European Bee-eaters from Corsica

Coraciiformes

Place: La Canonica, Corsica, France
Date: 23 May 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).

A Multitude of Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Orkney mainland near RSPB Marwick Head, Scotland
Date: 21 July 2017.





[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Waved Albatross Feeding Chick

Procellariiformes

Place: Espanola, Galapagos
Date: 13 August 2010.



[Phoebastria irrorata, Family Diomedeidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Waved albatross]

The sound of the waved albatross (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

More River Taff Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2017.









Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 January 2018.



Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2018.


Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.




Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.



Place: River Taff near Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.










[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

More Forest Farm Reed Buntings

Passeriformes #3

Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 18 December 2017.





[Emberiza schoeniclus, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common reed bunting]

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

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

Rock Pipits from Southern England

Passeriformes #3

Place: Chapelporth, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.





Place: Sidmouth Marina, Devon
Date: 13 March 2018.






Place: Lyme Regis, Dorset
Date: 14 March 2018.







[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

The sound of the rock pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Emu

Casuariiformes

Place: Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Date: 30 July 1997.


Place: Adelaide show, Adelaide, South Australia
Date: 28 August 1997.


[Dromaius novaehollandiae, Family Dromaiidae, Order Casuariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Emu]

The sound of the emu (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Local Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre Bird Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2016.



Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 January 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 February 2018.



[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

White Storks on the Nest

Ciconiiformes

Place: Soria, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 27/28 June 2017.














[Ciconia ciconia, Family Ciconiidae, Order Ciconiiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White stork]

The sound of the white stork (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dries Van de Loock)

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

Dunlins

Charadriiformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.








Place: Ribble Estuary, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 25 February 2018.





[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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