Category Archives: Charadriiformes

Arctic Tern in Flight

Charadriiformes

Place: Ferry from Gill’s Bay to St. Margaret’s Hope, Orkney Islands
Dates: 21 July 2017.




[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

Blacksmith Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Dates: 30 August 2012.



[Vanellus armatus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blacksmith lapwing]

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

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

More Avocets

Charadriiformes

Place: Marais Rondon, Hyères, France
Dates: 21 May 2017.








[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

Redshank and Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 8 November 2017.




[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

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

[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Great Black-backed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Dates: 30 August 2016.




Place: Golspie, Sutherland
Dates: 19 July 2017.





[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).

Common Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dates: 18 July 2017.









[Sterna hirundo, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common tern]

The sound of the common tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Ahmed)

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

Yellow-legged Gulls from Corsica

Charadriiformes

Place: Barcaggio, Cap Corse, Corsica
Dates: 25 May 2017.




Place: Centuri-Port, Cap Corse, Corsica
Dates: 24 May 2017.


Place: Étang d’Urbino, Corsica
Dates: 31 May 2017.


Place: Ferry from Bonifacio, Corsica to Sta Teresa, Sardinia
Dates: 7 June 2017.





[Larus michahellis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-legged gull]

The sound of the yellow-legged gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution of the yellow-legged gull across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: Laugharne Estuary, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.







Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.


Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 8 November 2017.




Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Dates: 8 February 2017.




[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

Orkney Puffins No.2

Charadriiformes

Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.






















Place: Noup Cliffs, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.


[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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