Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 29 August 2012.
Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.
Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.
[Actophilornis africanus, Family Jacanidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: African jacana]
The sound of the African jacana (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Rory Nefdt)
Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.
[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]
The sound of the dunlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the dunlin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bartolome, Galapagos
Date: 16 August 2010.
[Haematopus palliatus galapagensis, Family Haematopodidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: American oystercatcher]
The sound of the American oystercatcher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist John V. Moore)
Place: Iguaçu Bird Park, Brazil
Date: 23 April 2014.
Place: Paraty, Brazil
Date: 27 April 2014.
[Vanellus chilensis, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern lapwing]
The sound of the southern lapwing (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oswaldo Cortes)
Place: Filey, Yorkshire
Date: 3 November 2015.
I saw this great black-backed seagull on the beach south of Scarborough, holding its wings in a rather strange fashion. When scared off, it could fly ok, but it never folded its wings where they normally go on its back. From its feathers and bill colour I can tell it’s only just matured, and I wonder whether it got hurt in some way through inexperience. At the time that I spotted it, it was scavenging crab and fish remains thrown on the beach by some fishermen. Is there anyone with any bright ideas as to what might mean ?
[Larus marinus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great black-backed gull]
The sound of the great black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Bridlington, Yorkshire
Date: 2 November 2015.
[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Turnstone]
The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)
Distribution and sightings of the turnstone across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Titchwell Marshes, Norfolk
Date: 2 September 2015.
Place: Angle, Pembrokeshire
Date: 29 September 2013.
Place: Wells-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 4 September 2015.
[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Curlew]
The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)
Distribution and sightings of the curlew across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Cley-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Date: 1 September 2015.
Place: El Rocio, Andalucia
Date: 14 June 2015.
[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]
The sound of the black-tailed godwit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the black-tailed godwit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Quinta do Lago, Eastern Algarve, Portugal
Date: 16 June 2015.
[Himantopus himantopus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-winged stilt]
The sound of the black-winged stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist José Carlos Sires)
Distribution of the black-winged stilt across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Portsmouth harbour
Date: 3 October 2015.
Place: Par Sands, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.
Place: Polkerris, Cornwall
Date: 19 September 2015.
[Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-headed gull]
The sound of the black-headed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the black-headed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 