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).

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).

More Fieldfares

Passeriformes #2

Place: Llynn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Date: 22 October 2022.

[Turdus pilaris, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Fieldfare]

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

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

Sand Martin Nests

Passeriformes #1

Place: The Machair, Iona, Scotland
Date: 16 June 2022.

Place: Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

[Riparia riparia, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sand martin]

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

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

More Choughs from Pembrokeshire

Passeriformes #1

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

Place: St.Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire
Date: 8 May 2022.

Place: Bull Hole, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Coast Path South of Whitesands Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 13 August 2022.

Place: Penally Firing Range, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 August 2022.

[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).

Hooded Crows from Ireland

Passeriformes #1

Place: Giant’s Causeway, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 26 August 2022.

Place: Giant’s Causeway, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

Place: Harbour, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 28 August 2022.

Place: Malin Beg, County Donegal, Ireland
Date: 30 August 2022.

Place: Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 6 September 2022.

Place: Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 7 September 2022.

Place: Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Date: 11 September 2022.

Place: Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Date: 14 September 2022.

[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).

Leucistic Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 20 November 2021.

[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).

Selected Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Sabaudia, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.

Place: Ludlow, Shropshire
Date: 26 October 2017.

Place: North Promenade, Cleveleys, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.

Place: Papil Church, Shetland Mainland
Date: 13 June 2018.

Place: Porthdinllaen, Morfa Nefyn, Gwynedd
Date: 19 November 2018.

Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.

[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).

Village Weaver

Passeriformes #3

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

[Ploceus cucullatus, Family Ploceidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Village weaver]

The sound of the village weaver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)

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

Willow Warblers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Kenfig Nature Reserve, Bridgend County Borough
Date: 19 April 2021.

Place: Longshaw Estate, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 27 May 2021.

Place: Carraig Fuada Lighthouse, Islay, Scotland
Date: 8 June 2022.

Place: Coast Path from Garminy to Fishnish, Mull, Scotland
Date: 15 June 2022.

[Phylloscopus trochilus, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Willow warbler]

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

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