobile small birds prefer to live mainly in coniferous forests, but are also found

🦉 The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting citrinella citrine (lat.) yellow; citrinella (Italian) yellow bird Outside the city there are meadows near a river, and in

Every year at the end of July or beginning of August I go to the forest to pick raspberries. The path is long and hard, but it's worth it. There are a lot of The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

I would like to say thank you to dear @nelinoeva for this competition. You can find the announcement and rules here. This week's theme is - HUNGRY BIRD Bullfinch. This can be seen in mid-autumn, when these

🦉 The northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata) Spatula (lat.) spoon, blade (about the beak) clypeata lat.: clypeus shield, barrier, clypeatus having a shield These ducks are not common in my city. They are

🦉 The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Cuculus (lat.) cuckoo canorus (lat.) melodic, musical This nesting parasite appears in mid-May. In the forests you can hear them cuckooing. However, seeing this bird,

🦉 The little stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta) Calidris kalidris or skalidris (Greek) unknown bird mentioned by Aristotle minuta Latin: minutus small, minutellus very small Erolia erolie (French)

🦉 The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) Dryocopus (Greek): drys, dendron - tree; kopos, koptō - hit martius (lat.) : warlike, fighting; March It's hard not to notice these large and loud woodpeckers