Peregrine on the Clock Tower

Falconiformes

Place: Cardiff City Hall Clock Tower, Cardiff
Date: 23 March 2019.
















[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine falcon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Great Skua Communal Bath

Charadriiformes

Place: Loch of Cliff, Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.




























[Stercorarius skua, Family Stercorariidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great skua]

The sound of the great skua (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Juvenile Golden Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Bogha Glas, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Date: 13 June 2019.







[Aquila chrysaetos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Golden eagle]

The sound of the golden eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Ringed Plovers from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.




Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.


Place: Eshaness Lighthouse, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.




Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.




Place: Norwick, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.





Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.


[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Moorhen Eating a Newt

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 March 2019.













[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Ferruginous Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Blockley, Cotswolds
Date: 31 March 2019.



[Aythya nyroca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ferruginous duck]

The sound of the ferruginous duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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