Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 31 August 2012.
[Pycnonotus barbatus, Family Pycnonotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common bulbul]
The sound of the black-eyed bulbul (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bram Piot)
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Swans Foraging for Seaweed
Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 28 July 2016.
[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]
The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)
Distribution and sightings of the mute swan across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Java Sparrow
Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.
[Lonchura oryzivora, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Java sparrow]
The sound of the Java sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dan Lane)
Distribution and sightings of the Java sparrow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Juvenile Great Tits
Place: Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 July 2016.
[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]
The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)
Distribution and sightings of the great tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Red-and-green Macaw
Place: Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.
[Ara chloropterus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-and-green macaw]
The sound of the red-and-green macaw (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernando Igor de Godoy)
Red-crested Turaco
Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.
[Tauraco erythrolophus, Family Musophagidae, Order Musophagiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crested turaco]
Giant Kingfisher
Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20/21 August 2012.
[Megaceryle maxima, Family Cerylidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Giant kingfisher]
The sound of the giant kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Lesser Flamingo
Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.
[Phoeniconaias minor, Family Phoenicopteridae, Order Phoenicopteriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser flamingo]
The sound of the lesser flamingo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mike Nelson)
Distribution and sightings of the lesser flamingo across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Black Egret
Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.
[Egretta ardesiaca, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black heron]
The sound of the black egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
A Not So Swift
Place: Almeria, Andalucia
Date: 7 June 2015.
[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]
The sound of the common swift (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)
Distribution and sightings of the common swift across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 