Category Archives: England

Black-necked Stilt

Charadriiformes

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




[Himantopus mexicanus, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-necked stilt]

The sound of the black-necked stilt (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Manuel Grosselet)

Feral Pigeon with Young

Columbiformes

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 November 2018.







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

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

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

Various Gadwall

Anseriformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 20 March 2018.






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



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







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





Place: Tor View Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 23 February 2020.




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


[Mareca strepera, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Gadwall]

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

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

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Bucerotiformes

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



[Tockus erythrorhynchus, Family Bucerotidae, Order Bucerotiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern red-billed hornbill]

The sound of the northern red-billed hornbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Oscar Campbell)

Northern Bald Ibis

Pelecaniformes

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




[Geronticus eremita, Family Threskiornithidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Northern bald ibis]

The sound of the northern bald ibis (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

Razorbills

Charadriiformes

Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 13 May 2017.




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








Place: North Haven, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.



Place: Pen Cristin, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 19 May 2019.



[Alca torda, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Razorbill]

The sound of the razorbill (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Tero Linjama)

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

Turnstones from Southern England

Charadriiformes

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




Place: Mudeford, Dorset
Date: 5 February 2018.





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




Place: Sidmouth Marina, Devon
Date: 13 March 2018.












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



Place: Newlyn, Cornwall
Date: 21 April 2019.




Place: Mousehole, Cornwall
Date: 22 April 2019.




[Arenaria interpres, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ruddy turnstone]

The sound of the turnstone (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van der Meer)

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

Dodo† Remains

Columbiformes

Place: Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford
Date: 6 December 2016.




Place: Natural History Museum, London
Date: 19 March 2019.



Place: Brighton Museum, Brighton
Date: 16 October 2019.


Place: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Date: 18 February 2020.




Place: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Date: 20 February 2020.





[Raphus cucullatus†, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dodo]

Southern Red Bishop

Passeriformes #3

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









[Euplectes orix, Family Ploceidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern red bishop]

The sound of the southern red bishop (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

Montserrat Oriole

Passeriformes #3

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




Place: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Date: 20 February 2020.

From the display in the National Museum of Scotland :

“Found only on Montserrat, this bird could be extinct by 2020. Volcanoes have been erupting there since 1995, destroying more than 60% of the island’s forest habitat.”



[Icterus oberi, Family Icteridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Montserrat oriole]

The sound of the Montserrat oriole (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist James Scriber Daley)