Category Archives: Charadriiformes

Juvenile Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Dates: 2 August 2009.


[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

Dunlin

Charadriiformes

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






[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).

Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Sunset

Charadriiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 18 October 2016.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 22 October 2016.



[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

Little Tern

Charadriiformes

Place: Parque Natural de Ria Formosa, Ohlão, Portugal
Dates: 15 June 2015.




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

The sound of the little tern (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

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

Greenshank

Charadriiformes

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




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

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

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

Yellow-legged Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Dates: 25 May 2016.








[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 Marco Dragonetti)

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

Sicilian Black-winged Stilts

Charadriiformes

Place: Pantano Longarini, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.








Place: Saline Ciane, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.


[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 Giuseppe Speranza)

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

Herring Gull Having a Crab Salad

Charadriiformes

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








[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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

Snipe

Charadriiformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 October 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).

Redshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Date: 28 August 2016.








[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).