Category Archives: Bird Order

Helmeted Guineafowl

Galliformes

Place: Ardminish, Gigha, Kintyre, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2023.




[Numida meleagris, Family Numididae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Helmeted guineafowl]

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

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

Tawny Owl at Forest Farm

Strigiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 April 2023.




[Strix aluco, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny owl]

The sound of the tawny owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Christoph Bock)

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

Glossy Ibis at Somerset Levels

Pelecaniformes

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 19 April 2023.







[Plegadis falcinellus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Glossy ibis]

The sound of the glossy ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Bullfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Whiting Bay, Arran
Date: 10 June 2023.


Place: Coast Path North of Sannox, Arran
Date: 11 June 2023.



Place: Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 June 2023.





[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

The sound of the bullfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Selected Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Arne, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.



Place: Dale, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 September 2020.



Place: Conwy Estuary, North Wales
Date: 29 September 2020.


Place: Llanfairfechan Beach, North Wales
Date: 30 September 2020.


Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.





Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.



Place: Cardigan, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.




Place: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Date: 1 October 2022.




[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Cuckoo in the Distance

Cuculiformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 April 2023.





Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 1 May 2023.






[Cuculus canorus, Family Cuculidae, Order Cuculiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common cuckoo]

The sound of the cuckoo (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Common Quail (Stuffed Specimen)

Galliformes

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



[Coturnix coturnix, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common quail]

The sound of the common quail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Stronach)

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

Pintails

Anseriformes

Place: Main Lake, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 March 2023.







[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

The sound of the pintail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

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