Category Archives: Bird Order

Bar-tailed Godwit

Charadriiformes

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

















[Limosa lapponica, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bar-tailed godwit]

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

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

Roul-roul Partridge

Galliformes

Place: Rainforest Biome, Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 8 September 2020.

















[Rollulus rouloul, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested partridge]

The sound of the roul-roul partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ding Li Yong)

Sharp-winged Teal

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.



[Anas flavirostris oxyotera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Yellow-billed teal]

The sound of the sharp-winged teal (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cristian Pinto)

Little Egrets from Anglesey

Pelecaniformes

Place: Cemlyn, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.




Place: Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.



Place: Penmon, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.


Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Date: 25 September 2020.




Place: Malltraeth, Anglesey
Date: 26 September 2020.



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




[Egretta garzetta, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little egret]

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

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

Various Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.


Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Loch An Tiumpan, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.



Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.


[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

The sound of the tufted duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Swifts in Flight

Apodiformes

Place: Alberobello, Italy
Date: 12 June 2016.




Place: Nafplio, Greece
Date: 31 August 2019.





Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 3 July 2020.



[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

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

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

Forest Farm Blackbirds

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 March 2020.



Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2020.



[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

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

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

Hooded Crows from Greece

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lake Pamvotis , Ioannina, Greece
Date: 22 August 2019.



Place: Ancient Messini, Messenia, Greece
Date: 9 September 2019.



Place: Gialova Lagoon, Messenia, Greece
Date: 10 September 2019.






Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messenia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.



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

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

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

Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture

Accipitriformes

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.





[Gyps rueppelli, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rüppell’s vulture]

The sound of Rüppell’s griffon vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)