Category Archives: England

Black-necked Weaver

Passeriformes #3

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



[Ploceus nigricollis, Family Ploceidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-necked weaver]

The sound of the black-necked weaver (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Various Coal Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lydford Gorge, Devon
Date: 23 April 2019.



Place: Warden Centre Hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.


Place: Ancient Delphi, Phocis, Greece
Date: 28 August 2019.




[Periparus ater, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Coal tit]

The sound of the coal tit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

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

Various Redshanks

Charadriiformes

Place: Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Date: 5 February 2018.







Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.



Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 11 April 2018.


Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.




Place: Seahouses, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.


Place: Amoreira Beach, south-western coast of Portugal
Date: 11 September 2018.





Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.


[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

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

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

Emerald Dove

Columbiformes

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



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

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

Collared Hill-partridge

Galliformes

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












[Arborophila gingica, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-necklaced partridge]

The sound of the collared hill-partridge (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Brian Cox)

Red-and-yellow Barbet

Piciformes

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




[Trachyphonus erythrocephalus, Family Lybiidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-and-yellow barbet]

The sound of the red-and-yellow barbet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Various Rooks

Passeriformes #1

Place: Perth, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
Date: 22 June 2018.




Place: Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Date: 30 December 2019.








Place: Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Date: 10 March 2020.









[Corvus frugilegus, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rook (bird)]

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

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

Sacred Ibis

Pelecaniformes

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


[Threskiornis aethiopicus, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: African sacred ibis]

The sound of the sacred ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Lynette Rudman)

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

Various Shovelers

Anseriformes

Place: Sir Peter Scott Hide, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.




Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 30 October 2018.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey
Date: 27 September 2019.



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







Place: West Viewing Platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.


[Spatula clypeata, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern shoveler]

The sound of the shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

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