Wheatear

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 9 – 13 August 2016.

Place: Seven Sisters, Sussex
Date: 13 September 2016.

Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Date: 14 September 2016.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

The sound of the wheatear (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Snipe

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 2016.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

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

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

Crimson-breasted Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 1 September 2012.

[Laniarius atrococcineus, Family Malaconotidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crimson-breasted shrike]

The sound of the crimson-breasted shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niall Perrins)

Rufous-bellied Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 27 April 2014.

Place: Abraão, Ilha Grande, Brazil
Date: 30 April 2014.

[Turdus rufiventris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rufous-bellied thrush]

The sound of the rufous-bellied thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Gannet

Suliformes

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 10 August 2016.

[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).

Common Eider

Anseriformes

Place: Amble, Northumbria
Date: 2 August 2009.

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

[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the common eider (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Hoopoe

Bucerotiformes

Place: Marina di Modica, Sicily
Date: 27 May 2016.

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

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

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

Rock Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.

[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian 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).

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Apodiformes

Place: Guango hummingbird sanctuary, Ecuador
Date: 6 August 2010.

[Ensifera ensifera, Family Trochilidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sword-billed hummingbird]

The sound of the sword-billed hummingbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mitch Lysinger)

Greenfinches from Spain

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 11 May 2016.

Place: Esponella, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 22 June 2016.

[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]

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

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