Category Archives: Suliformes

Dead Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.




Place: Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
Date: 9 September 2022.


Place: Feall Bay, Coll
Date: 19 June 2023.



[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Various Shags

Suliformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.



Place: Off west coast of Southend, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.



Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 22 May 2019.


Place: Llandudno pier, North Wales
Date: 1 October 2020.


















Place: Long Roost (South of North Lighthouse), Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.



Place: North East Point, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.


Place: Elgol, Strathaird, Isle of Skye
Date: 4 September 2021.


Place: Loch Coruisk, Strathaird, Isle of Skye
Date: 4 September 2021.





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



Place: Maen Du, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 14 May 2023.



Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2023.



Place: North Light, Lundy
Date: 20 July 2023.





Place: Halfway Bay, Lundy
Date: 23 July 2023.



[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Cormorants with Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.





Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 April 2022.




Place: Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2022.






Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 March 2023.




[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

The sound of the cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Injured Gannet

Suliformes

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





[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Shag Eating Fish

Suliformes

Place: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland
Date: 13 September 2021.




[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Cormorant Drying its Wings

Suliformes

Place: Leighton Moss, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.


Place: West viewing platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: River Taff near M4 Motorway, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.






Place: Eight-Arch Bridge, Bosherton Lakes, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.



Place: Gyllyngvase beach, Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.




Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 November 2020.



Place: River Taff on Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2020.






Place: Cromer, Norfolk
Date: 26 September 2021.




Place: RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire
Date: 8 October 2021.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.


[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

The sound of the cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Various Gannets

Suliformes

Place: Lighthouse, Skokholm
Date: 1 May 2018.



Place: Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire
Date: 19 July 2018.




Place: Offshore from north coast of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.


Place: Ferry crossing from Eriskay to Barra, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.


Place: Rua Reidh lighthouse, Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands
Date: 10 September 2021.


Place: St. David’s Visitor Centre, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.



[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Shag Taking a Bath

Suliformes

Place: Battery Point, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.




[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)

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

Cormorant with Filoplumes

Suliformes

Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 February 2021.




[Phalacrocorax carbo, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great cormorant]

The sound of the cormorant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Gannets from the Shetlands

Suliformes

Place: Lund Beach, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.


Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.





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












[Morus bassanus, Family Sulidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern gannet]

The sound of the gannet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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