Category Archives: Charadriiformes

Redshanks from Anglesey

Charadriiformes

Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.












Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Date: 25 September 2020.





[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).
Distribution and sightings of the redshank across the British Isles

Dunlins and Sanderlings

Charadriiformes

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

[Green arrow = Dunlin; Red arrow = Sanderling]









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





[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

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

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

Curlews from Anglesey

Charadriiformes

Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.



Place: Cemlyn, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.


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



Place: Penmon, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.









Place: Malltraeth, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.



Place: Newborough Warren, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.




Place: Pentraeth beach, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.



[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

Oystercatchers from Scotland

Charadriiformes

Place: Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.




Place: Grutness, Shetland Mainland
Date: 9 June 2018.



Place: Minn Beach, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.



Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.


Place: Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2018.





Place: Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Date: 25 June 2018.





[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).
Distribution and sightings of the oystercatcher across the British Isles

Young Razorbill

Charadriiformes

Place: Llaneilian Porth, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.








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

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Black-tailed Godwits

Charadriiformes

Place: Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.







Place: Ribble Estuary, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.






Place: Meare Heath, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.





[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

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

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

Various Lapwing

Charadriiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.






Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 11 October 2016.





Place: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.


Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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

More Great Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset
Date: 6 March 2020.



Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.




[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).
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles

Various Herring Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Penzance, Cornwall
Date: 28 May 2013.



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


Place: Hastings, Kent
Date: 3 July 2016.


Place: Marimurtra Botanical Gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.


Place: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 13 July 2017.



Place: The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 13 February 2019.





Place: Mullion Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.



Place: Porthleven, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.



[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

Various Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands
Date: 2 August 2009.


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




Place: Aird beach, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.


[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