Skylark Taking Dust Bath

Passeriformes #1

Place: Coast Path East of Caerfai, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 July 2025.









[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).
Distribution and sightings of the skylark across the British Isles

Red Kite in a Tree

Accipitriformes

Place: Harewood House, Harewood, West Yorkshire
Date: 13 October 2025.







[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).
Distribution and sightings of the red kite across the British Isles

French Avocets

Charadriiformes

Place: Marais de Mullembourg, Noirmoutier, France
Date: 27 August 2024.















Place: Le Teich Reserve Ornithologique, east of Arcachon, France
Date: 6 September 2024.






Place: Parc du Marquenterre, Picardie, France
Date: 2 June 2025.










[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Yellowhammers

Passeriformes #3

Place: Axmouth-Lyme Coast Path, Devon
Date: 24 June 2025.
















[Emberiza citrinella, Family Emberizidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellowhammer]

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

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

Various Whitethroats, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Arinagour, Coll
Date: 17 June 2023.



Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 20 April 2024.




Place: Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 1 June 2024.


Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County
Date: 2 June 2024.



Place: Coast Path Near St. Donats, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 9 June 2024.



Place: Hill End, Rhossili Bay, Gower
Date: 17 May 2025.


Place: Druidstone Chin, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 July 2025.




Place: Caerfai Farm Campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2025.





Place: Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2025.


[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Various Whitethroats, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

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








Place: Rhossili, Gower
Date: 31 May 2021.




Place: Whiteford National Nature Reserver, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.


Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 April 2022.


Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 20 April 2023.




Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.













Place: Dougarie, Arran
Date: 10 June 2023.


Place: Blackwaterfoot, Arran
Date: 12 June 2023.


[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Ruff

Charadriiformes

Place: Marloes Mere, Marloes Peninsula, Pembrokeshire
Date: 23 August 2025.









[Calidris pugnax, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruff (bird)]

The sound of the ruff (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomek Tumiel)

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

Ringed Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Cotswolds Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire
Date: 23 March 2025.



[Callonetta leucophrys, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ringed teal]

The sound of the ringed teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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

Red-billed Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Regent’s Park, London
Date: 24 September 2024.






[Anas erythrorhyncha, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed teal]

The sound of the red-billed teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

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

Lesser Whitethroat

Passeriformes #1

Place: Branscombe Beach, Devon
Date: 25 June 2025.



[Curruca curruca, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser whitethroat]

The sound of the lesser whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dan Lombard)

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