Selected Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Sabaudia, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.

Place: Ludlow, Shropshire
Date: 26 October 2017.

Place: North Promenade, Cleveleys, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Papil Church, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Selected Goosanders

Anseriformes

Place: White Cart Water, Pollok Countryside Park south of Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 13 February 2019.

Place: River Taff Downstream from Blackweir, Cardiff
Date: 28 January 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2020.

Place: River Taff near Taffs Well
Date: 29 November 2020.

[Mergus merganser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common merganser]

The sound of the goosander (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Village Weaver

Passeriformes #3

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Ploceus cucullatus, Family Ploceidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Village weaver]

The sound of the village weaver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)

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

Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 19 April 2021.

Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

Place: Carraig Fuada Lighthouse, Islay, Scotland
Date: 8 June 2022.

Place: Coast Path from Garminy to Fishnish, Mull, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2022.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Great Skuas from the Shetlands

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Sumburgh, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.

Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 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).

Goldfinches Taking a Bath

Passeriformes #3

Place: Southgate, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Selected Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Coastal path between Llanrhystud and Llan-non, Ceredigion
Date: 21 November 2020.

Place: Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.

[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Turkey Vulture

Cathartiformes

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

[Cathartes aura, Family Cathartidae, Order Cathartiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turkey vulture]

The sound of the turkey vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Charlie Vogt)

Young Snow Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Dunwich, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Plectrophenax nivalis, Family Calcariidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snow bunting]

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

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

Red-eyed Vireo (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 August 2022.

Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.

[Vireo olivaceus, Family Vireonidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-eyed vireo]

The sound of the red-eyed vireo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist William Whitehead)