All posts by marnixr

White Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Zaragoza, Spain
Dates: 21 June 2016.







[Motacilla alba alba, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the white wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

Distribution of the white wagtail across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Common Redstart

Passeriformes #2

Place: Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
Dates: 15 June 2016.




[Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redstart]

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

Distribution of the common redstart across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Bewick’s Swan

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Dates: 24 July 2016.




[Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tundra swan]

The sound of Bewick’s swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard Dunn)

Distribution and sightings of Bewick’s swan across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Monk Parakeet

Psittaciformes

Place: Barcelona, Catalunya
Dates: 13 May 2016.










Place: Roses, Catalunya
Dates: 18 June 2016.




[Myiopsitta monachus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Monk parakeet]

The sound of the monk parakeet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cedric Mroczko)

Distribution of the monk parakeet across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crested Lark

Passeriformes #1

Place: Marina di Modica, Sicily
Dates: 26/27 May 2016.








Place: San Giorgio, Sicily
Dates: 6 June 2016.




[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

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

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 10 October 2016.







Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.


Place: Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.









[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jérémy Simar)

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

Chiffchaff

Passeriformes #2

Place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.




[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Blue Waxbill

Passeriformes #3

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 25 August 2012.


[Uraeginthus angolensis, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue waxbill]

The sound of the blue waxbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Shag

Suliformes

Place: Lundy Island
Dates: 11/12 August 2016.











[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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