All posts by marnixr

White-backed Vulture

Accipitriformes

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










[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]

The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Fulmar Chick

Procellariiformes

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.









[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Bernard Bousquet)

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

Wren

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 12/13 August 2016.










[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

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

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

Small Ground Finch

Passeriformes #3

Place: San Cristobal, Galapagos
Date: 14 August 2010.


[Geospiza fuliginosa, Family Thraupidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Small ground finch]

The sound of the small ground finch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Eric DeFonso)

Juvenile Moorhen

Gruiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.






[Gallinula chloropus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common moorhen]

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

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

Herring Gull Having a Crab Salad

Charadriiformes

Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Date: 30 August 2016.








[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

The sound of the herring gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Stuart Fisher)

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

Young Skylark Begging

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 13 August 2016.







[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).

Hamerkop

Pelecaniformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 29 August 2012.






Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.



Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 24 August 2012.






[Scopus umbretta, Family Scopidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hamerkop]

The sound of the hamerkop (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tim Cockcroft)

White-cheeked Turaco

Musophagiformes

Place: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Date: 16 August 2016.






[Tauraco leucotis, Family Musophagidae, Order Musophagiformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-cheeked turaco]

The sound of the white-cheeked turaco (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

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

Mallards Dabbling the Weir

Anseriformes

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir
Date: 15 October 2016.





[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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