Category Archives: Bird Order

Woodchat Shrike

Passeriformes #1

Place: Isola delle Correnti, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.






Place: Fonte Ciane, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.


[Lanius senator, Family Laniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Woodchat shrike]

The sound of the woodchat shrike (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Long-tailed Tit

Passeriformes #2

Place: Woodchester Park, Cotswolds
Date: 25 August 2016.








[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

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

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

Crested Screamer

Anseriformes

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





[Chauna torquata, Family Anhimidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern screamer]

The sound of the crested screamer (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sebastian K. Herzog)

European Bee Eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Saline de Siracusa, Syracuse, Sicily
Date: 24 May 2016.








[Merops apiaster, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European bee-eater]

The sound of the European bee eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist maudoc)

Distribution of the European bee eater across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Flying Fulmars

Procellariiformes

Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.





Place: Lundy Island
Date: 10 August 2016.


[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

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

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

Willow Warbler

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 11 August 2016.





[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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

Kestrel in Flight

Falconiformes

Place: Lundy Island
Date: 10 August 2016.




Place: Lundy Island
Date: 13 August 2016.



[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

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

Collared Doves in Spain and Italy

Columbiformes

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



Place: Cefalu, Sicily
Date: 5 June 2016.





Place: Panarea Island, Lipari Islands, Sicily
Date: 8 June 2016.





Place: Canet de Mar, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.


Place: Port Lligat, Catalunya
Date: 19 June 2016.



[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

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

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

Sardinian Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Date: 25 May 2016.




Place: Lido Signorino, Sicily
Date: 31 May / 1 June 2016.





[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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