Category Archives: England

Violet-backed Starling

Passeriformes #2

Place: London Zoo, London
Date: 9 October 2019.




[Cinnyricinclus leucogaster, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Violet-backed starling]

The sound of the violet-backed starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Various Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Pen Dinas, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Date: 2 April 2021.





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



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 9 April 2021.






[Phylloscopus collybita, Family Phylloscopidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chiffchaff]

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

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

More Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

Place: Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 4 July 2016.






Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve
Date: 12 November 2016.






Place: Noah’s Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.



Place: Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve, Cardiff
Date: 17 July 2020.





[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

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

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

Egyptian Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Kew Gardens, London
Date: 1 March 2017.





Place: Canal Bruges-Ghent near Moerbrugge, Belgium
Date: 16 January 2019.



Place: Scotney Castle, Kent
Date: 3 April 2019.


Place: Sheffield Park, Haywards Heath, East Sussex
Date: 31 July 2019.




Place: Camping an der Friedensbrücke, Neckargemünd, Germany
Date: 16 August 2019.




[Alopochen aegyptiacus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Egyptian goose]

The sound of the Egyptian goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

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

Various House Sparrows

Passeriformes #3

Place: Figueras, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 20 June 2016.





Place: Kardamyli, West Man, Messenia, Greece
Date: 8 September 2019.






Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.




Place: Llanddona beach, Anglesey
Date: 27 September 2020.


Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2020.



Place: Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 29 November 2020.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the house sparrow across the British Isles

Mute Swans and Cygnets

Anseriformes

Place: Bosherton Lakes, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 July 2020.






Place: WWT Stears Marshes, Somerset
Date: 24 July 2020.



Place: Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal near Pencelli, Brecon, Powys
Date: 29 August 2020.





[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

More Great White Egrets

Pelecaniformes

Place: Tower Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 4 August 2020.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 7 August 2020.










[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tony Fulford)

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

Black-tailed Godwits

Charadriiformes

Place: Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.







Place: Ribble Estuary, Lytham, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.






Place: Meare Heath, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.





[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).
Distribution and sightings of the black-tailed godwit across the British Isles

Various Lapwing

Charadriiformes

Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.






Place: Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 11 October 2016.





Place: Morecambe Bay, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.


Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.



Place: Low Newton-by-the Sea, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


[Vanellus vanellus, Family Charadriidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern lapwing]

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

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