Place: Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
Date: 5 September 2015.
[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]
The sound of the rock pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the rock pigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 18 August 2012.
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 27 August 2012.
[Centropus senegalensis, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Senegal coucal]
The sound of the Senegal coucal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)
Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.
[Bubulcus ibis, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cattle egret]
The sound of the cattle egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)
Distribution and sightings of the cattle egret across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Date: 22 April 2014.
[Cyanocorax chrysops, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Plush-crested jay]
The sound of the plush-crested jay (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nárgila Moura)
Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 28 April 2014.
[Chlorostilbon lucidus, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glittering-bellied emerald]
The sound of the glittering-bellied emerald (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Blamires)
Place: Filey, Yorkshire
Date: 3 November 2015.
I saw this great black-backed seagull on the beach south of Scarborough, holding its wings in a rather strange fashion. When scared off, it could fly ok, but it never folded its wings where they normally go on its back. From its feathers and bill colour I can tell it’s only just matured, and I wonder whether it got hurt in some way through inexperience. At the time that I spotted it, it was scavenging crab and fish remains thrown on the beach by some fishermen. Is there anyone with any bright ideas as to what might mean ?
[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]
The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Mandalay Palace, Mandalay, Myanmar
Date: 7 April 2013.
[Chatarrhaea gularis, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated babbler]
The sound of the white-throated babbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.
[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turnstone]
The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)
Distribution and sightings of the turnstone across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: North of Maun, Botswana
Date: 19 August 2012.
Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 27 August 2012.
[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ostrich]
The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)
Place: Iguaçu Bird Park, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.
[Guaruba guarouba, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Golden parakeet]
The sound of the golden parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nargila Moura)
Marnix's Bird Gallery 