Selected Turnstones

Charadriiformes

Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.

Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 15 November 2019.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Coastal path between Llanrhystud and Llan-non, Ceredigion
Date: 21 November 2020.

Place: Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.

[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).

Common Sandpipers from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Coast Path from Garminy to Fishnish, Mull, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2022.

Place: Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

The sound of the common sandpiper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Puffins on Lundy

Charadriiformes

Place: The Pyramid, Lundy Island
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy Island
Date: 30 June 2021.

Place: Battery Point, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

[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).

Common Gulls from the Inner Hebrides

Charadriiformes

Place: Feolin, Jura, Scotland
Date: 10 June 2022.

Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 12 June 2022.

Place: Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 13 June 2022.

Place: Scalasaig, Colonsay, Scotland
Date: 14 June 2022.

Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

Place: Sandeels Bay, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

Place: Craigmore, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Seamill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.

[Larus canus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common gull]

The sound of the common gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

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

Ringed Plovers from Portugal

Charadriiformes

Place: Troia Peninsula south of Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

[Charadrius hiaticula, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common ringed plover]

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

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

Guillemots in Devon

Charadriiformes

Place: Torquay, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Berry Head, Brixham, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.

Place: Babbacombe Beach, Torquay, Devon
Date: 24 January 2022.

[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 Guillemot on Bute

Charadriiformes

Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Rothesay Harbour, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 23 June 2022.

[Cepphus grylle, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black guillemot]

The sound of the black guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hugh Harrop)

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

Selected Black-headed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Ring canal around Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.

Place: Village Bay, Hirta, St.Kilda
Date: 9 June 2019.

Place: Venice, Italy
Date: 20 August 2019.

Place: Brindisi, Italy
Date: 18 September 2019.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 25 October 2020.

Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 February 2021.

Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 March 2021.

Place: Overstrand, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

[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).

Sanderling

Charadriiformes

Place: Gairloch beach, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.

[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

The sound of the sanderling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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

Welsh Oystercatchers

Charadriiformes

Place: Sea Wall near Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.

Place: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Date: 4 April 2017.

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

Place: Llandona beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Gogarth, Llandudno, North Wales
Date: 1 October 2020.

Place: Porthor, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 6 December 2020.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 22 April 2022.

Place: Coast Path between St. Justinians and Porthclais, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

[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).