More Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

Place: Portree, Isle of Skye
Date: 3 September 2021.

Place: Easton-on-the-Hill, Northamptonshire
Date: 30 October 2021.

Place: Bishop’s Palace, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Martyr Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[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).

Reed Warblers

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 May 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 May 2022.

[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Bicanistes brevis, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Silvery-cheeked hornbill]

The sound of the silvery-cheeked hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rolf A. de By)

African Fish Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Haliaeetus vocifer, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African fish eagle]

The sound of the African fish eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Bradley)

Guillemots in Devon

Charadriiformes

Place: Torquay, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Berry Head, Brixham, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.

Place: Babbacombe Beach, Torquay, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Tawny Frogmouth

Caprimulgiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Podargus strigoides, Family Podargidae, Order Caprimulgiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny frogmouth]

The sound of the tawny frogmouth (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jeremy Hegge)

Various Red-legged Partridges

Galliformes

Place: Lepe, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

Place: Exbury Gardens, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 6 August 2021.

Place: Gresham Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

Place: Blickling Estate, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.

Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.

[Alectoris rufa, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-legged partridge]

The sound of the red-legged partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

Distribution and sightings of the red-legged partridge across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Mandarin Ducks in the Peak District

Anseriformes

Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 26 May 2021.

Place: Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 28 May 2021.

Place: Cressbrook, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.

[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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