Skylarks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 April 2021.

Place: Holy Island, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.

Place: Red Point, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.

Place: White Strand, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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

Rock Pipits from Ireland

Passeriformes #3

Place: Ballintoy, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 August 2022.

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 10 September 2022.

[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).

Blue-crowned Laughingthrush

Passeriformes #1

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

[Pterorhinus (Dryonastes) courtoisi, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-crowned laughingthrush]

Asian Brown Wood Owl

Strigiformes

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

[Strix leptogrammica, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown wood owl]

The sound of the Asian brown wood owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Farrell)

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

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

[Tockus deckeni, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Von der Decken’s hornbill]

The sound of Von der Decken’s hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Young White-tailed Eagle

Accipitriformes

Place: Shieldaig, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 7 September 2021.

[Haliaeetus albicilla, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-tailed eagle]

The sound of the white-tailed eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Kingfisher Flitting from Pillar to Post

Coraciiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 November 2022.

[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Selected Little Egrets, Part 2

Pelecaniformes

Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

Place: Llanfairfechan beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.

Place: Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: Orford Quay, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

Place: Melingruffydd Feeder, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Selected Little Egrets, Part 1

Pelecaniformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.

Place: Harnham Water Meadows, Salisbury
Date: 24 December 2018.

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.

Place: Gialova Lagoon, Messenia, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.

Place: Kalogera Lagoon, Achaia, Greece
Date: 15 September 2019.

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.

[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

The sound of the little egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Robins from Ireland

Passeriformes #2

Place: Murlough Bay, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 25 August 2022.

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Glenveagh Castle, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 29 August 2022.

Place: Glencolmcille, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 30 August 2022.

Place: Ballycroy Visitor Centre, County Mayo, Ireland
Date: 2 September 2022.

Place: Fanore Beach, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 4 September 2022.

Place: Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 8 September 2022.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

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

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