Category Archives: Passeriformes

Winter Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Hyde Park, London
Dates: 4 December 2015.





[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Skomer Choughs

Passeriformes #1

Place: Skomer between Pigstone Bay and Skomer Head
Dates: 11 May 2017.










Place: South Plateau, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.



Place: Paynes Ledge, Skomer
Dates: 12 May 2017.




[Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-billed chough]

The sound of the chough (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Olivier Grosselet)

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

Sardinian Warblers from Corsica

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ajaccio, Corsica
Dates: 1 June 2017.






Place: Bonifacio, Corsica
Dates: 6 June 2017.



[Curruca melanocephala, Family Sylviidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sardinian warbler]

The sound of the Sardinian warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jerome Fischer)

Distribution of the Sardinian warbler across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Hooded Crow Parent in Distress

Passeriformes #1

Place: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 19 June 2017.





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

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

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

Sunbathing Song Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Crumlin canal between Newport and Risca
Dates: 8 April 2017.




[Turdus philomelos, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Song thrush]

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

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

Skomer Linnets

Passeriformes #3

Place: North Stream valley, Skomer
Dates: 11 May 2017.




Place: Skomer between farm and North Haven
Dates: 11 May 2017.




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

The sound of the linnet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist david m)

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

Sparrows Gorging on Berries

Passeriformes #3

Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 27 August 2017.




Place: Front Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 2 September 2017.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 5 September 2017.









[Passer domesticus, Family Passeridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: House sparrow]

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

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

Rock Pipit

Passeriformes #3

Place: Stanger Head, Westray, Orkney Islands
Dates: 23 July 2017.






[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

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

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

Blue Rock Thrush

Passeriformes #2

Place: Grotta di Nettuno, Sardinia, Italy
Dates: 19 June 2017.







[Monticola solitarius, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue rock thrush]

The sound of the blue rock thrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dimitri)

French Serins

Passeriformes #3

Place: St. Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Dates: 22 May 2017.






Place: Bastia, Corsica, France
Dates: 23 May 2017.





[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 from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).