Skokholm Wheatears

Passeriformes #2

Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: North Gully, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.

Place: The Bluffs, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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

Hawfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.

[Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hawfinch]

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

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

Curlew

Charadriiformes

Place: Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Date: 10 March 2018.

Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.

Place: Dale Ponds, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 July 2018.

[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

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

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

Black Swans with Cygnets

Anseriformes

Place: Gumeracha, South Australia
Date: 25 August 1997.

[Cygnus atratus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black swan]

The sound of the black swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

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

Crested Larks from Iberia, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lagoas de Santo Andre, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

Place: Castro Verde, inland southern Portugal
Date: 12 September 2018.

Place: Mina de Sao Domingos, southern part of Portugal near Spain
Date: 13 September 2018.

Place: Evoramonte, south-central Portugal
Date: 15 September 2018.

[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist J. Veeken)

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crested Larks from Iberia, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cabo Vidio, Asturias, northern Spain
Date: 23 August 2018.

Place: Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 8 September 2018.

Place: Lagoas de Santo Andre, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist J. Veeken)

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Rookery

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Ynys Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.

Place: Nevern, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.

[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Leighton Moss, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.

Place: West viewing platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 6 November 2018.

[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Vincent Pourchaire)

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

Great Frigatebird

Suliformes

Place: Espanola, Galapagos
Date: 13 August 2010.

[Fregata minor ridgwayi, Family Fregatidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great frigatebird]

The sound of the great frigatebird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

Ostriches

Struthioniformes

Place: M1109 north of Porto Covo, south-western coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.

[Struthio camelus, Family Struthionidae, Order Struthioniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ostrich]

The sound of the ostrich (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)