Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Euplectes orix, Family Ploceidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern red bishop]
The sound of the southern red bishop (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
Place: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Date: 20 February 2020.
From the display in the National Museum of Scotland :
“Found only on Montserrat, this bird could be extinct by 2020. Volcanoes have been erupting there since 1995, destroying more than 60% of the island’s forest habitat.”
[Icterus oberi, Family Icteridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Montserrat oriole]
The sound of the Montserrat oriole (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Scriber Daley)
Place: Dale near St. Anne’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 18 April 2017.
Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 10 May 2017.
Place: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 May 2017.
Place: Slebech Hall, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2018.
Place: Marloes Mere, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 July 2018.
Place: Ty Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.
Place: Ty Bach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.
Place: Ty Pellaf, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 25 May 2019.
[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]
The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)
Distribution and sightings of the barn swallow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.
Place: Barragem M. Carmona, eastern central Portugal
Date: 5 September 2018.
Place: Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 26 March 2019.
Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2019.
Place: Sandy Hills Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.
[Chloris chloris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European greenfinch]
The sound of the greenfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)
Distribution and sightings of the greenfinch across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, north-west Spain
Date: 24 August 2018.
Place: Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal
Date: 27 August 2018.
Place: Mêda, north-eastern Portugal
Date: 2 September 2018.
[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 and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.
[Lonchura oryzivora, Family Estrildidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Java sparrow]
Distribution and sightings of the Java sparrow across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Ancient Delphi, central Greece
Date: 28 August 2019.
[Sitta neumayer, Family Sittidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western rock nuthatch]
The sound of the Western rock nuthatch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)
Place: Cape Tenaro, The Mani, Greece
Date: 5 September 2019.
Place: Voidokoilia Beach, Messinia, Greece
Date: 11 September 2019.
[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]
The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Lachmann)
Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Selinunte, Sicily, Italy
Date: 31 May 2016.
[Sturnus unicolor, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotless starling]
The sound of the spotless starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Nick Talbot)
Place: Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.
[Linaria flavirostris, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Twite]
The sound of the twite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the twite across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 