Black-and-white Laughingthrush

Passeriformes #1

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

[Garrulax bicolor, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sumatran laughingthrush]

Swimming Humboldt Penguins

Sphenisciformes

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

[Spheniscus humboldti, Family Spheniscidae, Order Sphenisciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Humboldt penguin]

The sound of the Humboldt penguin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Cristian Pinto)

Splendid Sunbird

Passeriformes #3

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

[Cinnyris coccinigastrus, Family Nectariniidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Splendid sunbird]

The sound of the splendid sunbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Joost van Bruggen)

A Swarm of Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Coast path between Durgan and Helford Passage, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

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

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

Roul-roul Partridge

Galliformes

Place: Rainforest Biome, Eden Project, Cornwall
Date: 8 September 2020.

[Rollulus rouloul, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Crested partridge]

The sound of the roul-roul partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ding Li Yong)

Various Tufted Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
Date: 23 March 2018.

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.

Place: Loch An Tiumpan, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 10 June 2019.

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

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

[Aythya fuligula, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tufted duck]

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

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

Orange-headed Thrush

Passeriformes #2

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

[Geokichla (Zoothera) citrina, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Orange-headed thrush]

Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture

Accipitriformes

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

[Gyps rueppelli, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rüppell’s vulture]

The sound of Rüppell’s griffon vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Spencer)

Mediterranean Gull

Charadriiformes

Place: Sker Point near Porthcawl, South Wales
Date: 2 September 2017.

Place: Durgan beach, Helford River, Cornwall
Date: 9 September 2020.

[Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, Family Laridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mediterranean gull]

The sound of the Mediterranean gull (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lars Krogh)

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

Superb Fruit Dove

Columbiformes

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

[Ptilinopus superbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Superb fruit dove]

The sound of the superb fruit dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Iain Woxvold)