Category Archives: Passeriformes

Hawfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.












[Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hawfinch]

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

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

Crested Larks from Iberia, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lagoas de Santo Andre, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 10 September 2018.







Place: Castro Verde, inland southern Portugal
Date: 12 September 2018.


Place: Mina de Sao Domingos, southern part of Portugal near Spain
Date: 13 September 2018.


Place: Evoramonte, south-central Portugal
Date: 15 September 2018.




[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist J. Veeken)

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Crested Larks from Iberia, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cabo Vidio, Asturias, northern Spain
Date: 23 August 2018.





Place: Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 8 September 2018.




Place: Lagoas de Santo Andre, south-west coast of Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.






[Galerida cristata, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested lark]

The sound of the crested lark (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist J. Veeken)

Distribution of the crested lark across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Rookery

Passeriformes #1

Place: Durley, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.





Place: Ynys Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.



Place: Nevern, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.



[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Still More Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Ynis Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.


Place: Doune Castle, Stirling, Scotland
Date: 6 June 2018.






[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

Whitethroats

Passeriformes #1

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 15 May 2018.



Place: St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.



Place: Broughton Burrows, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.




Place: Whiteford Sands, Llanmadoc, Gower
Date: 22 July 2018.


[Curruca communis, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common whitethroat]

The sound of the whitethroat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van de Meulengraaf)

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

Juvenile Rock Bunting

Passeriformes #3

Place: Castro Laboreiro castle, Peneda-Gerês National Park, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.




[Emberiza cia, Family Emberizidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock bunting]

The sound of the rock bunting (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist João Tomás)

Forest Farm Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 6 April 2018.




Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2018.



[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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

Dipper

Passeriformes #2

Place: Aberdulais Falls, Neath Valley
Date: 31 May 2018.











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

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

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

Various Skylark

Passeriformes #1

Place: North Pond, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: Gower Peninsula near Arthur’s Stone
Date: 10 May 2018.





Place: Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 16 June 2018.


[Alauda arvensis, Family Alaudidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian skylark]

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

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