Category Archives: Charadriiformes

Slender-billed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Nubia salt pans near Trapani, Sicily
Date: 1 June 2016.




[Chroicocephalus genei, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Slender-billed gull]

The sound of the slender-billed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fernand Deroussen)

African Skimmer

Charadriiformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.







Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.




[Rynchops flavirostris, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African skimmer]

The sound of the African skimmer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Common Tern

Charadriiformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 30 April 2016.





[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).

Guillemot

Charadriiformes

Place: Green Bridge, Castlemartin Pensinsula East Range, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 July 2016.










[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).

Black-headed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Beaulieu, New Forest
Date: 29 April 2016.




Place: Buckler’s Hard, New Forest
Date: 29 April 2016.



Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.




[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

Oystercatchers in the Sunset

Charadriiformes

Place: Flamborough Head, Yorkshire
Date: 31 October 2015.




[Haematopus ostralegus, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian oystercatcher]

The sound of the oystercatcher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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

Juvenile Herring Gull Pretending To Be Big

Charadriiformes

Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.



[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

Ruff

Charadriiformes

Place: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk
Date: 3 September 2015.




[Calidris pugnax, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruff]

The sound of the ruff (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomek Tumiel)

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

Swallow-tailed Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Genovesa, Galapagos
Date: 17 August 2010.




[Larus furcatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swallow-tailed gull]

The sound of the swallow-tailed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Alvaro Jaramillo)

More Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: Mevagissey harbour, Cornwall
Date: 27 October 2012.




Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date: 24 October 2010.


Place: Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 2 January 2016.






[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: 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).