Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.
[Geokichla dohertyi, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Chestnut-backed thrush]
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Violet-backed Starling
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Violet-backed starling]
The sound of the violet-backed starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Gannets from the Shetlands
Place: Lund Beach, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.
Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.
Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.
[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]
The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)
Distribution and sightings of the gannet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Red Kite Feeding Time, Part 2
Place: Bwlch Nant yr Arian feeding station, Ceredigion
Date: 1 April 2021.
[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]
The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)
Distribution and sightings of the red kite across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Red Kite Feeding Time, Part 1
Place: Bwlch Nant yr Arian feeding station, Ceredigion
Date: 23 November 2020.
[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]
The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)
Distribution and sightings of the red kite across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Various Chiffchaffs
Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.
Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.
Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.
[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]
The sound of the chiffchaff (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the chiffchaff across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Juvenile Bullfinches
Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.
[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]
The sound of the bullfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)
Distribution and sightings of the bullfinch across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Place: Ancient Mycenae, Argolis, Greece
Date: 2 September 2019.
Place: Ancient Messini, Messenia, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.
[Oenanthe melanoleuca, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eastern black-eared wheatear]
The sound of the Eastern black-eared wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)
Distribution of the Eastern black-eared wheatear across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Diseased Great Tit
Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 30 June 2020.
[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]
The sound of the great tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)
Distribution and sightings of the great tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Welsh Rock Pipits, Part 2
Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.
Place: Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.
Place: North-west corner of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.
Place: Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.
Place: Tanybwlch, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.
[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European 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).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 