Category Archives: England

Juvenile Barn Swallows

Passeriformes #1

Place: Cardoness Castle, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 27 June 2019.





Place: Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 7 July 2020.



Place: Kennet & Avon canal near Crofton, Wiltshire
Date: 9 August 2020.






[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).
Distribution and sightings of the barn swallow across the British Isles

Patagonian Conure

Psittaciformes

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




[Cyanoliseus patagonus, Family Psittacidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Burrowing parrot]

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

Various Herring Gulls

Charadriiformes

Place: Penzance, Cornwall
Date: 28 May 2013.



Place: Mevagissey Harbour, Cornwall
Date: 27 October 2012.


Place: Hastings, Kent
Date: 3 July 2016.


Place: Marimurtra Botanical Gardens near Blanes, Catalunya
Date: 17 June 2016.


Place: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date: 13 July 2017.



Place: The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Date: 13 February 2019.





Place: Mullion Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.



Place: Porthleven, Cornwall
Date: 18 April 2019.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of the herring gull across the British Isles

Various Arctic Terns

Charadriiformes

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands
Date: 2 August 2009.


Place: RSPB Balranald, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 15 June 2019.




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


[Sterna paradisaea, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Arctic tern]

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

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

Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2019.





Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 25 December 2019.


Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 29 December 2019.









Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 25 March 2020.



Place: River Taff upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 August 2020.


[Aegithalos caudatus, Family Aegithalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Long-tailed tit]

The sound of the long-tailed tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Simon Elliott)

Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the long-tailed tit across the British Isles

Marsh Harriers in the Somerset Levels

Accipitriformes

Place: Avalon hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


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



Place: 70 Acres Hide, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.








[Circus aeruginosus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western marsh harrier]

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

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

Little Grebe

Podicipediformes

Place: The Vyne, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.



Place: Winkworth Arboretum, Busbridge, Surrey
Date: 2 August 2019.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 28 September 2019.


Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Lavernock, Vale of Glamorgan
Date: 19 September 2020.






Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 4 January 2021.



Place: River Taff Upstream of Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 12 January 2021.



[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

More Redwings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 December 2019.






[Turdus iliacus, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Redwing]

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

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

Black Swans

Anseriformes

Place: Aylesford Friary, Maidstone, Kent
Date: 26 September 2015.



Place: Leeds Castle, Kent
Date: 2 July 2016.


Place: River Test near Mottisfont, Hampshire
Date: 26 December 2018.




[Cygnus atratus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black swan]

The sound of the black swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

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