Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Apodiformes

Place: Abraão, Ihla Grande, Brazil
Dates: 29 April 2014.


Place: Paraty, Brazil
Dates: 27 April 2014.




[Eupetomena macroura, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swallow-tailed hummingbird]

The sound of the swallow-tailed hummingbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Blamires)

Mistle Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Reading Services (M4), Berkshire
Dates: 24 January 2017.






[Turdus viscivorus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mistle thrush]

The sound of the mistle thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the mistle thrush across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Canada Geese with Young

Anseriformes

Place: Llandegfedd reservoir, Monmouthshire
Dates: 27 April 2017.








[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

The sound of the Canada goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the Canada goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Kestrels

Falconiformes

Place: Taranto, Puglia, Italy
Dates: 11 June 2016.





Place: Riverside Countrypark, Gillingham, Kent
Dates: 4 July 2016.





Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.


[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

The sound of the kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the kestrel across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Juvenile Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff
Dates: 29 July 2016.



Place: Morwenstow, Cornwall
Dates: 30 August 2016.



Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Dates: 1 September 2016.




Place: Boscastle, Cornwall
Dates: 29 August 2016.


[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

The sound of the robin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the robin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the robin across the British Isles

Crows Stealing Wool

Passeriformes #1

Place: Beddgelert, Snowdonia
Dates: 3 April 2017.







[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

The sound of the carrion crow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the carrion crow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

African Spotted Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Dates: 4 July 2016.




[Bubo africanus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted eagle-owl]

The sound of the African spotted eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rob van Bemmelen)

Whitethroat

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 19 April 2017.



[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

Distribution and sightings of the whitethroat across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Guarding the Coot Nest

Change of the guard for nest duty.

Gruiformes

Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Dates: 22 April 2017.





[Fulica atra, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian coot]

The sound of the coot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

Distribution and sightings of the Eurasian coot across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Lappet-faced Vulture / White-backed Vulture

Accipitriformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.






[Torgos tracheliotos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lappet-faced vulture]

[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]

The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)