Category Archives: Charadriiformes

Turnstones at the Belgian Coast

Charadriiformes

Place: Blankenberge Beach, Belgium
Date: 21 January 2019.






[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Scottish Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Bunchrew, Beauly Firth, Scotland
Date: 27 July 2017.




Place: Saxa Vord, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2018.






Place: Muir of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2018.





[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

Curlew

Charadriiformes

Place: Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Date: 10 March 2018.





Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.







Place: Dale Ponds, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 July 2018.





[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

Shetland Arctic Terns, Part 2

Charadriiformes

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.





Place: Shetland Mainland between Voxter and Brae
Date: 12 June 2018.




Place: Muckle Roe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.





Place: Norwick, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.



Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.


Place: Sands of Sound, Lerwick, Shetland Mainland
Date: 17 June 2018.





[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

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

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

Shetland Arctic Terns, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: St. Ninian’s Isle, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.




Place: Spiggie Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.









Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.







Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.



[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

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

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

Pied Avocet

Charadriiformes

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 28 December 2018.





[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

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

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

Golden Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 14 November 2018.














[Pluvialis apricaria, Family Pluvialidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European golden plover]

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

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

Lesser Black-backed Gull Chicks

Charadriiformes

Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.











[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

Skokholm Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: South Haven, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.




Place: North Plain near farm, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.







Place: Winter Pond, Skokholm
Date: 2 May 2018.



Place: Crab Bay, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.


[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]

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

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

Various Snipes

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Marshside, near Southport, Merseyside
Date: 25 February 2018.








Place: Bousta, Sandness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.





Place: Hagdale Horse Mill, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.


[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).