Serins of Spain and Italy

Passeriformes #3

Place: Navarrete, Spain
Date: 11 May 2016.

Place: Pompei, Italy
Date: 17 May 2016.

Place: Pozzallo, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.

Place: Valle dei Templi, Sicily
Date: 29 May 2016.

Place: Marinella, Sicily
Date: 31 May 2016.

Place: Scopello, Sicily
Date: 3 June 2016.

Place: Tindari, Sicily
Date: 6 June 2016.

Place: Battipaglia, Italy
Date: 14 June 2016.

Place: Marimurtra botanical gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.

[Serinus serinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European serin]

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

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

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

Place: Maun, Botswana
Date: 1 September 2012.

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

[Tockus leucomelas, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern yellow-billed hornbill]

The sound of the southern yellow-billed hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Young Brown Pelican

Pelecaniformes

Place: Vinales, Cuba
Date: 5 May 2011.

[Pelecanus occidentalis, Family Pelecanidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brown pelican]

The sound of the brown pelican (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Thore Noernberg)

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Passeriformes #1

Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 27 April 2014.

[Stelgidopteryx ruficollis, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern rough-winged swallow]

The sound of the southern rough-winged swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Pheasant at the Bird Feeder

Galliformes

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

[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

The sound of the common pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

A Murmuration of Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: West Wittering, Sussex
Date: 16 September 2016.

[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

The sound of the common starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Meyer’s Parrot

Psittaciformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20 August 2012.

[Poicephalus meyeri, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Meyer’s parrot]

The sound of Meyer’s parrot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)

Black Caracara

Falconiformes

Place: Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly
Date: 30 July 2016.

[Daptrius ater, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black caracara]

The sound of the black caracara (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist John V. Moore)

Wood Pigeon Munching Kale

Columbiformes

Place: Singleton Park, Swansea
Date: 7 October 2016.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

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

Grey Heron

Pelecaniformes

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 October 2016.

Place: River Taff near Radyr bridge
Date: 8 October 2016.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

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

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