Category Archives: England

Wigeon in Eclipse Plumage

Anseriformes

Place: Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire
Date: 15 September 2021.






[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

The sound of the wigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

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

Grey-capped Emerald Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.



[Chalcophaps indica, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common emerald dove]

The sound of the grey-capped emerald dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Siskin

Passeriformes #3

Place: Bowlees, North Pennines, County Durham
Date: 6 June 2021.










Place: An Torr, Glencoe, Scottish Highlands
Date: 26 August 2021.




[Spinus spinus, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian siskin]

The sound of the siskin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

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

Juvenile Fulmar Demanding Food

Procellariiformes

Place: Path to Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.





Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.




[Fulmar glacialis, Family Procellariidae, Order Procellariiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern fulmar]

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

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

Pink-footed Geese in Flight

Anseriformes

Place: Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk
Date: 27 September 2021.














Place: Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk
Date: 28 September 2021.








[Anser brachyrhynchus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-footed goose]

The sound of the pink-footed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew McCafferty)

Distribution and sightings of the pink-footed goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the pink-footed goose across the British Isles

Common Sandpipers

Charadriiformes

Place: Wooler, Northumbria
Date: 7 June 2021.














[Actitis hypoleucos, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common sandpiper]

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

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

Mandarin Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Cannop Lakes, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Date: 25 April 2021.










[Aix galericulata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mandarin duck]

The sound of the mandarin duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Darrell-Lambert)

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

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Stuffed Specimen)

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cragside House, Rothbury, Northumbria
Date: 9 June 2021.



[Rupicola rupicola, Family Cotingidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Guianan cock-of-the-rock]

The sound of the Guianan cock-of-the-rock (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Brice de la Croix)

Young Treecreepers

Passeriformes #2

Place: Wolfscote Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
Date: 26 May 2021.







[Certhia familiaris, Family Certhiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian treecreeper]

The sound of the treecreeper (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Volker Arnold)

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