All posts by marnixr

Sulawesi White-eye

Passeriformes #1

Place: Rainforest Biome at The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.




Place: Rainforest Biome at The Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 20 September 2015.


[Zosterops consobrinorum, Family Zosteropidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pale-bellied white-eye]

Lapwing

Charadriiformes

Place: Titchwell Marshes, Norfolk
Date: 2 September 2015.



[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

Chaffinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 24 April 2015.


Place: National Botanical Gardens of Wales near Carmarthen
Date: 24 July 2011.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve near Bristol
Date: 10 May 2015.



[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Nuthatch

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.



[Sitta europaea, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Nuthatch]

The sound of the nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the Roof

Charadriiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 22 August 2015.


[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed seagull across the British Isles

Wood Pigeon Raiding the Strawberries

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 June 2011.


[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Oystercatcher

Charadriiformes

Place: The Zwin near Knokke
Date: 4 May 2013.


Place: Marros Sands, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 October 2012.


[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

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

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

Red-breasted Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Wetland Centre, Slimbridge
Date: 14 February 2010.


[Branta ruficollis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-breasted goose]

The sound of the red-breasted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Sander Bot)

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