Category Archives: Bird Order

Black-tailed Godwits in Norfolk

Charadriiformes

Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.








Place: Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.







[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

Selected Canada Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 11 January 2017.


Place: Newport Wetlands, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 2 April 2017.



Place: Llandegfedd reservoir, Monmouthshire
Date: 27 April 2017.


Place: Welsh Wildlife Centre, Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 31 March 2018.




Place: Lake Buttermere, Lake District
Date: 8 October 2020.


Place: Wallington Estate, Cambo, Northumbria
Date: 9 June 2021.




[Branta canadensis, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Canada goose]

The sound of the Canada goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Lapwing Chicks

Charadriiformes

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




Place: Lower Force, Upper Teesdale, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.






[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

Feral Pigeon on Lundy

Columbiformes

Place: Campsite, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.




Place: Dead Cow Point, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.


Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.


[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Feral pigeon]

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

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

Selected Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Lodge Park, Sherborne Park Estate, Gloucestershire
Date: 16 March 2020.





Place: Strata Florida, Ceredigion
Date: 24 November 2020.


Place: Castle near Kendall, Cumbria
Date: 5 June 2021.



Place: Garden West of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.


Place: Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
Date: 23 August 2021.


Place: Selborne, Hampshire
Date: 23 February 2022.



[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

The sound of the pied wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Great Black-backed Gull Eating a Fish

Charadriiformes

Place: Sheringham, Norfolk
Date: 30 September 2021.











[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

Red-crested Pochard

Anseriformes

Place: Blakeney, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.


[Netta rufina, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-crested pochard]

The sound of the red-crested pochard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution and sightings of the red-crested pochard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the red-crested pochard across the British Isles

Young Herring Gull Eating Crab

Charadriiformes

Place: Gairloch harbour, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 8 September 2021.






[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

Kingfishers from Elsewhere

Coraciiformes

Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 27 September 2019.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 August 2020.







Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 July 2021.


Place: Normanton Church, Rutland Water, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.






[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

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

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

Harris’s Hawk

Accipitriformes

Place: Shieldaig Falconry, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.


[Parabuteo unicinctus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Harris’s hawk]

The sound of Harris’s hawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Manuel Grosselet)

Distribution and sightings of Harris’s hawk across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of Harris's hawk across the British Isles