Category Archives: England

Hawfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 8 February 2018.












[Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Hawfinch]

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

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

Curlew

Charadriiformes

Place: Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Date: 10 March 2018.





Place: Seaton Wetlands, Devon
Date: 14 March 2018.







Place: Dale Ponds, Pembrokeshire
Date: 17 July 2018.





[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

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

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

Rookery

Passeriformes #1

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





Place: Ynys Dinas, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.



Place: Nevern, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.



[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).

Great White Egret

Pelecaniformes

Place: Leighton Moss, Lancashire
Date: 9 February 2017.


Place: West viewing platform, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 6 November 2018.






[Ardea alba, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great egret]

The sound of the great white egret (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Vincent Pourchaire)

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

Pied Avocet

Charadriiformes

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





[Recurvirostra avosetta, Family Recurvirostridae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied avocet]

The sound of the avocet (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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

Little Grebe in Summer Plumage

Podicipediformes

Place: River Test near Stockbridge, Hampshire
Date: 28 July 2018.




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








[Tachybaptus ruficollis, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little grebe]

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

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

Stock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Bolderwood, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 27 December 2018.


[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

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

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

Swift

Apodiformes

Place: Thirlwall Castle, Northumbria
Date: 1 July 2018.




[Apus apus, Family Apodidae, Order Apodiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common swift]

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

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

Various Great Tits

Passeriformes #1

Place: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
Date: 27 June 2015.


Place: Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Date: 25 March 2016.


Place: Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily
Date: 26 May 2016.


Place: Sabaudia, Latina, Italy
Date: 15 June 2016.



Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 11 November 2016.




Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 31 January 2018.


[Parus major, Family Paridae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great tit]

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

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

Various Great Crested Grebes

Podicipediformes

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


Place: Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Date: 24 March 2018.


Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 14 April 2018.





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




Place: Walton Heath purple walk, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Walton Heath screens, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



[Podiceps cristatus, Family Podicipedidae, Order Podicipediformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great crested grebe]

The sound of the great crested grebe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

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