Hoopoe

Bucerotiformes

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







[Upupa epops, Family Upupidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hoopoe]

The sound of the hoopoe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Zdenek Vermouzek)

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

Tawny Owls

Strigiformes

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




Place: Le Marais aux Oiseaux, Île d’Oléron, France
Date: 2 September 2024.





[Strix aluco, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny owl]

The sound of the tawny owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Christoph Bock)

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

Striated Caracara

Falconiformes

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




[Phalcoboenus australis, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Striated caracara]

The sound of the striated caracara (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Sacred Ibis

Pelecaniformes

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




[Threskiornis aethiopicus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: African sacred ibis]

The sound of the sacred ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

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

Gannets

Suliformes

Place: White Park Bay, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 August 2022.








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



Place: Traeth Llyfn, Pembrokeshire
Date: 27 April 2023.





Place: Maen Du, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 29 April 2025.



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

Selected Rock Pipits, Part 2

Passeriformes #3

Place: North Light, Lundy
Date: 20 July 2023.



Place: Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall
Date: 16 February 2024.


Place: South Haven, Skomer
Date: 1 May 2024.



Place: Camaret-sur-Mer, Crozon Peninsula, Brittany, France
Date: 9 July 2024.


Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 27 April 2025.



Place: Maen Du, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 28 April 2025.




Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 28 April 2025.



Place: Coast Path Between Caerfai and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2025.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the rock pipit across the British Isles

Selected Rock Pipits, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: Porthleven, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.





Place: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumbria
Date: 24 June 2019.



Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.





Place: Jenny’s Cove, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.



Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.




Place: Mullion Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Date: 21 February 2023.




Place: Chapel Porth, Cornwall
Date: 23 February 2023.





Place: Newton, Lochranza, Arran
Date: 11 June 2023.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the rock pipit across the British Isles

Lapwings

Charadriiformes

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




Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 12 November 2024.





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




Place: Isle of Canna, Scotland
Date: 4 September 2025.



Place: RSPB Fairburn Ings, West Yorkshire
Date: 16 October 2025.




[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

Emperor Goose

Anseriformes

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



[Anser canagicus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Emperor goose]

The sound of the emperor goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bill Pyle)

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

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Broadlands Estate, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 September 2024.



[Bubo bubo, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian eagle-owl]

The sound of the Eurasian eagle owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Holzapfel)

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