Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.
[Liocichla omeiensis, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Emei Shan liocichla]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Lesser Kestrels
Place: Ioannina, Greece
Date: 22 August 2019.
[Falco naumanni, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser kestrel]
The sound of the lesser kestrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)
African Harrier-hawk
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Polyboroides typus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African harrier-hawk]
The sound of the African harrier-hawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Étienne Leroy)
Scarlet Ibis
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Eudocimus ruber, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Scarlet ibis]
The sound of the scarlet ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Shetland Curlews
Place: B9078 before Braewick Cafe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.
Place: North Roe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.
Place: Muness Castle, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 14 June 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).
Red-crested Pochard
Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
[Netta rufina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crested pochard]
The sound of the red-crested pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Buckx)
Distribution and sightings of the red-crested pochard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Ruddy-headed Goose
Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.
[Chloephaga rubidiceps, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy-headed goose]
The sound of the ruddy-headed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)
Various Blackcaps
Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 29 April 2019.
Place: Mist nets near Bird Observatory, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.
Place: Camping Goren am Bodensee, Kressbronn, Germany
Date: 17 August 2019.
[Sylvia atricapilla, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian blackcap]
The sound of the blackcap (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)
Distribution and sightings of the blackcap across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Dunnock Preening
Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 7 July 2019.
[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]
The sound of the dunnock (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the dunnock across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Welsh House Sparrows
Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Date: 3 May 2017.
Place: New Quay, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2018.
Place: Warden Centre bird hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.
[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]
The sound of the house sparrow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)
Distribution and sightings of the house sparrow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 