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).

Peregrines on Lundy

Falconiformes

Place: Halfway Bay, Lundy
Date: 20 July 2023.

Place: Tibbetts Point, Lundy
Date: 21 July 2023.

Place: North Quarry, Lundy
Date: 23 July 2023.

[Falco peregrinus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Peregrine falcon]

The sound of the peregrine (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Adrian Shenton)

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

Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Southern point of Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 24 May 2019.

Place: Pondsbury, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

Place: Entrance to Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

Place: Approach to Tor View hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 1 April 2022.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 5 July 2022.

Place: Cliff at Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2023.

Place: High Cliff, Skomer
Date: 11 July 2023.

Place: The Battery, Lundy
Date: 21 July 2023.

[Larus fuscus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lesser black-backed gull]

The sound of the lesser black-backed gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the lesser black-backed gull across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Selected Stonechats, Part 2

Passeriformes #2

Place: Eyrephort, Sky Road, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

Place: Renvyle Castle, Renvyle Peninsula, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

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

Place: Orford Ness, Suffolk
Date: 2 October 2022.

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

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 November 2022.

Place: Hill End, Gower
Date: 8 April 2023.

Place: Coast path between Solva and Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire
Date: 28 April 2023.

Place: Slope Above Beudy Plas, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 17 May 2023.

Place: Machrie Moor Standing Stones, Arran
Date: 12 June 2023.

Place: Silent Valley Mountain Park, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 2 July 2023.

Place: Slieve Gullion, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date: 3 July 2023.

Place: Gannet’s Bay, Lundy Island
Date: 20 July 2023.

Place: Lower East Coast Path, Lundy Island
Date: 23 July 2023.

Place: Praia de Ribeira d’Ilhas, Lisbon District, Portugal
Date: 5 September 2023.

Place: Lagoa de Santo André, Alentejo, Portugal
Date: 10 September 2023.

Place: Cabo Sardão, Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, Portugal
Date: 10 September 2023.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

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

More Selected Stonechats, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 May 2021.

Place: Whiteford National Nature Reserve, Gower
Date: 15 June 2021.

Place: Tibbetts, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Harbour, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

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

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 22 November 2021.

Place: Elbert Common, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 February 2022.

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

Place: Whitesands Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 May 2022.

Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 16 May 2022.

Place: Central Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 August 2022.

Place: Carrick-a-Rede, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Date: 27 August 2022.

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

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

Place: Connemara National Park, County Galway, Ireland
Date: 3 September 2022.

[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

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

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

Whitethroat on Lundy

Passeriformes #1

Place: Millcombe, Lundy Island
Date: 20 July 2023.

[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).

Selected Wrens, Part 1

Passeriformes #2

Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 19 June 2019.

Place: Banks of River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 March 2021.

Place: Hafod Estate, Ceredigion
Date: 30 March 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 4 April 2021.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 10 April 2021.

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

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

Place: Coastpath between Caerfai and St. Non’s, Pembrokeshire
Date: 14 July 2021.

Place: Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
Date: 25 September 2021.

Place: Battery Park, Brixham, Devon
Date: 23 January 2022.

Place: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
Date: 28 March 2022.

[Nannus troglodytes, Family Troglodytidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wren]

The sound of the wren (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Bissett)

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 2

Passeriformes #1

Place: Field Edge East of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: The Chase, Woolton Hill, Hampshire
Date: 5 October 2021.

Place: Sharkham Point, Brixham, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.

Place: Kingswear, Devon
Date: 26 January 2022.

Place: Elbert Common, Torbay, Devon
Date: 27 January 2022.

Place: Car Park, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Coast Path between Porthgain and Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire
Date: 4 May 2022.

Place: Top Path, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 26 May 2022.

Place: Mount Stuart Estate, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

Place: Coast Path West of Solva, Pembrokeshire
Date: 12 August 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 17 November 2022.

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Selected Carrion Crows, Part 1

Passeriformes #1

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 April 2019.

Place: Nant, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal near Lock, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 July 2020.

Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 21 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: River Ystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

Place: Ogmore-by-sea, Bridgend
Date: 30 May 2021.

Place: Barafundle Bay, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 22 June 2021.

Place: Castle, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

[Corvus corone, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Carrion crow]

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

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

Selected Herring Gulls, Part 1

Charadriiformes

Place: West coast, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: West Bay, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.

Place: Looe, Cornwall
Date: 7 September 2020.

Place: Falmouth, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

Place: Coast path near Moelfre, Anglesey
Date: 23 September 2020.

Place: Morfa Bychan, Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd
Date: 7 December 2020.

Place: Campsite, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: Caerfai Bay campsite, Pembrokeshire
Date: 15 July 2021.

[Larus argentatus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: European herring gull]

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

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