Category Archives: Bird Order

Selected Linnets, Part 1

Passeriformes #3

Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Date: 14 September 2016.


Place: Montrose Basin Wildlife Trust, Angus, Scotland
Date: 20 June 2018.





Place: RSPB Marazion Marsh, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.




Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.





Place: Porthgain, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.



Place: Deer Park, Martin’s Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.


[Linaria cannabina, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common linnet]

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Selected Dippers, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: River Taff at Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 September 2021.






Place: Miller’s Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.






Place: Chee Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 10 February 2022.





Place: Glamorganshire Canal Extension, near Tongwynlais Picnic Area, Cardiff
Date: 4 November 2022.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal Extension, near Tongwynlais Picnic Area, Cardiff
Date: 14 January 2023.






[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

The sound of the dipper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Selected Dippers, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.







Place: Beresford Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 26 May 2021.


Place: Langleeford Farm near Wooler, Northumbria
Date: 10 June 2021.





Place: Flowerdale Glen, Gairloch, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 11 September 2021.





[Cinclus cinclus, Family Cinclidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-throated dipper]

The sound of the dipper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jarek Matusiak)

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

Long-tailed Tits on Feeder

Passeriformes #2

Place: Man Sands, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.










[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).
Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles

Peregrine on Rathlin Island

Falconiformes

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






[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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

Snowy Owl

Strigiformes

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




[Bubo scandiacus, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Snowy owl]

The sound of the snowy owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Stronach)

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

Fulmars from Ireland

Procellariiformes

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.






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







Place: Downpatrick Head, County Mayo, Ireland
Date: 1 September 2022.




Place: Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland
Date: 5 September 2022.




Place: Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 10 September 2022.






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

The sound of the fulmar (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

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

Local Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2017.




Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 1 April 2017.



Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.


Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 15 April 2017.




Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 April 2017.



Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 18 March 2018.


Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.


Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.





Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.



Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 7 April 2022.


[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles

Whimbrels

Charadriiformes

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





Place: Salen, Mull, Scotland
Date: 19 June 2022.



[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

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

Black-winged Stilt

Charadriiformes

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




[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]

The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)

Distribution and sightings of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles