Category Archives: Charadriiformes

Orkney Puffins No.1

Charadriiformes

Place: Stanger Head, 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).

French Black-headed Gull

Charadriiformes

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




[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]

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

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

Skomer Guillemots

Charadriiformes

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



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


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







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

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist
Andrew Carter)

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

Common Redshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Penarth Marina, Cardiff Bay
Dates: 5 January 2017.





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



Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Dates: 5 August 2017.






[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 redshank across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Forest Farm Snipes

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 October 2016.











Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2016.


[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).

Juvenile Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

Place: Isola Asinara, Sardinia
Dates: 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 Jordi Calvet)

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

Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Dates: 11/12 May 2017.




Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.


Place: Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dates: 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).

Scottish Razorbills

Charadriiformes

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



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








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

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Little Tern

Charadriiformes

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
















[Sternula albifrons, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little tern]

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

Distribution of the little tern across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Little Ringed Plover

Charadriiformes

Place: Rondinara, Corsica, France
Dates: 7 June 2017.








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


[Charadrius dubius, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little ringed plover]

The sound of the little ringed plover (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Pantalone)

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