Bird ecologically dependent on aquatic environments, continental or marine, for at least part of its life cycle

A crested boatbill (Cancroma cochlearia) and common heron (Ardea cinerea). Coloured engraving, ca. 1808, after S. Edwards.

Trandate tablets : sandpiper.

A heron and ducks by the water's edge. Engraving by F. Place, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Two birds, an avocet and spoonbill, by a pond. Engraving.

A roseate tern (Sterna species). Etching by Eliza D.

More hay - more hay fever : fulmar petrel.

An unidentified water bird. Coloured etching.

Hazol drops : Hazol spray : herring gull.

Herons on a riverbank. Engraving.

Three canvas-backed ducks (Nyroca valisineria) Reproduction of a painting by J. J. Audubon, ca. 1827.

A common tern (Sterna species). Etching by Eliza D.

A green sandpiper (Totanus ochropus). Etching by I.[?] R., ca. 1826, after A. C.

1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 25.5 x 18.1 cm

A common tern (Sterna hirundo). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.5 x 12 cm

A little crake bird. Etching by Eliza D.

A bittern and one of its feathers. Etching.

Trandate tablets : grey plover.

6 prints : wood engravings ; images 6 x 7.8 cm

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

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Water birds

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A common tern (Sterna hirundo). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A little crake bird. Etching by Eliza D.

A bittern and one of its feathers. Etching.

Trandate tablets : grey plover.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

Water birds

Images from the collections

Images referencing Water birds

Works from the collections

A common tern (Sterna hirundo). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

A little crake bird. Etching by Eliza D.

A bittern and one of its feathers. Etching.

Trandate tablets : grey plover.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

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