Category Archives: England

Tawny Owl Chicks

Strigiformes

Place: Avalon Hide, Ham Wall, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.








[Strix aluco, Family Strigidae, Order Strigiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Tawny owl]

The sound of the tawny owl (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Christoph Bock)

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

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Piciformes

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







[Dendrocopos major, Family Picidae, Order Piciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Great spotted woodpecker]

The sound of the great spotted woodpecker (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Mathias Ritschard)

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

Somerset Levels Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 10 October 2016.







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


Place: Glastonbury Canal, Shapwick Heath, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Lake Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.



Place: North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: 30 Acre Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.


Place: Path between car park and Viridor Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.





[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

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

Reed Warbler

Passeriformes #1

Place: Path between Lake Hide and North Hide, Westhay Moor, Somerset Levels
Date: 17 May 2018.






[Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Family Acrocephalidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian reed warbler]

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

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

Bar-headed Goose

Anseriformes

Place: St. James’s Park, London
Date: 2 March 2018.




[Anser indicus, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Bar-headed goose]

The sound of the bar-headed goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Frank Lambert)

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

Cetti’s Warbler

Passeriformes #2

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


[Cettia cetti, Family Cettiidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Cetti’s warbler]

The sound of Cetti’s warbler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bernard Collet)

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

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittaciformes

Place: Hyde Park, London
Date: 7 July 2017.

















[Psittacula krameri, Family Psittaculidae, Order Psittaciformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rose-ringed parakeet]

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

Distribution and sightings of the rose-ringed parakeet across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Wigeons

Anseriformes

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












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









Place: Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve, Blackpool, Lancashire
Date: 26 February 2018.



[Mareca penelope, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian wigeon]

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

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

Various Stonechats

Passeriformes #2

Place: Boscastle, Cornwall
Date: 26 August 2016.



Place: Tintagel, Cornwall
Date: 29 August 2016.


Place: Port Isaac, Cornwall
Date: 30 August 2016.


Place: Birling Gap, East Sussex
Date: 22 March 2017.


Place: Ring of Brodgar, Orkney mainland
Date: 22 July 2017.


Place: RSPB Hobbister, Orkney mainland
Date: 24 July 2017.




Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Date: 14 September 2017.



Place: Newport Beach, Pembrokeshire
Date: 1 April 2018.


Place: Mwnt, near Aberteifi, Ceredigion
Date: 3 April 2018.


[Saxicola torquata, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European stonechat]

The sound of the stonechat (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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

Rock Pipits from Southern England

Passeriformes #3

Place: Chapelporth, Cornwall
Date: 18 October 2017.





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






Place: Lyme Regis, Dorset
Date: 14 March 2018.







[Anthus petrosus, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian rock pipit]

The sound of the rock pipit (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Herman van Oosten)

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