Nightjar

Caprimulgiformes

Place: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol
Date: 22 March 2023.


Place: Brownsea Island, Dorset
Date: 26 July 2025.


cuick call


cuick call


churring call


churring call

[Caprimulgus europaeus, Family Caprimulgidae, Order Caprimulgiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European nightjar]

The sound of the nightjar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Boyle)

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