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My first slowworm ever and this buddy was so chilled that I came to his face with my Marco💜

🇺🇸: The slowworm (Anguis fragilis) is a legless lizard species belonging to the family Anguidae. Despite its snake-like appearance, it is not a snake but a lizard, distinguished by features such as eyelids and the ability to shed its tail when threatened. Adults typically reach lengths of 40 to 50 centimeters, with females often slightly larger than males. Slowworms feed mainly on small invertebrates like slugs and worms. They are common throughout much of Europe and parts of western Asia, often found in gardens, grasslands, and forest edges. This species is harmless to humans and plays an important role in natural pest control.

🇩🇪: Die Blindschleiche (Anguis fragilis) ist eine beinlose Eidechsenart aus der Familie der Schleichen (Anguidae). Trotz ihres schlangenähnlichen Aussehens ist sie keine Schlange, sondern eine Eidechse, erkennbar unter anderem an beweglichen Augenlidern und der Fähigkeit, bei Gefahr den Schwanz abzuwerfen. Erwachsene Tiere erreichen meist eine Länge von 40 bis 50 Zentimetern, wobei die Weibchen oft etwas größer sind als die Männchen. Blindschleichen ernähren sich überwiegend von kleinen Wirbellosen wie Nacktschnecken und Regenwürmern. Sie sind in weiten Teilen Europas und in Teilen Westasiens verbreitet und häufig in Gärten, Wiesen und an Waldrändern zu finden. Für den Menschen ist die Blindschleiche völlig ungefährlich und ein wertvoller Helfer bei der natürlichen Schädlingsbekämpfung.

📍 Bavaria

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🇺🇸: The Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) is a songbird species in the corvid family (Corvidae). The magpie is a medium-sized corvid, measuring about 44–46 cm in length, including its long tail. It appears slender with a striking black-and-white plumage and iridescent blue-green wing and tail feathers. Its distribution area covers most of Europe, much of Asia, and northwest Africa. Like other ravens and crows, the magpie is omnivorous. Its diet focuses on insects, seeds, and fruits, but it also eats small vertebrates, eggs, carrion, and human food waste in settlements.

🇩🇪: Die Elster (Pica pica) ist eine Singvogelart aus der Familie der Rabenvögel (Corvidae). Die Elster ist ein mittelgroßer Rabenvogel von etwa 44–46 cm Körperlänge, wobei ihr langer Schwanz einen großen Teil ausmacht. Sie wirkt schlank und ist durch ihr auffälliges schwarz-weißes Gefieder sowie schillernde blau-grüne Flügel- und Schwanzfedern unverwechselbar. Das Verbreitungsgebiet umfasst weite Teile Europas, große Teile Asiens und Nordwestafrika. Wie auch andere Raben und Krähen ist die Elster ein Allesfresser. Der Schwerpunkt des Nahrungsspektrums liegt auf Insekten, Samen und Früchten, daneben frisst sie auch kleine Wirbeltiere, Eier, Aas und in Siedlungen auch menschliche Abfälle.

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🇺🇸: The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) is a striking shorebird in the oystercatcher family (Haematopodidae). It measures about 39 to 44 centimeters in length and weighs between 400 and 820 grams. The Eurasian oystercatcher inhabits coastal mudflats, sandy shores, estuaries, and occasionally inland wetlands. It breeds across much of Europe and parts of Asia, favoring open landscapes near water, often nesting on beaches, dykes, or gravel islands. During the breeding season, which usually spans from April to July, the birds are highly vocal and territorial. They are easily recognized by their black-and-white plumage, long orange-red bill, and loud piping calls. In autumn, northern populations migrate to milder coastal regions in Western Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East for the winter. Their diet consists mainly of mussels, cockles, and other shellfish, which they expertly pry open with their strong bills.

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I know I’m posting a lot of kestrels at the moment, but they’re just getting braver towards me🥹 This female placed her up in the tree after a few walkers passed by. I already knew she was less shy and took the chance. I didn’t look at her to find a place without backlighting and luckily she stayed and let me take photos.

🇺🇸: The kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is the most common falcon in Central Europe. It is relatively familiar to the public because it has also conquered cities and urban areas as its habitat and can often be seen hovering. Body size and wingspan vary greatly depending on the subspecies and individual. In the subspecies Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus found in Europe, males reach an average body length of 34.5 centimeters and females 36 centimeters. The average wingspan of males is just under 75 centimeters and that of the larger females is 76 centimeters. Studies have shown that females can differentiate between eleven different vocalizations and males over nine. The calls can be divided into a few basic patterns, the volume, pitch and frequency of which vary depending on the situation.

📍Bavaria

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I saw this buzzard sitting there in the afternoon when the sun was already down. It really annoyed me because it was just too dark for a good photo. The next day I was even happier when it sat in the same place again while it was looking for mice. Because it wanted to catch them, it looked as if it had been having fun in the snow😄 It’s always nice to see these animals up close, especially because I’ve never been anywhere near that close to a buzzard in my city🥹

🇺🇸: The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a bird of prey from the Accipitridae family and the most common representative of this family in Central Europe. The common buzzard’s distribution area covers all of Europe, with the exception of islands and northern Scandinavia. The common buzzard is a medium-sized, compact bird of prey. It is 51 to 57 centimetres long and has a wingspan of 113 to 128 centimetres. Adult males in Germany weigh an average of 790 g (622 to 1183 g in general), and females weigh an average of 990 g. The common buzzard lives mainly in small forest areas with adjacent, open landscapes, where it almost exclusively searches for food.

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