Skokholm Guillemots

Charadriiformes

Place: North Gully, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

Place: Little Bay, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

Place: The Neck, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

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

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 30 April 2018.

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.

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

Place: North Plain, Skokholm
Date: 3 May 2018.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

A Multitude of Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Orkney mainland near RSPB Marwick Head, Scotland
Date: 21 July 2017.

[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).

Dunlins

Charadriiformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.

Place: Ribble Estuary, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 25 February 2018.

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Sardinian Black-winged Stilts

Charadriiformes

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 16 June 2017.

Place: Arborea Lido, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 17 June 2017.

Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia, Italy
Date: 22 June 2017.

[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mats Rellmar)

Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Kittiwake Chicks

Charadriiformes

Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Date: 16 July 2017.

[Rissa tridactyla, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-legged kittiwake]

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

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

Skomer Razorbills

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: Skomer near Garland Stone
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: The Neck, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Dates: 13 May 2017.

[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Welsh Lapwings

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 3 November 2016.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport
Dates: 2 April 2017.

[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).

Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: Wiseman’s Bridge, Pembrokeshire
Dates: 18 April 2016.

[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).

Brown-headed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Inle Lake, Myanmar
Dates: 2 April 2013.

[Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown-headed gull]

The sound of the brown-headed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mandar Bhagat)