Various Chaffinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Arlington Court near Barnstaple, Devon
Date: 27 June 2009.

Place: Orgiva, near Granada, Andalucia
Date: 8 June 2015.

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

Place: Hinton Ampner estate, Hampshire
Date: 7 April 2017.

[Fringilla coelebs, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common chaffinch]

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

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

Guillemots on the Farne Islands

Charadriiformes

Place: Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

Place: Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumbria
Date: 29 June 2018.

[Uria aalge, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common murre]

The sound of the guillemot (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Andrew Harrop)

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

Luzon Bleeding-heart

Columbiformes

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

[Gallicolumba luzonica, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Luzon bleeding-heart]

The sound of the Luzon bleeding-heart (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Various Pheasants

Galliformes

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

Place: Stanton, Cotswolds
Date: 28 March 2019.

Place: Burford, Cotswolds
Date: 1 April 2019.

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

Place: Sherborne, Gloucestershire
Date: 16 March 2020.

Place: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
Date: 17 March 2020.

[Phasianus colchicus, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common pheasant]

The sound of the pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

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

Female Smew

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.

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

[Mergellus albellus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Smew]

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

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

Bewick’s Swan

Anseriformes

Place: London Wetlands WWT, London
Date: 9 July 2017.

[Cygnus columbianus bewickii, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tundra swan]

The sound of Bewick’s swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Richard Dunn)

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

Rothschild’s Mynah

Passeriformes #2

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

[Leucopsar rothschildi, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bali myna]

Chiffchaffs

Passeriformes #2

Place: Tenby, Pembrokeshire
Date: 9 April 2019.

Place: Nature trail from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire
Date: 11 April 2019.

Place: Rockcliffe, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Date: 26 June 2019.

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

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 26 March 2020.

Place: Meadows to the east of Greenmeadow Wood, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 8 April 2020.

[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).

Emei Shan Liocichla

Passeriformes #1

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

[Liocichla omeiensis, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Emei Shan liocichla]

African Harrier-hawk

Accipitriformes

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

[Polyboroides typus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: African harrier-hawk]

The sound of the African harrier-hawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Étienne Leroy)