Selected Little Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: The Loons RSPB, Orkney Mainland
Date: 21 July 2017.

Place: Lydiard Park near Swindon, Wiltshire
Date: 4 December 2017.

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.

Place: Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve, Ceredigion
Date: 2 March 2022.

Place: Roonivoolin Trail, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

More Fieldfares

Passeriformes #2

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.

[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

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

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

Sand Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

More Choughs from Pembrokeshire

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: St.Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 May 2022.

Place: Bull Hole, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Coast Path South of Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 August 2022.

Place: Penally Firing Range, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 August 2022.

[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Hooded Crows from Ireland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Giant’s Causeway, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 August 2022.

Place: Giant’s Causeway, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Harbour, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Malin Beg, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 30 August 2022.

Place: Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 6 September 2022.

Place: Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 2022.

Place: Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Date: 11 September 2022.

Place: Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Date: 14 September 2022.

[Corvus cornix, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hooded crow]

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

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

Northern Bald Ibis

Pelecaniformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Geronticus eremita, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern bald ibis]

The sound of the northern bald ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

American Barn Owl

Strigiformes

Place: Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 2 May 2022.

[Tyto furcata, Family Tytonidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: American barn owl]

The sound of the American barn owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist András Schmidt)

Juvenile Kittiwake

Charadriiformes

Place: Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

[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).

Hoatzin (Stuffed Specimen)

Opisthocomiformes

Place: Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, County Wexford, Ireland
Date: 16 September 2022.

[Opisthocomus hoazin, Family Opisthocomidae, Order Opisthocomiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hoatzin]

The sound of the hoatzin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard E. Webster)

Irish Sandwich Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.

[Thalasseus sandvicensis, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sandwich tern]

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

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