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My favourite British bird is the long tailed tit. They are so sweet

Hello Jamie, welcome to Wildlife UK! It's a very difficult question, I have many favourites, but at this time of year the robin is always great to see.

For me it has to be the barn owl. Nothing beats the sight of the barn owl flying over the fields, particularly at dusk.

Mine would probably be the Peregrine Falcon - a beautiful bird to look at, stunning to watch manoeuvre in the air and breathtaking to watch when diving to attack.

That is a hard question they are all great in different ways.
For sheer etertainmet, I would probably say starlings or robin or blue tits.
For a songster-probably a blackbird.
For a bird I would love to see-owls, merlin and golden eagle.
For wildlife spectacle- a peregrine, roosting starlings, thousands of waders at estuaries and seabird colonies.

I could go on, I can't really choose.

Skylark - now that was obvious wasn't it?

Also lapwing, barn owl & yellowhammer - I, like the Stoop, could go on forever!

Mmmmmm....

Kingfisher?

Kingfisher

In no particular order:
Bittern........
Bearded tit......
Short-eared owl.....
Tawny owl......
Kingfisher....
any of the raptors, including buzzard even though they are so common and of course red kite......
Nuthatch......
Especially treecreeper.......
Shall I go on?

Thats a difficult one,
I have several favourites, Goldfinch of course

Fav seabird, Puffin

fav garden bird, Goldfinch or Blue tit

Fav songbird, Skylark

Fav Farmland Bird, Yellowhammer

Fav Raptor, Buzzard

I could go on.....

Puffins are great to watch, I remember when I first saw them thinking they dont seem very...English

The puffins I have seen have all been very scottish

Nightjar. No competition.

thank-you everyone for your posts! This was my first ever thread, and this is my 51st post! Woo-hoo!

Only ever seen nightjars once, they make that really strange sound... sends shivers through you.

But if i am going to choose, then it must be the Bullfinch.

Aren't they the bird that makes the sound of something being rubbed on comb points? Or is that a Corncrake? I dont know