Category Archives: England

More Long-tailed Tits

Passeriformes #2

Place: Bute Park, Cardiff
Date: 19 October 2016.


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



Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.


Place: Largo das Caldas, Chaves, northern Portugal
Date: 30 August 2018.


Place: Hedge near allotments, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.


Place: Path near River Taff, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 November 2018.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2018.




Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 23 December 2018.


Place: Silchester Roman City, Hampshire
Date: 5 March 2019.


[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 Patrik Åberg)

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

Puffin Carrying Sand Eels

Charadriiformes

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














Place: The Wick, Skomer
Date: 17 July 2018.













[Fratercula arctica, Family Alcidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Atlantic puffin]

The sound of the puffin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Hans Petter Kristoffersen)

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

Various Black-tailed Godwit

Charadriiformes

Place: Marismas del Odiel, Andalucia
Date: 17 June 2015.


Place: Wetland Centre Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Date: 24 July 2016.




Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.






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





[Limosa limosa, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-tailed godwit]

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

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

Brent Geese

Anseriformes

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











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





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






[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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

Ferruginous Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Blockley, Cotswolds
Date: 31 March 2019.



[Aythya nyroca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ferruginous duck]

The sound of the ferruginous duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

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

Red-tailed Laughingthrush

Passeriformes #1

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






[Trochalopteron milnei, Family Leiothrichidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red-tailed laughingthrush]

The sound of the red-tailed laughingthrush (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Timo Janhonen)

A Flock of Starlings

Passeriformes #2

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 6 November 2018.





Place: Garenin Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Date: 6 June 2019.



Place: Howmore, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Date: 18 June 2019.




[Sturnus vulgaris, Family Sturnidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common starling]

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

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

Palawan Peacock-pheasant

Galliformes

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




[Polyplectron napoleonis, Family Phasianidae, Order Galliformes, Wikipedia Entry: Palawan peacock-pheasant]

The sound of the Palawan peacock-pheasant (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Pete Hines)

Shag

Suliformes

Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.










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









[Phalacrocorax aristotelis, Family Phalacrocoracidae, Order Suliformes, Wikipedia Entry: European shag]

The sound of the shag (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stein Ø. Nilsen)

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

Pink-headed Fruit Dove

Columbiformes

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



[Ptilinopus porphyreus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-headed fruit dove]

The sound of the pink-headed fruit dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van Balen)