Winter Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 4 December 2015.





[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Skomer Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Skomer between Pigstone Bay and Skomer Head
Dates: 11 May 2017.










Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.



Place: Paynes Ledge, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.




[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Sardinian Warblers from Corsica

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 1 June 2017.






Place: Bonifacio, Corsica
Dates: 6 June 2017.



[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Distribution of the Sardinian warbler across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Feeding Herons in Hyde Park

Pelecaniformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 7 July 2017.








[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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

European Bee-eater from Sardinia

Coraciiformes

Place: Stagno di Colostrai, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 12 June 2017.





[Merops apiaster, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European bee-eater]

The sound of the European bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution of the European bee-eater across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Hooded Crow Parent in Distress

Passeriformes #1

Place: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 19 June 2017.





[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

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

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

Juvenile Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Dates: 22 June 2017.






[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Sunbathing Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Crumlin canal between Newport and Risca
Dates: 8 April 2017.




[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Dates: 11/12 May 2017.




Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.


Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 16 July 2017.






[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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