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).

Puffins on Lundy

Charadriiformes

Place: The Pyramid, Lundy Island
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy Island
Date: 30 June 2021.

Place: Battery Point, Lundy Island
Date: 1 July 2021.

[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Selected Dunnocks

Passeriformes #3

Place: Old Harry Rocks, north of Swanage, Dorset
Date: 11 March 2020.

Place: Benllech beach, Anglesey
Date: 24 September 2020.

Place: Newborough Warren, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.

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

Place: Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.

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

Place: Millcombe Valley, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.

Place: Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
Date: 27 March 2022.

Place: Viewing Platform #1, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 2 April 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

[Prunella modularis, Family Prunellidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunnock]

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

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

Wheatears on Lundy

Passeriformes #2

Place: West Coast North of Old Lighthouse, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: Lighthouse Field, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

[Oenanthe oenanthe, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern wheatear]

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

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

Juvenile House Sparrow

Passeriformes #3

Place: Garden West of Marisco Tavern, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.

[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).

Barn Swallow on the Nest

Passeriformes #1

Place: Ilam Hall, Peak District, Staffordshire
Date: 25 May 2021.

Place: St. Helen’s Church, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: St. Helen’s Church, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.

[Hirundo rustica, Family Hirundinidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Barn swallow]

The sound of the barn swallow (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tomas Belka)

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

Ravens on Lundy

Passeriformes #1

Place: Pigsties in Brick Field, Lundy
Date: 30 June 2021.

Place: Field North of Water Tanks, Lundy
Date: 1 July 2021.

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

[Corvus corax, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common raven]

The sound of the raven (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jordi Calvet)

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