Category Archives: England

Pigeon Chick in Egg

Columbiformes

Place: Canterbury, Kent
Date: 9 March 2013.



[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Feral pigeon]

The sound of the feral pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Phoenix Birder)

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

Pintail

Anseriformes

Place: Heron’s Wing Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.



[Anas acuta, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern pintail]

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

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

Greylag Geese at Fishlake Meadows

Anseriformes

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 October 2018.




[Anser anser, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greylag goose]

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

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

Emerald Starling

Passeriformes #2

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





[Lamprotornis iris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Emerald starling]

The sound of the emerald starling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Juvenile Pied Wagtails

Passeriformes #3

Place: Tolquhon Castle, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.




Place: Portsoy, Aberdeenshire
Date: 16 July 2017.



Place: Campsite near Woolacombe, Devon
Date: 1 September 2016.





Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Date: 21 June 2018.





Place: Porthlysgi, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 July 2019.



[Motacilla alba yarrellii, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White wagtail]

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

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

Kestrel at Fishlake Meadows

Falconiformes

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











Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 October 2020.


[Falco tinnunculus, Family Falconidae, Order Falconiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kestrel]

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

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

More Great Black-backed Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset
Date: 6 March 2020.



Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 3 September 2020.




[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).
Distribution and sightings of the great black-backed gull across the British Isles

Black-naped Fruit Dove

Columbiformes

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



[Ptilinopus melanospilus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-naped fruit dove]

The sound of the black-naped fruit dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ding Li Yong)

Pale-bellied Brent Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Chesil Beach Centre, Portland, Dorset
Date: 7 March 2020.







Place: Penrhos, Holy Island, Anglesey
Date: 22 September 2020.









Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 26 December 2020.


[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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